Chipping Campden is a tiny market community in the Cotswold area of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its classy 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 aspect is located in other communities such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (currently High) Wycombe. A rich woollen trading centre in the center Ages, Chipping Campden took pleasure in the patronage of rich woollen vendors (see additionally woollen church), most especially William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a prominent Cotswold traveler location with old inns, hotels, expert stores as well as dining establishments. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured sedimentary rock structures, developed from the mellow locally quarried oolitic sedimentary rock called Cotswold rock, and boasts a wide range of fine vernacular style. Much of the town centre is a Conservation Area which has aided to protect the original structures. The town is the end point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile Long-distance path. Chipping Campden has held its very own Olimpick Games since 1612. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
