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✅Place Study - Chipping Campden Flashcards

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1
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Where is Chipping Campden located?

A

In Gloucestershire, the North Cotswolds, 33 miles North East of Gloucester

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What is the population of Chipping Campden?

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2340

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3
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What percentage of residents are white?

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98.7%

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How many times fewer is the proportion of black people in Chipping Campden compared to the UK?

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4 times

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How many times fewer is the proportion of Asian people in Chipping Campden compared to the UK?

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10 times

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How has the population of Chipping Campden changed over time?

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Decreased around world wars, but over time has stayed relatively similar, little increase or decrease

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What proportion of the population are elderly?

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1/3

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What is infrastructure like in Chipping Campden?

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Little infrastructure, B roads are only available routes to nearby towns of Evesham, Cheltenham and Broadway

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What is the vegetation in the area like?

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Largely grassland and woodland with most common trees being Elm, Ash and Beech

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What was the town known for in its early history?

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Wool in the 13th century

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What influence did William Grevel have?

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Influential wool trader, designed many of the buildings

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What was the market hall originally used for?

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Selling dairy and poultry, a gift from Baptist Hicks

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What did the town become involved in after wool trading died out?

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The Arts and Crafts movement

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Who was Robert Ashbee?

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A silversmith, set up his workshop in the town in 1902

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Which arts and crafts followers followed Ashbee to Chipping Campden?

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F L Griggs and H J Massingham

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What did Sir Baptist Hicks build in the town?

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A manor house, Old Campden House

17
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When was Old Campden House built?

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1612

18
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Why is infrastructure lacking?

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Because the town was based on wool trade, so roads were small and single tracked as farmers only needed transport from fields to market hall

19
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When was the Norman church built?

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1180

20
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What was the Norman church transformed into?

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St James church, the present day church

21
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What are the Almshouses?

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Built to house 6 poor men and 6 poor women, today housing pensioners from the town

22
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When were the Almshouses built?

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1612, for £1000

23
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What type of houses dominate the town?

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Detached

24
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What percentage of homes are second homes?

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5.6%

25
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What percentage of people have qualification of level 4 or above?

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33.7% compared to 27.4% nationally

26
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What type of people is the town mostly populated by?

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Middle class families and retired/elderly people

27
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Which constituency does the town fall into?

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The Cotswolds

28
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Which political party is majority voted for?

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Conservative, for the last 20 years at least

29
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How many town councillors are there?

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11

30
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What percentage of the population are retired?

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36%, compared to 17% average

31
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What percentage of household shave no car?

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11%, compared to 26% nationally

32
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What are some of the town’s traditions and customs?

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The Mummers
The Morris Men
Robert Dover’s Games
Scuttlebrook Wake

33
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What is Robert Dover’s Games?

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Held on the Friday after spring bank holiday, a gathering for the Cotswold ‘Olympicks’ with traditional sports such as shin kicking

34
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What is Scuttlebrook Wake?

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An annual fair held on the day after Dover’s with fairground rides and a parade

35
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When did the Arts and Crafts movement begin in Campden?

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1901

36
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Which trade occurred in the town?

A

Etching, glass artistry, illustration, silversmithing, bookbinding, pottery etc

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