A 12th century village on the coast two miles south of Maryport.
It was the monks of Holm Cultram Abbey who were the first visitors to the piece of land, way back in 1279. They were apparently happy here until the Reformation when Henry VIII granted the village to one Thomas Dalston of Carlisle.
He in turn sold the land to a John Blennerhasset who resided at the newly built Flimby Hall until 1772, when the property was subsequently sold to Sir James Lowther. These days Flimby Hall is a farm.
Flimby as a parish was separated from Camerton in 1546. The present parish church of St Nicholas was re-built in 1794 (on the site of a previous church).
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