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Dover's House
Dover’s House is on the south side of the High Street with The Lanterns on the east and Saxton House to the west. It was built on an original burgage...
Richard Weoley
William Weeley and his wife Alice Family Origins The family originated with a 13th century migrant from Weoley in Northfield, now part of Birmingham, at the time when Roger de...
"Happy" Joe Court
“Happy” Joe Court was one of a number of Campden characters around at the turn of the 20th century. He lived in a cottage next to The Volunteer in Lower...
The Woodward Family
Westington Quarries On 5th September 1719 the Campden stonemason Thomas Woodward leased the Westington Quarries at the top of Westington Hill. No one then knew that the fine limestone, already...
"Teapot" Williams
“Teapot’s” real name was James, but he was always known by his nickname, which was given him by his uncle when he was a small boy. He would say that...
Harry George Ellis
Harry George (HG) Ellis exemplified the ‘middling sort’ of his times. He was born in Campden in 1856 to Henry and Hannah Ellis. Henry was the town basket maker and...
The Court and its ancillary buildings
Adjacent to the ruins of the manor house built by Sir Baptist Hicks stands The Court, at the end of Calf Lane. Behind it, beyond the garden, are other buildings...
February
14th February 1645: New muskets arrive in Campden The soldiers forming the Royalist garrison in Old Campden House were delighted by the delivery of ‘three score snaphance muskets’. These were...
The Winter of 1947 from a German PoW perspective
Klaus Behr was a German prisoner of war at Springhill Camp, near Campden from capture on 4th September 1944 until repatriation on 7th February 1948. His diary was translated and...
Frederick Charles Badger 1904 - 1975
Fred, one of six children of Edward Horace and Amelia Thomasena Badger, grew up at Home Farm, High Street, Campden, now Badger’s Tea Rooms. Their barns and farm buildings stood...
Wills Transcriptions
CCHS volunteers are transcribing all the Wills, Letters of Administration and Probate information of people living in Campden and surrounding areas, over 1000 of which are stored at Gloucestershire Archives...
Campden Post Office
The early days Campden’s mail would arrive by stagecoach along the main London to Worcester road through Moreton and would be taken and collected by carrier from the ‘ top...
"Marry him and I'll cut you off with a shilling!"
Did this really ever happen? It might have done once in Chipping Campden. CCHS members who are transcribing and studying old wills were stunned by some of the provisions in...
Campden Shops and Businesses in 1863
A ‘small market town’ Modern Telephone Directories include Yellow Pages to help us find shops and tradesmen. The Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, 1863, did not need to do that....
Notes & Queries Volume II
Notes & Queries Volume I
Sundials in Campden
People have always needed to know the time and sundials were used long before there were any clocks. Even when clocks and watches had been invented, sundials were still made....
Useful websites
Gloucestershire Local History Association Information about other historical societies in Gloucestershire, with booklists, resources, events and contacts Blockley Heritage Society Blockley Heritage Society has information about the history of nearby...
W K Hudson
William Knowle Hudson was born in Birmingham on 16th May 1892. Hudson enlisted on 13th November 1914 when he was 22 years old and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant with the...
A Wartime Campden Christmas for a German PoW
Klaus Behr was a German prisoner of war at Springhill Camp, near Campden, from capture on 4th September 1944 until repatriation on 7th February 1948. His diary was translated and...
December Diary
On 19th December 1387 Richard II was facing difficulties from the Lords Appellant; his supporter, Robert de Vere, who had himself been impeached for treason, raised an army of 4,000...
Which day is Christmas Day?
Twenty-fifth of December, of course; but is it really the day we now call 25th or the day we would have called 25th by last year’s calendar? Arguments like this...
Lists of Graves
Early burials The churchyard of St. James’ Church has been in use throughout the centuries. Early burials were normally unmarked and, in accordance with custom, bones were eventually removed to...
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