Fimber
| Fimber | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church, Fimber | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE895606 |
| Location: | 54°2’3"N, 0°38’6"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 91 (200) |
| Post town: | Driffield |
| Postcode: | YO25 |
| Dialling code: | 01377 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Yorkshire |
Fimber is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in the Buckrose Wapentake, eight miles north-west of Driffield town centre and three miles south-west of the village of Sledmere. It is on the B1248 road.
The wider civil parish (including Towthorpe) had a population of 91 according to the 2001 census.
The Church of St Mary, Fimber was built in 1869–71 in a thirteenth-century style to replace a chapel of ease. The church is a Grade II listed building.[1] It is on the Sykes Churches Trail devised by the East Yorkshire Churches Group.[2]
History
Fimber was served by Sledmere and Fimber railway station on the Malton and Driffield Railway between 1853 and 1950.[3]
In 1823 the village was noted as being in the parish of Wetwang, in the Buckrose Wapentake, and the Liberty of St Peter (which belonged to York Minster). At the time there was a chapel of ease at which the rector of Wetwang was its incumbent curate. Population was 904, which included seven farmers, a grocer, a shoemaker, and a tailor.[4]
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1083790: Church of St Mary (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Sykes Churches Trail Southern Route". Beverley, East Yorkshire: East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group.
- ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 204
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 5.
