Fimber

Also known as Fimber, East Riding of Yorkshire

Fimber is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west of Driffield town centre and 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.

Weather now

cached 530h ago

18°light rain

83% 6.4 m/s OpenWeatherMap

7-day forecast

via Open-Meteo

Place details

Locality: Fimber
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0
Timezone: Europe/London

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Fimber
UK place.static_image: Fimber.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St Mary’s Church, Fimber
UK place.population: 91
UK place.population_ref: (2001 census)
UK place.civil_parish: Fimber
UK place.unitary_england: East Riding of Yorkshire
UK place.region: Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.lieutenancy_england: East Riding of Yorkshire
UK place.constituency_westminster: Bridlington and The Wolds
UK place.post_town: DRIFFIELD
UK place.postcode_district: YO25
UK place.postcode_area: YO
UK place.dial_code: 01377
UK place.os_grid_reference: SE895606
UK place.london_distance_mi: 175
UK place.london_direction: S

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Population: 126
Image: Fimber.jpg
Dialing code: 01377

Show 4 more facts

Commons category: Fimber
postal code: YO25
OS grid reference: SE895606
P8168: Lake Skadar

Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Article

1 sections

Contents

References

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'.