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Chipping Campden History

Chipping Campden
History Society

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    'Digging' Old Campden House
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Welcome to the website of Chipping Campden History Society

Since its formation in 1984 Chipping Campden History Society (CCHS) has amassed a substantial archive of documents, artefacts, photographs and recorded memories of the town and local villages which CCHS members have used to explore the past.  Much of this research into our history can be found on this website and in our publications.  We hope you will feel inspired to join us on this journey into our past.

The Campden we know today was a “new town” created in the late 12th century on an open site, the original settlements being Broad Campden, Berrington and Westington.   The town was granted a market charter – hence the name “Chipping” (from ceaping – market) and grew in importance with the medieval wool trade, from which wealth merchants re-created the magnificent Wool Church, as well as building themselves beautiful houses from the local Cotswold stone.  In later centuries many of the medieval cottages received a “make-over” and behind the Georgian facades of some houses lie unseen medieval half-timbered structures.

Browse through the History menu to find out more – about Sir Baptist Hicks and Campden House, about the Silk Mill,  the Guild of Handicraft and the many artists and craftspeople who have lived in Campden.

If you have a query, please complete and submit the Enquiry form on this website.  You can also leave a message by telephoning 01386 848840 or email us.

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  • Signpost No. 19 Autumn 2023

    Signpost No. 19 Autumn 2023

    This edition of Signpost includes an article about Ernest (Chinese) Wilson 1876–1930 by Ray Leigh, the second part of ...
  • Have A Go: BBC 1948

    Have A Go: BBC 1948

    Wilfred Pickles was a very popular radio presenter in the years after WWII, and he travelled around the country with ...
  • Signpost 18: Spring 2023

    Signpost 18: Spring 2023

    Contents: Correspondence The Corn Mills of Campden: Part 1 – Alison Gough Sheep Street and the Keyte family – Mary Koster-Saelle Campden Benefit Nursing Association – Judith ...
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  • The Funeral of Theodore Sadleir

    The Funeral of Theodore Sadleir

  • Who was Pauline?

    Who was Pauline?

    Carol’s meticulous research follows the story of Pauline and reveals the connections with the Hart and Huyshe families.
  • The Mortality Crisis of 1741 in Chipping Campden

    The Mortality Crisis of 1741 in Chipping Campden

    In the third of his series of articles using the parish registers and other Campden sources, Nick Woodward examines the ...
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  • Restoration of the Church Bells

    Restoration of the Church Bells

    Over the centuries the bells of St. James’ Church have been restored and replaced, at some risk to the workmen ...
  • Signpost 17: Autumn 2022

    Signpost 17: Autumn 2022

    The Wrought-Iron Arts-and-Crafts Signs of Chipping Campden      Michael Hill Baptist Hicks, Gerard Edwards Noel and the Slave Trade  ...
  • Kenneth Bassano Cooksey

    Kenneth Bassano Cooksey

    In the churchyard of the Parish Church of St. Eadburgha’s, Ebrington, an inscription on a gravestone, between the names and ...
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    CCHS Members' Section

    For CCHS members only – a password-protected web section Access to the Members’ Section, which contains more detailed information, is given ...
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