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"Sibthorpe village and parish lies on the Cardike, 7 miles 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 908 acres 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."
[WHITE's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
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The Community Library at Bingham is an excellent resource. Or try the Library at Newark on Trent which is also useful in your research.
Richard CROFT has a photograph on Geo-graph of a Chest Tomb at Sibthorpe on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2007.
- The parish was in the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year | Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1841 | H.O. 107 / 862 |
| 1851 | H.O. 107 / 2139 |
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2483 |
| 1881 | R.G. 11 / 3381 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2717 |
- There was already a church and a priest here at the time of the 1086 Domesday Book, although no trace of that structure remains.
- There was once an ecclesiastical college here, founded by Geffrey le Scroop in the reign of Edward II.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
- The date of construction is reported as only "13th century".
- The church was reputedly much larger than the one found today.
- The church seats 100.
- Christine HASMAN has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2004.
- Julian P. GUFFOGG has a photograph of Church interior on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2017.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1720 and is in good condition. Earlier registers have been lost.
- The Family History Centre has the Bishop's Transcripts for 1613-1853 on mircofilm.
- The church was in the deanery of Newark no. 2.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a "portable" chapel here in 1844. It was made of wood and set on wheels so it could be moved about.
- The parish was in the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Sibthorpe is a small village and a parish which lies on the Cardike, 7 miles south of Newark, 6 miles north-west of Bingham, 17 miles north-east of Nottingham city and 131 miles north of London. The parish covers 912 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A612 arterial road out of Nottingham. This road runs right through the village of Lowdham.
- Check the Carlberry site for Bus service.
- There is still a railway station at Lowdham, but the webpage author is unsure if passenger service is still available.
- We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Sibthorpe to another place.
Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Yew trees at Sibthorpe on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2009.
Sibthorpe was the birthplace of the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas SECKER in 1693. SECKER's papers are kept at Lambeth Palace Library.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK763456 (Lat/Lon: 53.002293, -0.864469), Sibthorpe which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were formed.
- The parish was in the Newark Wapentake (Hundred) in the eastern division of the county.
- The citizens of this parish have elected to forgo a formal Parish Council and have instead decided to have Parish Meetings to discuss civic and political issues.
- District governance is provided by the Rushcliffe Borough Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Newark petty session hearings.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.