Imber is an uninhabited village and former civil parish within the British Army's training area, now in the parish of Heytesbury, on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England. It lies in an isolated area of
Part of the Urban warfare training area at Imber; original dwellings in centre
St Giles' Church is in the deserted village of Imber, Wiltshire, England, which since 1943 has been within the British Army's training area on Salisbury Plain. The church was built in the late 13th or
Imber
…with a mention of the village in 967. A small settlement called Imembrie with seven households was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book. The village's church of St Giles dates from the 13th century and has notable wall-paintings from the 15th. By the 14th century the population of the village had risen to around 250…