Coordinates: 51°44′46″N 0°53′10″W / 51.746°N 0.886°W / 51.746; -0.886

Ilmer
The parish church of St. Peter
Ilmer  Ilmer shown within Buckinghamshire
OS grid reference	SP7605
Civil parish	Longwick-cum-Ilmer
District	Wycombe
Shire county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Princes Risborough
Postcode district	HP
Dialling code	01844
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Wycombe
List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire

Ilmer is a village in Buckinghamshire at the foot of the Chiltern Hills about 2.75 miles (4.43 km) northwest of Princes Risborough, near the boundary with Oxfordshire.

There are about 30 dwellings in Ilmer.^{[citation needed]}

History [link]

The village toponym is derived from the Old English for 'Ylla's boundary', referring to the ancient boundary with Oxfordshire.^{[citation needed]} In 1086 the Domesday Book recorded the village as Imere.^[1]

The nave of the Church of England parish church of Saint Peter dates from the 12th century.^[1] In the 14th century the chancel was rebuilt and a south transept was added to the nave.^[1] In the 16th century the bellcote was added to the west end of the building. It has three bells, the oldest of which was cast in about 1500.^[1] In 1662 the south transept was demolished.^[1] The building was restored in 1859-60 under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street.^[2]

The master falconer of King James I lived in Ilmer.^{[citation needed]}

The family name Elmer, common in this part of the country, comes from this village.^{[citation needed]}

In 1899-1905 the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway was built through the parish. In 1906 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.

In the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the scene where spies attempt to blow up Chitty was filmed at Ilmer bridge.^{[citation needed]}

Sources [link]

• Page, William (ed.) (1927). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. pp. 61–63. 
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 175. 

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External links [link]

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