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LATEST NEWS ON IMBER AND SALISBURY PLAIN...
click for more photographs of the August 2016 Imber Bus Run
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ROADS THROUGH IMBER VILLAGE ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL 6PM FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2016
for more information about access to the village please click here .
IMBERBUS PHOTOGRAPHS 2016
Sorry, the bus has left. The next busses to Imber don't run until next summer. For Photographs Of The 2016 Imberbus Run, click here.
NEIL SKELTON RECEIVED BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL AT IMBER ON SUNDAY
Neil Skelton, the man behind the saving of St Giles Chirch Imber, was presented with his British Empire Medal, awarded to him in the New Year's Honours List, on Sunday 21 August, in St Giles Church, by Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Lieutenant-General Sir Roderick Cordy-Simpson, KBE, CB. Sir Roderick lives in Bishopstrow, near Warminster..
SEPTEMBER'S 'SALISBURY PLAIN TRAINING AREA NEWSLETTER'
September will be a busy period for Salisbury Plain Training Area; the first week will be dominated by the Royal Tank Regiment and 1st Battalion the Mercian Regiment deploying with their armoured vehicles. In addition 1 Royal Horse Artillery will be training across all areas with their artillery equipment including live firing. Four other locally based sub-units will be conducting low level training during this period.... For September's 'Salisbury Plain Training Area Newsletter'', click here.
'Imber Then & Now'
'Imber Then & Now' has lots of photos of Imber and is available in paperback and Kindle format, click here. For more books on Imber village please click here. How about buying a book on Imber as a Christmas present?
for more information about access to the village please click here .
IMBERBUS PHOTOGRAPHS 2016
Sorry, the bus has left. The next busses to Imber don't run until next summer. For Photographs Of The 2016 Imberbus Run, click here.
NEIL SKELTON RECEIVED BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL AT IMBER ON SUNDAY
Neil Skelton, the man behind the saving of St Giles Chirch Imber, was presented with his British Empire Medal, awarded to him in the New Year's Honours List, on Sunday 21 August, in St Giles Church, by Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Lieutenant-General Sir Roderick Cordy-Simpson, KBE, CB. Sir Roderick lives in Bishopstrow, near Warminster..
SEPTEMBER'S 'SALISBURY PLAIN TRAINING AREA NEWSLETTER'
September will be a busy period for Salisbury Plain Training Area; the first week will be dominated by the Royal Tank Regiment and 1st Battalion the Mercian Regiment deploying with their armoured vehicles. In addition 1 Royal Horse Artillery will be training across all areas with their artillery equipment including live firing. Four other locally based sub-units will be conducting low level training during this period.... For September's 'Salisbury Plain Training Area Newsletter'', click here.
'Imber Then & Now'
'Imber Then & Now' has lots of photos of Imber and is available in paperback and Kindle format, click here. For more books on Imber village please click here. How about buying a book on Imber as a Christmas present?
ABOUT
ImberVillage.co.uk pays tribute to the remarkable people who lived in the 'lost' village of Imber, on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, and who were never allowed to return, as well as to those who now run St Giles Church, and those who also continue to keep the story alive in print.
Given nowhere to go Imber's villagers were liberated of their homes in 1943, with just 47 days notice, to make way for American troops to train for the liberation of Europe during World War II. With foresight the Ministry of Defence, as it is now called, had before the war bought up the farms and even the village itself to make Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire the largest military training ground in the United Kingdom. Thus the villagers were 'just' tenants, so were easily made to go, but as they understood it only until the war ended. Salisbury Plain remains, even today, too useful a training ground, so the villagers were never allowed back.
Photographs here on ImberVillage.co.uk show what the village looked like, more of its history, offer an online tour of Imber, and let you know how and when you can visit.
Given nowhere to go Imber's villagers were liberated of their homes in 1943, with just 47 days notice, to make way for American troops to train for the liberation of Europe during World War II. With foresight the Ministry of Defence, as it is now called, had before the war bought up the farms and even the village itself to make Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire the largest military training ground in the United Kingdom. Thus the villagers were 'just' tenants, so were easily made to go, but as they understood it only until the war ended. Salisbury Plain remains, even today, too useful a training ground, so the villagers were never allowed back.
Photographs here on ImberVillage.co.uk show what the village looked like, more of its history, offer an online tour of Imber, and let you know how and when you can visit.
Please note that for safety reasons it is forbidden to enter buildings, other than St Giles Church when it's open.
ImberVillage.co.uk is one of two websites by the same web author, please also check out WessexToday.co.uk
