Home Region Flashcards
What is your home region?
Cotswolds in the South West of England
Near Oxford, Bath, Bristol and Birmingham
Key local towns
Chipping Campden - far north of Cotswolds
Moreton in Marsh
Stow on the Wold
Bourbon on the Water
Northleach
Cirencester
Stratford upon Avon
Evesham
Burford
What is a landscape?
The visible features of an area of land:
The physical elements
The living elements - plants and animals
Weather and light
Human activity and features
What is an escarpment?
A steep slope separates two relatively level areas having different elevations
Features of escarpment
Scarp slope - steep slope
Dip slope - gentle slope
Cotswolds escarpment
Cotswolds escarpment has two types of slope. The steep slope is called scarp slope, you drive down this at Dovers Hill near Campden. The gentle slope called dip slope and you drive down this to Campden.
Cotswolds are made from
Limestone
Cotswolds landscape is
Rolling hills
Main activity in Cotswolds is
Farming
Vale of Evesham characteristics compared to Cotswolds
Clay
Soft resistance to erosion
Low height above sea level
How do tourists impact Chipping Campden?
Positive:
Jobs
Money from shops/restaurants/cafes/parking
Culture
Buildings/facilities maintained
Negative:
Over crowding at times
Traffic congestion
Increased litter/pollution
Increase in house prices due to rental market
History of Chipping Campden
Sir Baptist Hicks - politician and silk merchant, built market square
Woodward Family - builders and stone masons, built most of the town in 1719
Robert Dover - lawyer, founded Cotswolds Olimpiks
School has changed
Was a sheep market town
Meaning of Cotswolds
Cot means sheep enclosure
Wold means hill
Therefore ‘sheep enclosure on the hills’
Where did wealth come from?
From the wool trade
