🧍Place Study - Chipping Campden Flashcards

1
Q

Where is Chipping Campden located?

A

In Gloucestershire, the North Cotswolds, 33 miles North East of Gloucester

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2
Q

What is the population of Chipping Campden?

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2340

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3
Q

What percentage of residents are white?

A

98.7%

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4
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How many times fewer is the proportion of black people in Chipping Campden compared to the UK?

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4 times

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5
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How many times fewer is the proportion of Asian people in Chipping Campden compared to the UK?

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10 times

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6
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How has the population of Chipping Campden changed over time?

A

Decreased around world wars, but over time has stayed relatively similar, little increase or decrease

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7
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What proportion of the population are elderly?

A

1/3

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8
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What is infrastructure like in Chipping Campden?

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Little infrastructure, B roads are only available routes to nearby towns of Evesham, Cheltenham and Broadway

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9
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What is the vegetation in the area like?

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Largely grassland and woodland with most common trees being Elm, Ash and Beech

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10
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What was the town known for in its early history?

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Wool in the 13th century

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11
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What influence did William Grevel have?

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Influential wool trader, designed many of the buildings

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12
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What was the market hall originally used for?

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Selling dairy and poultry, a gift from Baptist Hicks

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13
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What did the town become involved in after wool trading died out?

A

The Arts and Crafts movement

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14
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Who was Robert Ashbee?

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A silversmith, set up his workshop in the town in 1902

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15
Q

Which arts and crafts followers followed Ashbee to Chipping Campden?

A

F L Griggs and H J Massingham

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16
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What did Sir Baptist Hicks build in the town?

A

A manor house, Old Campden House

17
Q

When was Old Campden House built?

A

1612

18
Q

Why is infrastructure lacking?

A

Because the town was based on wool trade, so roads were small and single tracked as farmers only needed transport from fields to market hall

19
Q

When was the Norman church built?

A

1180

20
Q

What was the Norman church transformed into?

A

St James church, the present day church

21
Q

What are the Almshouses?

A

Built to house 6 poor men and 6 poor women, today housing pensioners from the town

22
Q

When were the Almshouses built?

A

1612, for £1000

23
Q

What type of houses dominate the town?

A

Detached

24
Q

What percentage of homes are second homes?

A

5.6%

25
Q

What percentage of people have qualification of level 4 or above?

A

33.7% compared to 27.4% nationally

26
Q

What type of people is the town mostly populated by?

A

Middle class families and retired/elderly people

27
Q

Which constituency does the town fall into?

A

The Cotswolds

28
Q

Which political party is majority voted for?

A

Conservative, for the last 20 years at least

29
Q

How many town councillors are there?

A

11

30
Q

What percentage of the population are retired?

A

36%, compared to 17% average

31
Q

What percentage of household shave no car?

A

11%, compared to 26% nationally

32
Q

What are some of the town’s traditions and customs?

A

The Mummers
The Morris Men
Robert Dover’s Games
Scuttlebrook Wake

33
Q

What is Robert Dover’s Games?

A

Held on the Friday after spring bank holiday, a gathering for the Cotswold ‘Olympicks’ with traditional sports such as shin kicking

34
Q

What is Scuttlebrook Wake?

A

An annual fair held on the day after Dover’s with fairground rides and a parade

35
Q

When did the Arts and Crafts movement begin in Campden?

A

1901

36
Q

Which trade occurred in the town?

A

Etching, glass artistry, illustration, silversmithing, bookbinding, pottery etc