{{short description|Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_caption = Sibthorpe from Newfield Lane | coordinates = {{coord|53.00|-0.86|display=inline,title|scale:25000}} | official_name = Sibthorpe | population = 123 | shire_district = Rushcliffe | shire_county = Nottinghamshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Newark | post_town = NEWARK | postcode_district = NG23 | postcode_area = NG | dial_code = 01777 | os_grid_reference = SK 763454 | type = Village and civil parish | static_image_name = Entry to Sibthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 1620610.jpg | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-point = none | static_image_2_caption = Parish map | area_total_sq_mi = 1.48 | london_distance_mi = 105 | london_direction = SSE | population_ref = ''(2021)'' }} {{for|people named Sibthorpe|Sibthorpe (surname)}}'''Sibthorpe''' is a village and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe, in Nottinghamshire, England. There is no parish council, only a parish meeting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/local/parish-councils|title=Parish councils|publisher=Nottinghamshire County Council|accessdate=29 December 2022}}</ref> 123 residents were reported at the 2021 census.<ref>{{NOMIS2021|id=E04008002|title=Sibthorpe parish|accessdate=13 February 2024}}</ref> ==Toponymy== The place-name Sibthorpe seems to contain an Old Norse personal name, ''Sibba'', + '' þorp '' (Old Norse), A secondary settlement, a dependent outlying farmstead or hamlet, so probably, "Sibba's outlying farm/settlement".<ref>J. Gover, A. Mawer and F. M. Stenton, eds, ''Place Names of Nottinghamshire'' (Cambridge, 1940), p. 216; A. D. Mills, ''Dictionary of English Place-Names'' (Oxford, 2002), p. 313; E. Ekwall, ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'' (Oxford, 1960), p. 421.</ref>
Sibthorpe appears in the Domesday survey of 1086 as ''Sibetorp''.<ref>National Archives: E31/2/2/3848</ref>
==History== According to Francis White's ''Directory of Nottinghamshire'' of 1853, Sibthorpe, <blockquote>''"lies on the Cardike, {{convert|7|mi|km}} south-south-west of Newark, and was once a place of considerable importance, having a college founded by Geffrey de Scroop, in the reign of Edward II. It was also for a long time the residence of the Burnell family, who had a large mansion here, of which nothing now remains. The lordships contains {{convert|908|acre|km2}} of land, a tithe-free estate of the rateable value of £1,721, and 154 inhabitants, and is all the property of the Duke of Portland, who is also patron of the living, which is enjoyed by the Rev. John Ince Maltby of Shelton. The church, dedicated to St Peter, is a donative of the certified value of £20. It is an ancient edifice, and was originally much larger than it is at present. It has a spacious chancel, in which is a monument of Edward Burnell, the date on which is 1589, and in black letters are inserted, "By me, Barbara Burnell, God grant us a joyful resurrection." In the church-yard is a stone erected to the memory of four children of the name of Hall, who died in infancy, at the foot of which are these lines: 'The cup of life just with their lips they pressed, They found it bitter and declined the rest. Averse, then, turning from the face of day, They softly sighed their little souls away'. A neat Wesleyan chapel, built of wood, and standing on wheels, was opened for service in July 1844."''<ref>F. White "Directory of Nottinghamshire" (Sheffield, 1853)</ref> </blockquote>
Sibthorpe has two or three points of historical interest: #the church of St. Peter; #''a fine mediaeval dovecote,''<ref name="nottshistory.org.uk">[http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1900/summer/excursion3.htm Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology |Miscellaneous articles: Summer excursion 1900 (3): Elston and Sibthorpe<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> still standing to this day #''a college of priests'' attached to the church, founded in 1320 by Geoffrey le Scrope, and a few years later augmented by Thomas de Sibthorpe, the parson of Beckingham.<ref name="nottshistory.org.uk"/>
According to Thoroton, the College had a priest and eight or nine chaplains, who officiated "daily at the neighbouring chapels and churches of Syerston, Elston, Thoroton, and Aslockton. No traces of the college are left, except the fish-ponds on the south side of the church, and the dovecote."<ref name="nottshistory.org.uk"/> A recent photograph of the dovecote can be seen.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/purefinder/215463973/ dovecote, Sibthorpe sur Flickr : partage de photos !<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Regarding Sibthorpe College, "we have some evidence of the dimensions of the building in a letter written by Thomas Magnus, who was warden of the college in the reign of Henry VIII, to Cardinal Wolsey."<ref>[http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/Brown1896/hawton.htm ''Hawton, Thorpe, Cotham, and Sibthorpe,'' in Cornelius Brown, ''A History of Nottinghamshire,'' 1896]</ref> "When the ''Valor Ecclesiasticus'' was drawn up in 1534, Thomas Magnus was warden of Sibthorpe."<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40104 Colleges: Sibthorpe, ''A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2'' (1910), pp. 150–152.]</ref>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Sibthorpe
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Sibthorpe}} *[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=40104 History of the Sibthorpe medieval College] *[http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1900/summer/excursion3.htm 1900 essay about Elston & Sibthorpe history] *[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=sibthorpe&w=all&s=int Some recent photographs of the countryside around Sibthorpe] *[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/53851 Picture of Sibthorpe church and very brief history] *[http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/sibthorpe/hhistory.php ''History of St Peter's Church Sibthorpe''] {{Nottinghamshire|state=expanded}}{{authority control}}
Category:Villages in Nottinghamshire Category:Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire Category:Borough of Rushcliffe