{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Use British English|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54.034080|-0.634996|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Fimber | static_image = Fimber.jpg | static_image_caption = St Mary’s Church, Fimber | population = 91 | population_ref = (2001 census)<ref name="2001 census"/> | civil_parish = Fimber | unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire | constituency_westminster = Bridlington and The Wolds | post_town = DRIFFIELD | postcode_district = YO25 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = 01377 | os_grid_reference = SE895606 | london_distance_mi = 175<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction = S }} '''Fimber''' is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|8|mi|km}} north-west of Driffield town centre and {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} south-west of the village of Sledmere. It lies on the B1248 road. The civil parish is formed by the village of Fimber and the hamlet of Towthorpe. According to the 2001 UK Census, Fimber parish had a population of 91.<ref name="2001 census">{{cite web |url = http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/corp-docs/researchgroup/parishprofiles/FIMBER.pdf |title = 2001 Census: Area Profiles - Fimber |accessdate = 8 February 2013 |publisher = East Riding of Yorkshire Council |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120212055834/http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/corp-docs/researchgroup/parishprofiles/FIMBER.pdf |archivedate = 12 February 2012 |url-status = dead}} </ref>
The name Fimber probably derives from the Old English ''fīnmere'' meaning 'woodpile lake'. Alternatively, the first element could be derived from ''finn'' meaning 'coarse grass'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire+ER/Fimber|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|accessdate=13 October 2025}}</ref>
The church of St Mary, Fimber was built in 1869–71 in a thirteenth-century style to replace a chapel of ease. The church was designated a Grade II listed building in September 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1083790|desc=Church of St Mary|accessdate=29 April 2013}}</ref> It is on the Sykes Churches Trail devised by the East Yorkshire Churches Group.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sykes Churches Trail Southern Route|publisher=East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group<!--|accessdate=5 October 2009-->|location=Beverley, East Yorkshire}}</ref>
Fimber was served by Sledmere and Fimber railway station on the Malton and Driffield Railway between 1853 and 1950.<ref>{{Butt-Stations}}</ref>
In 1823 the village was in the parish of Wetwang, the Wapentake of Buckrose, and the Liberty of St Peter. 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.<ref name=Baines>Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', p. 204</ref>
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==References== {{commons category|Fimber|position=left}} {{Reflist}} {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book|title=Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets|year=2006|publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council|page=5<!--|accessdate=5 February 2011-->}} {{Refend}}
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