Stibbington

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Stibbington – in the far north-west corner of Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England – is a village which lies in a loop of the River Nene and in the civil parish of Sibson-cum-Stibbington. It is near Wansford on the Great North Road, in Peterborough District. Its grid reference is TL0898.

The village is about 6½ miles from Peterborough. The church[1] stands about a quarter of a mile east of the Great North Road near the ford to Sutton. Stibbington Hall[2], near the church, is a 17th-century house. Stibbington House[3] lies between the Oundle Road and the Nene, and was the residence of Sir Stephen Hastings. Stibbington Manor Farm, on the south-west side of the road near Sibson Manor House, was built about 1625.

[edit] References

  1. ^ St John Baptist, Stibbington. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  2. ^ Stibbington Hall. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  3. ^ Stibbington House. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  • 'Parishes: Stibbington', A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 3 (1936), pp. 217-222. [1]. Date accessed: 10 May 2008.
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