Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a small market community in the Cotswold area of Gloucestershire, England. It is noteworthy for its sophisticated 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 (now High) Wycombe. An abundant woollen trading centre between Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of well-off woollen merchants (see also wool church), most especially William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a preferred Cotswold visitor location with old inns, hotels, specialist stores and restaurants. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured limestone structures, constructed from the mellow locally quarried oolitic limestone called Cotswold stone, and boasts a riches of fine vernacular style. Much of the community centre is a Conservation Area which has assisted to protect the original structures. The town is completion factor of the Cotswold Means, a 102-mile Long-distance footpath. Chipping Campden has actually held its own Olimpick Games given that 1612. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
