Editing Ilmer

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{{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 Council|Buckinghamshire]]
|lieutenancy_england = [[Buckinghamshire]]
|region= South East England
|constituency_westminster= [[Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency)|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished to form "Longwick cum Ilmer".<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Toponym==
The village [[Toponymy|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''.<ref name=Page>{{harvnb|Page|1927|pp=61–63.}}</ref>

==Parish church==
The [[nave]] of the [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Saint Peter]] dates from the 12th century.<ref name=Page/> In the 14th century the [[chancel]] was rebuilt and a south [[transept]] was added to the nave.<ref name=Page/> In the 16th century the timber-framed and weatherboarded [[bell-cot|bellcote]] was added to the west end of the building. In 1662 the south transept was demolished.<ref name=Page/> The building was restored in 1859–60 under the direction of the [[Diocese of Oxford|Oxford Diocesan]] architect, [[George Edmund Street|G.E. Street]].{{sfn|Pevsner|1960|p=175}}

The bellcote has three bells, all of them cast by [[Bellfounding|bellfounders]] from [[Reading, Berkshire]]. The tenor was cast in about 1500, probably by William Hasylwood.<ref name=Page/> William Knight cast the second bell in 1568 and Henry Knight cast the treble in 1618.<ref name=Page/>

St Peter's is a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade II* listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1332033 |desc=Church of St Peter |date=21 June 1955 |access-date=26 July 2013}}</ref>

==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 Rail]]ways 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. <ref> Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wikipedia: Locations; Railway Bridge</ref>

==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=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Buckinghamshire |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |page=175 }}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Villages in Buckinghamshire]]
[[Category:Former civil parishes in Buckinghamshire]]