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
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
Watercolour of The Martins, unknown artist (initials WAB) unknown date.
View towards Campden Church, watercolour by Florence Mare. Description of her life in Digital Archive Box F15.
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:
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 ...
Memorial scroll and letter from King George V sent to the family of Harold Ashwin after his death in WWI.
Latest items
Story of Walter Keen and his death in WWI, Paul Hughes’ research that led to a headstone being erected in Maidstone cemetary in 2019.
William Horne family details and ownership of ‘The Bantam Tearooms’ SC19
Detals of the Summerton/Somerton family. Grocer, shops, railway
Detasils and copies of original documents about the Waine (& Merriman) family
Details, with photograph, of the sales of fleeces in Campden 1928 – 1939
Publication details of:
Red books
CADHAS Newsletters
Sir Gerard Noel book
Town guides and trails