| Sibbertoft | |
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.svg)  Sibbertoft Location withinNorthamptonshire | |
| Population | 462 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP6882 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Market Harborough |
| Postcode district | LE16 |
| Dialling code | 01858 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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Sibbertoft is a village andcivil parish inWest Northamptonshire inEngland. At the time of the2001 census, the parish's population (including Sulby) was 343 people,[1] increasing to 462 at the 2011 Census.[2]
The village's name means 'curtilage of Sigebeorht' or 'curtilage of Sigbjorn'.[3]
Facilities in the village include a pub, church, recreation ground and the Sibbertoft Reading Room which is in effect the village hall.[4]
The Historic England website contains details of the listed buildings in the parish of Sibbertoft. All of them are Grade II apart from the parish church, which is Grade II*.[5]
The listed buildings are:
There is also ascheduled monument in the parish, amotte and bailey castle known as Castle Yard.[7]
The source of theRiver Welland is in the parish and it issues as a spring at Spring Croft, Church Street. Sibbertoft sits astride one of the principalwatersheds in England[8] and the plateau of land towardsNaseby contains the sources of four rivers flowing west, south and east.
Coombe Hill Hollow, north of the village, is aSite of Special Scientific Interest.
There is evidence ofIron Age andRoman settlements within the civil parish.[7] Sibbertoft as a village is mentioned in theDomesday Book, under the ownership of tenant-in-chiefCount Robert of Mortain, half-brother ofWilliam the Conqueror.[9]
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