Stibbington cum Sibgon, Huntingdonshire

Historical Description

Stibbington-cum-Sibgon, a village and a parish in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen, around Wansford station on the Northampton and Peterborough branch of the L. & N.W.R., 8½ miles W of Peterborough. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Wansford. Acreage, 1542; population, 480. There is a parish council consisting of seven members and a chairman. The manor belongs to the Duke of Bedford. Stibbington Hall is an ancient mansion of stone standing amidst pleasant grounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £340 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The church is a small but ancient building of stone in the Norman and Early English styles.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Stibbington cum Sibgon from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stibbington (St. John the Baptist))

Land and Property

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