Sibson or Sibstone, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Sibson or Sibstone, a parish, with a village and two hamlets, in Leicestershire, 3 miles W from Shenton station on the M.R. and L. & N.W.R., 4 NE from Atherstone, and 4 SW from Market Bosworth. Post town and money order office, Atherstone; telegraph office, Twycross. Acreage, 2602; population of the civil parish, 272; of the ecclesiastical, 377. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; tithe rent charge, £572 with 298 acres of glebe and residence. Patrons, Pembroke College, Oxford. The church consists of ancient chancel, brick nave, and a massive western tower. It has an ancient effigy and a brass of 1530. Wellsborough and Temple Hall are adjacent hamlets.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Leicestershire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Sibson St. Botolph | |
Hundred | Sparkenhoe |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Sibson:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1559-1916 | 1733-1939 | 1569-1931 | 1561-1991 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Sibson or Sibstone from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sibson, or Sibstone (St. Botolph))
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Sibson or Sibstone are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online: