Chipping Campden

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

Town in Gloucestershire
On Cotswold Way
26 miles from Cheltenham

Question 2

Locale

Answer 2

Used to be a market town trading wool
Weekly market
Local bus service
Activities i.e. Music festival

Question 3

Sense of Place

Answer 3

Traditional market town
Limestone buildings- unique character (i.e. Hick’s Market Hall)
Some plants legally protected

Question 4

How many pubs / restaurants in 1863?

Answer 4

9

Question 5

How many pubs / restaurants in 2016?

Answer 5

9

Question 6

How many places of worship in 1863?

Answer 6

1

Question 7

How many places of worship in 2016?

Answer 7

3

Question 8

How many independent shops in 1863?

Answer 8

13

Included butcher, shoemaker, 4 bakers (only 1 now)

Question 9

How many independent shops in 2016?

Answer 9

32

Question 10

How many estate agents in 2016?
Schools?
Chain stores?

Answer 10

4- sign of affluence
3 schools
2 chain stores

Question 11

Population in 1851?

2011?

Answer 11

2351

2288 - fall of 1.36%

Question 12

By when had the population fallen to 1627?

Reasons?

Answer 12

1921
Due to WW1- left a gender imbalance
Increase in machinery meant agricultural jobs replaced- rural to urban migration

Question 13

Why did the population rise between 1921 and 2011?

Answer 13

Improved transport to London and Oxford = commuters

More jobs in the town - CCS and shops

Question 14

Number of people under 16 in 2011?

How would this compare to 1851?

Answer 14

13%
Would have been higher in 1851 as children were needed to work the land
(National average is 19%)

Question 15

Number of people aged 16-64 in 2011?

How would this compare to 1851?

Answer 15

54%
Higher in 1851 as more needed to work the land
(Mean age is 44, national average 39)

Question 16

Number of people aged 65+ in 2011?

How would this compare to 1851?

Answer 16

33%
Lower in 1851 as little healthcare meant low life expectancy, plus people come to Campden to retire now
(Double the national average)

Question 17

Why has the employment structure changed?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Percentage change in employment in agriculture between 1881 and 2011

Answer 18

80% decrease

Question 19

Percentage change in employment in accommodation between 1881 and 2011

Answer 19

60% increase

Question 20

Percentage change in employment in education between 1881 and 2011

Answer 20

84% increase

Question 21

Percentage change in employment in science between 1881 and 2011

Answer 21

95% increase

Partly due to the BRI

Question 22

Ethnic make up of Campden in 1881?

Answer 22

Nearly all residents would be English

Possibly some Irish migrants to work the land

Question 23

Ethnic make up of Campden in 2011?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Quantitative Sources Used

Answer 24

Census data
Council website for building information (i.e. Spitfire Developments)
Land Use Survey

Question 25

Qualitative Sources Used

Answer 25

Photos and Videos
Lived experience
Pictures i.e. Lesley Holmes
Quotes from historians

Question 26

What did the Historian G M Trevelyan say about Campden?

Answer 26

‘Most beautiful village street now left in the island’

Question 27

Endogenous Factors

Answer 27

Climate
Topography
People
Economy

Question 28

Exogenous Factors

Answer 28

BRI
Government Initiatives
Global Economy
Links to other areas