Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a little market community in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is noteworthy 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 very same component is found in other communities such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (currently High) Wycombe. An abundant woollen trading centre in the center Ages, Chipping Campden delighted in the patronage of rich wool merchants (see likewise wool church), most notably William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a prominent Cotswold visitor location with old inns, hotels, expert stores as well as restaurants. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured limestone structures, constructed from the mellow in your area quarried oolitic limestone called Cotswold stone, and also boasts a wealth of fine vernacular architecture. Much of the community centre is a Conservation Area which has aided to preserve the original buildings. The community is the end factor of the Cotswold Means, a 102-mile Long-distance footpath. Chipping Campden has actually organized its own Olimpick Games given that 1612. The complete ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
