[1] The village has been known as Timfborough, Tymmersbarue, Timsbarrow (meaning Timbered grove), Timsbyre (wooded hillside) and Temsbury throughout its long history.

Among the earliest written records is entry in the Norman Domesday Book of 1086:[3] "Williams holds Timsbury from the Bishop of Coutance.

It is attributed to Thomas Baldwin of Bath for Captain Parish R.N.,[14] is fronted by an ornate balustrade,[15] and includes a stable block from the same date.

It was in built in 1995 to mark the centenary of an underground explosion at Upper Conygre pit in 1895, which claimed the lives of seven miners and four horses.

The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, such as the village hall or community centre, playing fields and playgrounds, community library, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning.

The parish falls within the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset which was created in 1996, as established by the Local Government Act 1992.

The parish is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of North East Somerset and Hanham.

Local landmarks to the north west include the Sleight, a small escarpment rising to 645 feet (197 m) for a distance of 0.89 miles (1.43 km) in an east westerly direction.

There is some remaining managed woodland in the local area, but nothing like the amount there was in the past when the village was given its name of Timsbyre (wooded hillside).

Dutch elm disease and the use of wood for building construction, fuel and furniture has denuded much of the local area of its trees.

The annual mean temperature is about 10 °C (50 °F) with seasonal and diurnal variations, but due to the modifying effect of the sea, the range is less than in most other parts of the United Kingdom.

The south west of England enjoys a favoured location, particularly in summer, when the Azores High extends its influence north-eastwards towards the UK.

The parish Church of St Mary the Virgin was rebuilt in 1826–32 and the east end added in 1852 by Sir George Gilbert Scott.

[30] South road Methodist Church hall is home to various local groups including the Timsbury Ladies Choir.

[31] Tabor Free Methodist Church occupies a fine building of local stone on North Road.

Its records show that the stained glass windows, the pews and the entrance screens were designed and made within the village.

It has been extended in recent years and its other uses include short mat bowling,[38] dance classes and also the local polling station.

It is located in a former Miners welfare field purchased for their benefit and financed by a levy of a penny per ton of all coal mined in the local area.

There is a social hall for a branch of the British Legion in Newmans Lane,[41] a YMCA building and one public house, the Seven Stars, on North Road.

Statistical data (2007) provided by Bath and North East Somerset local council shows that Timsbury, (area 90 in the data), has above average access to local Authority services, has good health care facilities, a lower than average crime rate and good environmental living standards.