Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a tiny market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is noteworthy 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 found in other communities such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and also Chipping (currently High) Wycombe. A rich woollen trading centre in the center Ages, Chipping Campden took pleasure in the patronage of affluent wool sellers (see additionally wool church), most significantly William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a preferred Cotswold tourist destination with old inns, hotels, professional stores and also restaurants. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured sedimentary rock structures, developed from the mellow in your area quarried oolitic sedimentary rock referred to as Cotswold rock, and flaunts a riches of fine vernacular style. Much of the community centre is a Sanctuary which has helped to protect the initial structures. The town is completion point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile Long-distance walkway. Chipping Campden has held its very own Olimpick Games considering that 1612. The complete ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
