Sibsey is a civil parish and village on the A16 road and B1184 in the English county of Lincolnshire, north of Boston in the district of East Lindsey. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,996. The Prime Meridian passes just to the west of Sibsey, crossing the Stone Bridge Drain canal.
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Features
Set in the fens of Lincolnshire, Sibsey is a focus of the farming community. The village is surrounded by farmland. The Grantham to Skegness Line passes close to the south-east of the village with level crossings over the B1184 and A16.
The Sibsey Trader Mill
Sibsey's most prominent feature is the Sibsey Trader Mill[1]. This six-storey windmill has six sails and was completed in 1877. It is still in operation.[2] The village won an award for best-kept village in 1989.[3] The village pub is the White Hart on Main Road. Although the postal address for residences includes nearby Boston, it is not in that borough.
St. Margaret's Church
A medieval church, made up of work from many periods, the church has a square, Early English Period tower at the western end. It was completely restored in the 1850's. Today it is part of a group of parishes, Sibsey with Frithville, with a varied pattern of worship and community activity across three parish churches. The churchyard has an avenue of lime trees and parts are set aside as wildlife sanctuary.
 Western tower of the church. |
 View of church from east, through the edge of its lime avenue. |
 Sketch, perhaps Victorian, showing church before more recent tree planting. |
 Grave of Frank Besant, by the west entrance to the churchyard. |
Sibsey Free Primary School
Although now maintained by Lincolnshire County Council, the primary school had a long history as an independent, locally-supported institution. Established as a result of a 1723 Vestry decision, the school spent a century in leased accommodation before a school room was built in 1827 - a structure that lasted until the school was largely rebuilt in 1996.
Sibsey people
- Frank Bramley, a noted post-impressionist artist, was born at Sibsey in 1857.
- Frank Besant was vicar of Sibsey from 1871 until 1917. He was brother of Walter Besant. Initially he lived here with his wife, Annie Besant, who left him to find fame as a secularist, republican, socialist, Theosophist and campaigner for Irish and Indian self-rule.
- Arthur Lucan, comic actor best known for appearing as Old Mother Riley on stage and various films.
See also
References
- ^ Sibsey Trader Mill
- ^ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/conProperty.71, English Heritage, retrieved May 5, 2007.
- ^ See talk
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Coordinates: 53°02′N 0°01′E / 53.033°N 0.017°E
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