Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a small market community in the Cotswold area of Gloucestershire, England. It is remarkable for its sophisticated terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. ("Chipping" is from Old English ceping, "a market, a market-place"; the very same component is found in various other communities such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe. An abundant wool trading centre between Ages, Chipping Campden took pleasure in the patronage of well-off woollen sellers (see likewise wool church), most notably William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a prominent Cotswold vacationer location with old inns, hotels, expert shops as well as restaurants. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured sedimentary rock structures, developed from the smooth locally quarried oolitic limestone called Cotswold stone, as well as boasts a wealth of great vernacular style. Much of the community centre is a Conservation Area which has actually assisted to maintain the original buildings. The town is completion point of the Cotswold Method, a 102-mile Long-distance path. Chipping Campden has organized its own Olimpick Games since 1612. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
