Chipping Campden Flashcards
Location
Town in Gloucestershire
On Cotswold Way
26 miles from Cheltenham
Locale
Used to be a market town trading wool
Weekly market
Local bus service
Activities i.e. Music festival
Sense of Place
Traditional market town
Limestone buildings- unique character (i.e. Hick’s Market Hall)
Some plants legally protected
How many pubs / restaurants in 1863?
9
How many pubs / restaurants in 2016?
9
How many places of worship in 1863?
1
How many places of worship in 2016?
3
How many independent shops in 1863?
13
Included butcher, shoemaker, 4 bakers (only 1 now)
How many independent shops in 2016?
32
How many estate agents in 2016?
Schools?
Chain stores?
4- sign of affluence
3 schools
2 chain stores
Population in 1851?
2011?
2351
2288 - fall of 1.36%
By when had the population fallen to 1627?
Reasons?
1921
Due to WW1- left a gender imbalance
Increase in machinery meant agricultural jobs replaced- rural to urban migration
Why did the population rise between 1921 and 2011?
Improved transport to London and Oxford = commuters
More jobs in the town - CCS and shops
Number of people under 16 in 2011?
How would this compare to 1851?
13%
Would have been higher in 1851 as children were needed to work the land
(National average is 19%)
Number of people aged 16-64 in 2011?
How would this compare to 1851?
54%
Higher in 1851 as more needed to work the land
(Mean age is 44, national average 39)
Number of people aged 65+ in 2011?
How would this compare to 1851?
33%
Lower in 1851 as little healthcare meant low life expectancy, plus people come to Campden to retire now
(Double the national average)
Why has the employment structure changed?
Improved education = more highly skilled jobs
People stay in education longer (i.e. they don’t drop out at 14 to get a job)
Shift from primary to tertiary industries for the UK
Percentage change in employment in agriculture between 1881 and 2011
80% decrease
Percentage change in employment in accommodation between 1881 and 2011
60% increase
Percentage change in employment in education between 1881 and 2011
84% increase
Percentage change in employment in science between 1881 and 2011
95% increase
Partly due to the BRI
Ethnic make up of Campden in 1881?
Nearly all residents would be English
Possibly some Irish migrants to work the land
Ethnic make up of Campden in 2011?
97% English
31 Eastern Europeans- plumbers, hospitality- low wages
Less immigration than UK average (92% English) as migrants prefer large cities and towns with more jobs
Quantitative Sources Used
Census data
Council website for building information (i.e. Spitfire Developments)
Land Use Survey
Qualitative Sources Used
Photos and Videos
Lived experience
Pictures i.e. Lesley Holmes
Quotes from historians
What did the Historian G M Trevelyan say about Campden?
‘Most beautiful village street now left in the island’
Endogenous Factors
Climate
Topography
People
Economy
Exogenous Factors
BRI
Government Initiatives
Global Economy
Links to other areas
