Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a tiny market town in the Cotswold area of Gloucestershire, England. It is significant 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 same element is found in other communities such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury as well as Chipping (currently High) Wycombe. An abundant woollen trading centre in the center Ages, Chipping Campden took pleasure in the patronage of rich woollen merchants (see also wool church), most especially William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a popular Cotswold traveler location with old inns, hotels, expert stores and also restaurants. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured sedimentary rock buildings, developed from the smooth locally quarried oolitic limestone referred to as Cotswold stone, and also flaunts a riches of great vernacular design. Much of the town centre is a Conservation Area which has assisted to preserve the initial buildings. The community is completion factor of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile Long-distance walkway. Chipping Campden has actually hosted its own Olimpick Games since 1612. The overall ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
