Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a tiny market community in the Cotswold area of Gloucestershire, England. It is remarkable 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 component is located in other communities such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (currently High) Wycombe. An abundant woollen trading centre in the Middle Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of well-off woollen vendors (see additionally wool church), most notably William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a popular Cotswold visitor destination with old inns, hotels, expert stores and restaurants. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured limestone buildings, developed from the mellow in your area quarried oolitic limestone known as Cotswold rock, and boasts a wide range of great vernacular style. Much of the town centre is a Sanctuary which has actually aided to maintain the original structures. The town is the end point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile Long-distance walkway. Chipping Campden has hosted its own Olimpick Games considering that 1612. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
