Vimioso has been mentioned since the beginning of Portuguese nationality. It appears to have arisen to the west of the current settlement (below the Fundo da Vila), in a place that is sufficiently humid to produce the wickerwork that gave it the name of a winey place. At that time, Galician-Portuguese from the lands located to the west of the Maçãs River and the Asturo-Leonese who originated the Mirandese language in the lands located to the north and east of the Angueira River would have been spoken in its term. The Lordship of Vimioso was given by the first Portuguese kings to the Antas family whose manor and stone of arms can be seen in front of the current Mother Church.
