In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Imber like this:
IMBER, a parish in Warminster district, Wilts; in Salisbury plain, 4 ½ miles NE by N of Heytesbury r. station, and 6½ ENE of Warminster. Post town, Heytesbury, under Bath. Acres, 3, 033. Real property, £2, 616. Pop., 382. Houses, 85. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £120. * Patron, the Marquis of Bath. The church contains two effigies of Knights Templars, and is good. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
Imber through time
Imber is now part of West Wiltshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Wiltshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Imber itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Imber in West Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11843
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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