Map sources for Chipping Campden at grid reference SP1539

Chipping Campden is a Cotswold town in Gloucestershire, England, famous for its beautiful terraced High Street, dating from the 14th – 17th centuries. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ... Image File history File links Gb4dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The Cotswolds is the name given to a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, a hilly area reaching over 300 m or 1000 feet. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

A rich wool trading centre in the Middle Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of wealthy wool merchants (see also wool church). Today it is a popular Cotswold tourist destination with old inns, hotels, shops and restaurants. The High Street is lined with honey-coloured limestone buildings, built from the mellow locally quarried Cotswold stone, and boasts a wealth of fine vernacular architecture. At its centre stands the Market Hall with its splendid arches, built in 1627. Long and short hair wool at the South Central Family Farm Research Center in Boonesville, Arizona Wool is the fibre derived from the fur of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of other mammals such as goats, alpacas and rabbits may also be... A fruit stand at a market. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Long and short hair wool at the South Central Family Farm Research Center in Boonesville, Arizona Wool is the fibre derived from the fur of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of other mammals such as goats, alpacas and rabbits may also be... Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ... A wool church is an English church built primarily from the proceeds of the mediaeval wool trade. ... The Cotswolds are a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the heart of England, a hilly area reaching nearly 300 m or 1000 feet. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... For the river named Inn, check Inn River Inns are establishments where travellers can procure food, drink, and lodging. ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... A small cinder quarry A dimension stone quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. ... Cotswold stone is a yellow oolitic limestone quarried in many places the Cotswold Hills in the south midlands of England. ... Vernacular architecture a term from academic architecture to categorize structures built outside of academic tradition. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ...

Other attractions include the grand early perpendicular wool church of St James – with its medieval altar frontals (c.1500), cope (c.1400) and vast and extravagant 17th century monuments to Sir Baptist Hicks and family – the Almshouses and Woolstaplers Museum. See also Gothic art. ... A wool church is an English church built primarily from the proceeds of the mediaeval wool trade. ... Saint James can refer to the following: Several men mentioned in the New Testament, whose various epithets and euphemisms cause some uncertainties: James, son of Zebedee, an apostle, brother of John the Apostle; also called Saint James the Great. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... An altar cloth is used by magicians, Wiccans, Satanic witches, and other practicioners of the occult for one or more of several reasons. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... a priest wearing a cope The cope is a liturgical vestment, which may be of any liturgical colour, and is like a very long mantle or cloak, fastened at the breast by a clasp. ... Events Henry IV quells baron rebellion and executes The Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury for their attempt to have Richard II of England restored as King Jean Froissart writes the Chronicles Medici family becomes powerful in Florence, Italy Births December 25 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... A church monument is an architectural or sculptural memorial to a dead person or persons, often in the form of an effigy or a wall tablet, located within a Christian church. ... The Almshouse at Sherborne, Dorset The Almshouse at Woburn, Bedfordshire West Hackney Almshouses in Stoke Newington, London. ...

Since 1610 the town has been home to a championship of rural games, which later turned into Robert Dover's Cotswold Olympick Games. The 'Olympicks' are held every summer on Dover's Hill, near Chipping Campden. Peculiar to the games is the sport of shin-kicking (hay stuffed down the trousers can ease one's brave passage to later rounds). To mark the end of the games, there is a huge bonfire and firework display. This is followed by a torch-lit procession back into the town and Morris dancing in the square. The Scuttlebrook Wake takes place the following day. The locals don fancy dress costumes and follow the Scuttlebrook May Queen, with her four attendants and page boy, in a procession to the centre of town. // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... Robert Dover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A woodcut from 1636 depicting the Cotswold Games The Cotswold Games were an annual public celebration of games and sports held in the Cotswolds in England. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... A morris dance is a form of English folk dance. ... May Queen is a term which has two distinct but related meanings. ... A page is a young male servant. ...

The Cotswold Way runs for 100 miles from Chipping Campden to Bath. The Heart of England Way also links to the Cotswold Way at Campden. The Cotswold Way is a long-distance footpath, running along the escarpment of the Cotswold Hills in England. ... For other uses, see Bath (disambiguation). ... The Heart of England Way[1] is a long distance walk of around 100 miles through the Midlands of England. ...

Places to visit locally include: Kiftsgate Court and Hidcote Manor Garden (owned by the National Trust), near Mickleton (3 miles); Blockley; Broadway; Stow-on-the-Wold; Winchcombe; and, further afield, Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick Castle. Hidcote Manor Garden is a garden located on the outskirts of the village of Hidcote Bartrim, near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England and owned by the National Trust. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ... Mickleton is the northernmost village in Gloucestershire, England. ... Blockley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, in the north Cotswolds. ... Broadway, Worcestershire Broadway is a Cotswold village in Worcestershire, England. ... Map sources for Stow-on-the-Wold at grid reference SP195255 An English Gloucestershire market town, Stow-on-the-Wold sits on top of a 800 foot tall hill, at the convergence of a number of roads through the Cotswolds. ... Location within the British Isles The busy main street Winchcombe is a Cotswold town in the Local Authority District of Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, England. ... William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a town in Warwickshire, England. ... Warwick Castle in the 19th century. ...

External links

General

• Welcome to Chipping Campden.
• Chipping Campden, Gloucesterhire
• Some old postcards of Chipping Campden

Churches

• Chipping Campden Parish Church of St. James (CofE)
• Chipping Campden Baptist Church