Sibson, Cambridgeshire

About Sibson, Cambridgeshire

Sibson is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. Sibson lies approximately 6mi west of Peterborough city centre. Sibson is in the civil parish of Sibson-cum-Stibbington. Sibson is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. Sibson Aerodrome is 1 km south of the village. HistoryIn 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book. Starting with the king himself, for each landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or manors; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, the amount of annual rent that was collected by the lord of the manor both in 1066 and in 1086, together with the taxable value. Sibson was listed in the Domesday Book in the Hundred of Normancross in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement was written as Sibestun and Sibestune in the Domesday Book. In 1086 there were two manors at Sibson; the annual rent paid to the lords of the manors in 1066 had been £5 and the rent was the same in 1086.

Sibson, Cambridgeshire Description

Sibson is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. Sibson lies approximately 6mi west of Peterborough city centre. Sibson is in the civil parish of Sibson-cum-Stibbington. Sibson is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. Sibson Aerodrome is 1 km south of the village. HistoryIn 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book. Starting with the king himself, for each landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or manors; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, the amount of annual rent that was collected by the lord of the manor both in 1066 and in 1086, together with the taxable value. Sibson was listed in the Domesday Book in the Hundred of Normancross in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement was written as Sibestun and Sibestune in the Domesday Book. In 1086 there were two manors at Sibson; the annual rent paid to the lords of the manors in 1066 had been £5 and the rent was the same in 1086.

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Sibson, Cambridgeshire is located at Peterborough