In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Kimble like this:
KIMBLE (GREAT), a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks; on Icknield street, 2¾ miles NE of Princes-Risborough r. station, and 3¼ SW by W of Wendover. It includes the hamlets of Kimble-Wick and Marsh; and has a letter box under Tring. Acres, 2, 473. Real property, £3, 244. Pop. ...
in 1851, 501; in 1861, 408. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few. The parish was anciently called Kunebel; is said to have got that name from Cunobelin or Cymbeline, the British king, whose sons made a brave stand here against the Romans; and contains eminences, called Belinus' castle, and Belinesbury, where Cunobelin is supposed to have had fortalices or residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £220. * Patron, G. H.Hampden, Esq. The church is early English, in very bad condition; comprises nave, aisles, and chancel; and contains a Norman font. There are a national school, and charities £8.
Great Kimble through time
Great Kimble is now part of Wycombe district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wycombe has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Kimble itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Kimble, in Wycombe and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4564
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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