Fimber is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, S ...

, England. It is situated approximately north-west of

Driffield Driffield, also known as Great Driffield (neighbouring Little Driffield), is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. By ...

town centre and south-west of the village of

Sledmere Sledmere is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about north-west of Driffield on the B1253 road. The village lies in a civil parish which is also officially called "Sledmere" by the Office for National Statistics, although th ...

. It lies on the B1248 road. The civil parish is formed by the village of Fimber and the

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of Towthorpe. According to the

2001 UK Census A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...

, Fimber parish had a population of 91. The church of St Mary, Fimber was built in 1869–71 in a thirteenth-century style to replace a

chapel of ease A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently, generally due to trav ...

. The church was designated a Grade II

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in September 1966 and is now recorded in the

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, maintained by

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. It is on the

Sykes Churches Trail The Sykes Churches Trail is a tour of East Yorkshire churches which were built, rebuilt or Victorian restoration, restored by the Sykes family of Sledmere, Sykes family of Sledmere House in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The tour was devi ...

devised by the East Yorkshire Churches Group. Fimber was served by

Sledmere and Fimber railway station Sledmere and Fimber railway station was a railway station on the Malton & Driffield Railway in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. History The station was opened on 19 May 1853. It was sited between the villages of Sledmere and Fimber. It w ...

on the

Malton and Driffield Railway The Malton and Driffield Junction Railway, later known as the ''Malton and Driffield branch'' was a railway line in Yorkshire that ran between the towns of Malton, North Yorkshire and Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The line was for ...

between 1853 and 1950. In 1823 the village was in the parish of

Wetwang Wetwang is a Yorkshire Wolds village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, west of Driffield on the A166 road. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 761, an increase on the 2001 census figure of 672. Name There ...

, the

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of Buckrose, and the

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of St Peter. At the time there was a

at which the rector of Wetwang was its

incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position. In an election, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the position that is up for election, regardless of whether they are seeking re-election. There may or may not be ...

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' () of souls of a parish. In this sense, ''curate'' means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy who are as ...

. Population was 904, which included seven farmers, a grocer, a shoemaker, and a tailor. Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 204

References

* {{authority control Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire