^{FIMBER VILLAGE}

Fimber is a quiet village situated astride the B1251 scenic route to Bridlington in the pleasant rolling countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds.

It lies 20 miles east of York and a similar distance from Bridlington on the East Coast. The nearest towns are the market towns of Driffield and Malton both of which are about 10 miles away.

Fimber is clustered on a slight spur of land overlooking the Thixendale valley with the village and surrounding area dominated by the small but attractive church of St Mary's. The church is located in the centre of the village on the site of two former churches and the site of a prehistoric burial mound. Like many other Wolds' villages, Fimber has a village pond that occupies a central position on the village green. A second pond was also situated on the green but this was filled in about fifty years ago. It appears that the ponds gave rise to the name 'Fimber'.

The Old English/Scandinavian translation being 'a pool amidst the rough, coarse grass'.

To the north of the parish is the large farmstead of Towthorpe, the only other site of significant settlement within the parish. This farmstead occupies the site of the deserted medieval village of Towthorpe, the remains of which are still visible as grass-covered earthworks in the surrounding fields.

For the most part, the land in the parish is intensively farmed, mainly arable with some sheep and cattle. There are several large, scattered farmsteads, most of which have the characteristic windbreak of 'shelterbelt' of trees surrounding them.

Fimber is the birth place of the nineteenth century archaeologist John Robert Mortimer. There is an Exhibition of his life and work in St Mary's Church.