In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fimber like this:
FIMBER, a township-chapelry in Wetwang parish, E. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the Driffield and Malton railway, 8¾ miles WNW of Great Driffield. It has a station, jointly with Stedmere, on the railway; and its post town is Wetwang, under Driffield. Acres, 1,840. Real property, £1, 591 . Pop., 204. Houses, 34. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Wetwang, in the diocese of York. The church was rebuilt in 1869. There is a Methodist chapel.
Fimber through time
Fimber is now part of East Riding of Yorkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Riding of Yorkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fimber itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fimber, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12579
Date accessed: 08th May 2024
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