Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a tiny market town in the Cotswold area of Gloucestershire, England. It is noteworthy 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 aspect is found in various other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and also Chipping (currently High) Wycombe. A rich woollen trading centre in the Middle Ages, Chipping Campden delighted in the patronage of affluent wool vendors (see likewise woollen church), most significantly William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a popular Cotswold traveler location with old inns, hotels, expert shops and restaurants. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured limestone structures, built from the mellow locally quarried oolitic limestone called Cotswold rock, and boasts a wide range of great vernacular design. Much of the town centre is a Sanctuary which has assisted to maintain the initial structures. The community is completion point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile Long-distance footpath. Chipping Campden has hosted its very own Olimpick Games since 1612. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
