Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a little market community in the Cotswold area of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable 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 exact same component is found in various other communities such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe. A rich woollen trading centre in the center Ages, Chipping Campden appreciated the patronage of rich woollen sellers (see additionally woollen church), most significantly William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a popular Cotswold tourist destination with old inns, hotels, expert shops and restaurants. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured sedimentary rock buildings, developed from the smooth in your area quarried oolitic limestone called Cotswold rock, and boasts a riches of fine vernacular style. Much of the town centre is a Conservation Area which has actually aided to preserve the initial buildings. The community is completion point of the Cotswold Means, a 102-mile Long-distance path. Chipping Campden has organized its very own Olimpick Games since 1612. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
