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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sibton like this:
SIBTON, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; 2½ miles WNW of Yoxford r. station, and 4½ N by W of Saxmundham. Post town, Yoxford, under Saxmundham. Acres, 2,861. Real property, £4,824. Pop., 489. Houses, 101. S. Park is the seat of J. W. Brooke, Esq. A Cistertian abbey was founded here, in 1149, by William de Cheney; was a splendid edifice; and has left some ruins. ...
The living is a vicarage, united with Peasenhall, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £.200.* Patron, J. W. Brooke, Esq. The church is old but good. There are an endowed school with £28 a year, and charities £65.
Sibton is now part of EAST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sibton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sibton, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7681
Date accessed: 17th February 2026
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