Stibbington, Huntingdonshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1932.

STIBBINGTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1932.

"STIBBINGTON is the usual ecclesiastical spelling of the ancient parish; the civil parish name is Sibson-cum-Stibbington. Stibbington parish is situated in the extreme north-west of the old county of Huntingdonshire, and is separated from Northamptonshire by the River Nene which flows around the northern half of the parish. The parish is low-lying and is liable to flood on the banks of the Nene, but reaches about 140 ft. above sea-level in the south. The soil is rich loam with a sub-soil of gravel and clay, and produces wheat, barley and beans. A coarse, but durable stone, was quarried locally. Of this area, it is difficult to know which is Stibbington and which is Sibson Judging, however, by the position of Sibson Manor House, with the reputed site of its church on the other side of the road, and the site of the village stocks (which remained until the early 20th century), it can be assumed that Sibson was the eastern and south-eastern part of the parish. the sites of some Roman houses, belonging to the Roman settlement here, lie in Sibson. A strip of land along the north-west boundary is called Wansford, where there is a bridge carrying the Great North Road (now replaced here by the A1 trunk Road) across the Nene into Northamptonshire. In 1221, a remission of 10 days penance was granted to all those crossing the bridge who gave alms for its repair, but these were only to be for the benefit of the township of Wansford. The Huntingdonshire part of the bridge was rebuilt in 1672-4 after descruction by ice floods. The village of Stibbington, about six and a half miles from Peterborough, lies on the Oundle Road, which joined the Great North Road near Wansford Bridge. The church stands about a quarter of a mile east of the Great North Road near the old ford to Sutton. Stibbington Hall, near the church, is an unspoiled 17th century house which evidently replaced an earlier building, parts of which are incorporated into it."