Fimber
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wetwang
Historical Forms
- Fimmar(a), Fymmar(a) 1121–37 YCh460 1137–55 1175–84 1207 FF
- Fymer(e) 1205–15 YCh632 1222 FF 1342 SR 1489 FF
- Fimara, Fymara, Fymare 1121–37 YCh456 1137–55 1154–61 ib
- Finmar(r)a t.Hy2 MaryH 1156–7 YCh354 t.Ric1 Ch 1308
- Finmer(e) 1166 P 1299 YI 1343 FF
- Fynnere (sic) 1272 FF
- Fimber, Fymber 1541 MinAcct 1563 FF 1650 ParlSurv
Etymology
The first element is an OE or an OScand *finn 'coarse grass.'For this word Ekwall would compare Norw finn 'mat-grass (nardus stricta )' and MDu vinne 'bristle of an ear of corn' (v. Mawer, Problems 92); cf. also Norw fingræs 'wire-grass, bent.' 'Pool amidst the rough coarse grass,' v. mere and cf. Marton supra 49. There are two pools in the village immediately below the church, the lower one quite considerable in size.