Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden is a small market town in the Cotswold area of Gloucestershire, England. It is significant 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 aspect is located in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and also Chipping (currently High) Wycombe. A rich wool trading centre between Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of wealthy wool vendors (see likewise woollen church), most significantly William Greville (d. 1401). Today it is a preferred Cotswold vacationer location with old inns, hotels, specialist stores and dining establishments. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured limestone buildings, built from the smooth in your area quarried oolitic limestone referred to as Cotswold stone, as well as boasts a riches of fine vernacular style. Much of the town centre is a Conservation Area which has actually aided to protect the original buildings. The community is completion point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile Long-distance path. Chipping Campden has actually held its own Olimpick Games given that 1612. The complete ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,888.
