Ilmer
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country= England
|coordinates = {{coord|51.746|-0.886|display=inline,title}}
|static_image_name= St.Peters Church, Ilmer - geograph.org.uk - 42825.jpg
|static_image_caption= St Peter's parish church
|official_name= Ilmer
|population=
|population_ref=
|civil_parish= Longwick-cum-Ilmer
|unitary_england = Buckinghamshire
|lieutenancy_england = Buckinghamshire
|region= South East England
|constituency_westminster= Wycombe
|post_town=Princes Risborough
|postcode_district= HP27
|postcode_area= HP
|dial_code= 01844
|os_grid_reference= SP7605
|website= [http://www.longwickcumilmer.org.uk/ Longwick-cum-Ilmer Parish Council]
}}
Ilmer is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Longwick-cum-Ilmer, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is at the foot of the Chiltern Hills about {{convert|3|mi|0}} northwest of Princes Risborough, near the boundary with Oxfordshire. In 1931 the parish had a population of 40.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10209377/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Ilmer CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=9 August 2023}} On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished to form "Longwick cum Ilmer".{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10209377|title=Relationships and changes Ilmer CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=9 August 2023}}
Toponym
The village toponym is derived from the Old English for 'Ylla's boundary', referring to the ancient boundary with Oxfordshire.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Imere.{{harvnb|Page|1927|pp=61–63.}}
Parish church
The nave of the Church of England parish church of Saint Peter dates from the 12th century. In the 14th century the chancel was rebuilt and a south transept was added to the nave. In the 16th century the timber-framed and weatherboarded bellcote was added to the west end of the building. In 1662 the south transept was demolished. The building was restored in 1859–60 under the direction of the Oxford Diocesan architect, G.E. Street.{{sfn|Pevsner|1960|p=175}}
The bellcote has three bells, all of them cast by bellfounders from Reading, Berkshire. The tenor was cast in about 1500, probably by William Hasylwood. William Knight cast the second bell in 1568 and Henry Knight cast the treble in 1618.
St Peter's is a Grade II* listed building.{{NHLE |num= 1332033 |desc=Church of St Peter |date=21 June 1955 |access-date=26 July 2013}}
Railway history
In 1899–1905 the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway was built through the parish. In 1906 {{rws|Ilmer Halt}} was opened on the line to serve the village. British Railways closed the halt in 1963. The railway remains open as part of the Chiltern Main Line from London.
In 1968, a scene from Albert R. Broccoli's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was filmed along the railway line in which the Baron Bomburst's spies capture the wrong car with Lord Scrumptious inside. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wikipedia: Locations; Railway Bridge
Sources
- {{cite book |editor-last=Page |editor-first=William |editor-link=William Henry Page |year=1927 |series=Victoria County History |title=A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62534 |pages=61–63 }}
- {{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=1960 |series=The Buildings of England |title=Buckinghamshire |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Harmondsworth |page=175 }}
References
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External links
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