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.

Sibthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sibthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Sibetorp 1086 DB 1185 Templars c.1200 Wollaton 1201–12 RBE 1207 Cur 1214 FineR
  • Sibethorp 1230 Ebor 1242 Fees 1246 FF 1280 Ass
  • Sybethorp c.1210 Wollaton 1281 Ipm
  • Sibbetorp t.John BM 1208 PatR
  • Sibbethorp 1236 FF 1293 Fees
  • Sybbethorp 1281 Ipm
  • Sipzorp 1241 Ebor
  • Sipthorp' 1289 ib
  • Siptharp 1678 ParReg(Cotham)
  • Sibthorp(e) 1245 FF 1335 Pat
  • Sybthorp 1291 Ass
  • Sibbthorp 1302 FA
  • Sibbesthorp', Sibesthorp' 1270 Ebor
  • Syberthorp 1270 Ass
  • Sibelthorp 1338 Cl
  • Sibithorp 1338 Cl
  • Sybthrope 1582 Wills

Etymology

'The þorp of Sibba (OE ) or Sibbi (ON).' Cf. Sibthorpe (PN BedsHu 239).

Places in the same Parish