In 1851 he became vicar of Downe-Ampney, near Cricklade in Gloucestershire; and in 1867 he returned as rector to Henley, where he remained until, in July 1883, he accepted the crown living of Ewelme There he died on 20 January 1884.
[1] Phillimore was joint editor with James Russell Woodford and Hyde Wyndham Beadon of The Parish Hymn Book (1863; enlarged edition of 1875).
This was one of the first books to give exposure to John Mason Neale's translations of Greek hymns.
A memorial volume, printed at Henley in 1884, and edited by his daughter Catherine, contained his hymns and some sermons.
[1] He married, on 16 April 1857, Emma Caroline, daughter of Captain Ambrose Goddard (1779–1854) of the Lawn, Swindon, M.P.