Sibthorpe is a village and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe, in Nottinghamshire, England.

[4] According to Francis White's Directory of Nottinghamshire of 1853, Sibthorpe, "lies on the Cardike, 7 miles (11 km) south-south-west of Newark, and was once a place of considerable importance, having a college founded by Geffrey de Scroop, in the reign of Edward II.

The lordships contains 908 acres (3.67 km2) of land, a tithe-free estate of the rateable value of £1,721, and 154 inhabitants, and is all the property of the Duke of Portland, who is also patron of the living, which is enjoyed by the Rev.

In the church-yard is a stone erected to the memory of four children of the name of Hall, who died in infancy, at the foot of which are these lines: 'The cup of life just with their lips they pressed, They found it bitter and declined the rest.

A neat Wesleyan chapel, built of wood, and standing on wheels, was opened for service in July 1844.