Chipping Campden - To-Day and Yesterday

By T. Elsley

A wonderful guide to the history of Chipping Campden, perfect for anybody interested in local history. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
• Release date: Sep 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781473359130

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CAMPDEN consists chiefly of the one broad main street, composed of many gabled houses built of local stone. Out of this extend picturesque alleys often gay with flowers, and old-world lanes leading into the country.

The first mention of the prefix ‘Chipping’ (meaning ‘market,’) is in 1323, when it appears as ‘Chep-yng Caumpeden.’ The local Post Office and the Railway authorities have in recent years reverted to the earlier single name; the correct postal address now being Campden, Glos: while that of the railway is Campden G.W.R.

The district called Campden in Kensington, London, was named after this place. Sir Baptist Hickes owned considerable property there, on which was situated his beautiful town residence, known as Campden House.

Campden is a place of great antiquity, and is mentioned in Domesday Book. It is situated in the upper division of the Hundred of Kiftsgate, (see page 22) and comprises the borough of Campden, and the hamlets of Berrington, Westington, Broad Campden and Combe.

The last Saxon lord of Campden was King Harold, who was slain at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Twice in its history Campden has rejoiced in a golden age; the first being in the fifteenth century through the great prosperity resulting from the wool trade; and the second being in the earlier half of the seventeenth