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Campden - an Introduction

  • Chipping Campden - the meaning of the name

    Chipping Campden - the meaning of the name

    Campden’s early name was Camp-denu, from Saxon Old English  meaning field or enclosure (camp) in the valley (denu). It appears ...
  • Early History

    Early History

    The early history of Chipping Campden is a bit of a mystery, but there are a few clues. Bronze Age There is ...
  • Lords of the Manor 1066-1273

    Lords of the Manor 1066-1273

    Saxon Lords of the Manor included Earl Godwin of Wessex who died in 1053, succeeded by his son Harold, who ...
  • Campden in the early 1600s

    Campden in the early 1600s

    At the start of the seventeenth century Chipping Campden, though no longer a centre for the wool trade, was an ...
  • The Millennium Post

    The Millennium Post

    Description of the sign The sign consists of two shields, each surmounted by an earl’s coronet and containing a coat of ...
  • Campden Town Arms

    Campden Town Arms

    It was only in 1972 that these arms were granted to Chipping Campden.  Frank Holland, then Town Clerk, set down ...
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