- Sibthorpe
infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption=
latitude= 53.00
longitude=-0.86
official_name =Sibthorpe
population =
civil_parish=East Markham
shire_district=Rushcliffe
shire_county=Nottinghamshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster=
post_town= NEWARK
postcode_district = NG23
postcode_area=NG
dial_code=01777
os_grid_reference= SK763454Sibthorpe is a village inNottinghamshire . It is part ofEast Markham civil parish.The 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 byGeffrey 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 theDuke of Portland , who is also patron of the living, which is enjoyed by the Rev. John Ince Maltby of Shelton. The church, dedicated toSt 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 is1589 , 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 July1844 ." [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/Sibthorpe/index.html White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853]Sibthorpe has two or three points of historical interest.
*the church ofSt. Peter ;
*"a fine mediaeval dovecote," [ [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1900/summer/excursion3.htm Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Miscellaneous articles: Summer excursion 1900 (3): Elston and Sibthorpe ] ] still standing to this day
*"a college of priests attached to the church, founded in1320 byGeoffrey le Scrope , and a few years later augmented byThomas de Sibthorpe , the good parson ofBeckingham . " [ [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1900/summer/excursion3.htm Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Miscellaneous articles: Summer excursion 1900 (3): Elston and Sibthorpe ] ]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 , andAslockton . No traces of the college are left, except the fish-ponds on the south side of the church, and the dovecote." [ [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1900/summer/excursion3.htm Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Miscellaneous articles: Summer excursion 1900 (3): Elston and Sibthorpe ] ] A very fine recent photograph of this dovecote can be seen. [ [http://www.flickr.com/photos/purefinder/215463973/ dovecote, Sibthorpe sur Flickr : partage de photos ! ] ]Notes
External links
* [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]
* [http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=sibthorpe&w=all&s=int Some recent photographs of the countryside around Sibthorpe]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/53851 Picture of Sibthorpe church and very brief history]
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