English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Sibbertoft

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sibbertoft

Historical Forms

  • Sibertod 1086 DB
  • Sibertoft, Sybertod 12th Survey 1317 Cl
  • Sibretoft 1236 WellsR 1273 Ipm
  • Sipertoft 1256 Fees
  • Sibirtoft 1285 Ass
  • Siburtoft 1380 Cl
  • Sibetoft 1221 WellsR
  • Sybetoft 13th Fees
  • Sybbertofte al. Sibbtofte 1564 FF
  • Sibethorp 1250 Fees
  • Sybercroft 1284 FA

Etymology

'Sigebeorht 's toft,' v. topt . The absence of genitival s is to be noted. It may be, since the pers. name involved is English, that the original second element was tun , later replaced by the Scandinavian toft .

Places in the same Parish