Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a small market community in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is remarkable for its stylish 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 located in various other communities such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe. A rich woollen trading centre between Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of wealthy wool sellers (see likewise wool church), most especially William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a preferred Cotswold vacationer location with old inns, hotels, professional shops as well as dining establishments. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured sedimentary rock structures, constructed from the smooth in your area quarried oolitic limestone known as Cotswold stone, and flaunts a wealth of fine vernacular style. Much of the community centre is a Sanctuary which has assisted to preserve the initial structures. The community is the end point of the Cotswold Method, a 102-mile Long-distance walkway. Chipping Campden has hosted its very own Olimpick Games because 1612. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
