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Welcome to the catalogue of the Chipping Campden History Society Archive.

Here you can search through our collection. Then if you want to know more about a particular item, contact us with the reference number. Volunteers have begun to scan items from the archive, and we will be gradually adding them to the website. We do not charge a fee but look for donations to help towards the costs of maintaining our archives.

Featured items

Cheese dish and beaker: H.Wixey

Ref: 2021/067/A

China cheese dish with lid, and beaker, both decorated with print of view of St. James Church. Descriptions on bases show that they were sold by H. Wixey. c.1910
The Martins, watercolour by unknown artist

Ref: 2021/061/P

Watercolour of The Martins, unknown artist (initials WAB) unknown date.
View towards Campden Church, watercolour by Florence Mare

Ref: 2021/055/P

View towards Campden Church, watercolour by Florence Mare. Description of her life in Digital Archive Box F15.
Brass sign for Farmers Co-op

Ref: 2020/049/Art

A brass sign 40 x 25 cm, with embossed words ‘The Campden and District Farmers Co-operative Association Ltd’. Said to have been fixed to the office door at the cattle market behind the Noel Arms.
Memorial cards

Ref: 2020/048/DS

Memorial cards: Sarah Ann BOND 1879 Mary Louisa EDGE 1884 Hellen Bakewell EDGE 1882 Susannah BLAKEMAN 1866 Francis George Wilkes HAINES 1874 Priscilla FREEMAN 1893. Buried at Mickleton Annie Sophia GLADWIN 1901 William GLADWIN 1911 Ruth HARTLEY 1884 Jesse HELPS 1893 Sarah LANE 1874 Jane MANTON 1897 Eliza PEARSON 1906 Martha Anna Pile TANNER 1902 Robert ROBERTS 1862 Anne Elizabeth ROBERTS 1899 Robert STANLEY 1865 Eliza STANLEY 1877 Ann TOMBS 1879 Andrew Herbert WIXEY 1888 Bertha ...
Harold Ashwin - WWI memorial scroll and letter

Ref: 2019/148/DS

Memorial scroll and letter from King George V sent to the family of Harold Ashwin after his death in WWI.

Latest items

Harry Bennett's recollections

Ref: 2021/111

Recollections of Campden by Harry Bennett 1914-, including: Bennett family life Woodbine Cottages Miles House Bakery, stories of a baker’s roundsman Schools Wool auction, Tithe Barn WWII Stories of Campden people
1821 Rate Book

Ref: 2021/110

Details of Campden People listed in the 1821 Rate Book.
Some Campden buildings

Ref: 2021/109

Recollections about Campden buildings and businesses. Details about history of Campden streets with their houses, shops, pubs. See also Search Aids – Houses
Campden Police Station

Ref: 2021/108

Memories by Dorrie Ellis c. 2000 about family visits to Campden Police Station. References to Magistrates, Bunker, policemen.
A Child in Campden in the 1930s

Ref: 2021/107

Letter from Tess Collett, published in the bulletin, about growing up in Campden in 1930s. References to games, school, travel, wartime, Mrs Ellis, bathing pool.
Horace & Elsie Haines memories

Ref: 2021/106

Transcribed Interview by Carolyn Mason with Horace and Elsie Haines. References to the farm, Haines family, Izod, Stanley, Ashbee, Guild, Parish council, Griggs, WWII, evacuees, Land Army, American GIs, Green Howards, Church, housing, Capt. Coles, fire at farm, forge cottage, blacksmith, vicarage.