Sibdon Carwood, Shropshire
Historical Description
Sibdon Carwood, a parish in Salop, 2 miles WSW of Craven Arms station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford (L. & N.W. and G.W. Joint) railway, and 7¼ SSW of Church Stretton. Post town, Craven Arms (R.S.O.) Acreage, 769; population of the civil parish, 63; of the ecclesiastical, with Halford, 346. Sibdon Castle, an ancient mansion, is the seat of the lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage, with Halford annexed, in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £60 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1741 and enlarged in 1872.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Salop | |
Hundred | Purslow | |
Poor Law union | Church-Stretton |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Shropshire Archives have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Sibdon Carwood
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Sibdon Carwood from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sibdon-Carwood)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Sibdon Carwood 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 Shropshire newspapers online:
- Shrewsbury Chronicle
- Wellington Journal
- Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales
- Ludlow Advertiser
- Salopian Journal
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.