Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a little market community in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its elegant terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. ("Chipping" is from Old English ceping, "a market, a market-place"; the same element is located in other communities such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and also Chipping (now High) Wycombe. An abundant wool trading centre in the center Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of rich wool sellers (see also wool church), most significantly William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a prominent Cotswold tourist location with old inns, hotels, expert stores and also restaurants. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured sedimentary rock structures, built from the smooth in your area quarried oolitic sedimentary rock known as Cotswold rock, and also boasts a wide range of fine vernacular design. Much of the town centre is a Conservation Area which has aided to maintain the original buildings. The community is completion factor of the Cotswold Method, a 102-mile Long-distance path. Chipping Campden has held its own Olimpick Games given that 1612. The overall ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
