Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a tiny market town in the Cotswold district 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 component is discovered in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe. An abundant wool trading centre between Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of rich wool vendors (see also woollen church), most especially William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a preferred Cotswold traveler location with old inns, hotels, specialist shops and restaurants. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured limestone structures, developed from the mellow locally quarried oolitic sedimentary rock known as Cotswold stone, as well as boasts a riches of fine vernacular design. Much of the town centre is a Sanctuary which has actually aided to maintain the initial structures. The community is the end factor of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile Long-distance walkway. Chipping Campden has actually hosted its own Olimpick Games because 1612. The complete ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
