A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SIBSON, or Sibstone, a parish, with two townships and two hamlets, in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester, 4 miles NE of Atherstone r. station. Post town, Ather-stone. Acres, 3,817. Real property, £6,056. Pop., 480. Houses, 98. The property is divided among a few. A Roman settlement was at Wellesborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £1,150.* Patron, Pembroke College, Oxford. The church is ancient but good. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with two townships and two hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Sibson CP/AP Market Bosworth RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
| Place names: | SIBSON | SIBSON OR SIBSTONE | SIBSTONE |
| Place: | Sibson |
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