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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
. 26 miles from Cheltenham

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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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4
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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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5
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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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6
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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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8
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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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10
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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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13
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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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14
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What did Sir Baptist Hicks build in the town?

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A manor house, Old Campden House

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When was Old Campden House built?

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1612

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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

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17
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When was the Norman church built?

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1180

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18
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What was the Norman church transformed into?

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St James church, the present day church

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19
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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

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When were the Almshouses built?

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1612, for £1000

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21
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What type of houses dominate the town?

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Detached

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22
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What percentage of homes are second homes?

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5.6%

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23
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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

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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

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25
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Which constituency does the town fall into?

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The Cotswolds

26
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Which political party is majority voted for?

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Conservative, for the last 20 years at least

27
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How many town councillors are there?

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11

28
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What percentage of the population are retired?

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36%, compared to 17% average

29
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What percentage of households have no car?

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11%, compared to 26% nationally

30
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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

31
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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

32
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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

33
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When did the Arts and Crafts movement begin in Campden?

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1901

34
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Which trade occurred in the town?

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

35
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Locale

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

36
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Sense of Place

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

37
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How many pubs / restaurants in 1863?

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9

38
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How many pubs / restaurants in 2016?

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9

39
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How many places of worship in 1863?

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1

40
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How many places of worship in 2016?

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3

41
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How many independent shops in 1863?

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13
Included butcher, shoemaker, 4 bakers (only 1 now)

42
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How many independent shops in 2016?

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32

43
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How many estate agents in 2016?
Schools?
Chain stores?

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4- sign of affluence
3 schools
2 chain stores

44
Q

Population in 1851?
2011?

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2351
2288 - fall of 1.36%

45
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By when had the population fallen to 1627?
Reasons?

A

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

46
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Why did the population rise between 1921 and 2011?

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Improved transport to London and Oxford = commuters
More jobs in the town - CCS and shops

47
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Number of people under 16 in 2011?
How would this compare to 1851?

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

48
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Number of people aged 16-64 in 2011?
How would this compare to 1851?

A

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

49
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Number of people aged 65+ in 2011?
How would this compare to 1851?

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

50
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Why has the employment structure changed?

A

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

51
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Percentage change in employment in agriculture between 1881 and 2011

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80% decrease

52
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Percentage change in employment in accommodation between 1881 and 2011

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60% increase

53
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Percentage change in employment in education between 1881 and 2011

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84% increase

54
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Percentage change in employment in science between 1881 and 2011

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95% increase
Partly due to the BRI

55
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Ethnic make up of Campden in 1881?

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Nearly all residents would be English
Possibly some Irish migrants to work the land

56
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Ethnic make up of Campden in 2011?

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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

57
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Quantitative Sources Used

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

58
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Qualitative Sources Used

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

59
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What did the Historian G M Trevelyan say about Campden?

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‘Most beautiful village street now left in the island’

60
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Endogenous Factors

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Climate
Topography
People
Economy

61
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Exogenous Factors

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BRI
Government Initiatives
Global Economy
Links to other areas

AQA A-Level Human Geography (58 decks)

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