🖼️Place Study - Chipping Campden Flashcards
Where is Chipping Campden located?
. In Gloucestershire
. The North Cotswolds
. 26 miles from Cheltenham
What percentage of residents are white?
98.7%
How many times fewer is the proportion of black people in Chipping Campden compared to the UK?
4 times
How many times fewer is the proportion of Asian people in Chipping Campden compared to the UK?
10 times
How has the population of Chipping Campden changed over time?
Decreased around world wars, but over time has stayed relatively similar, little increase or decrease
What proportion of the population are elderly?
1/3
What is infrastructure like in Chipping Campden?
Little infrastructure, B roads are only available routes to nearby towns of Evesham, Cheltenham and Broadway
What is the vegetation in the area like?
Largely grassland and woodland with most common trees being Elm, Ash and Beech
What was the town known for in its early history?
Wool in the 13th century
What influence did William Grevel have?
Influential wool trader, designed many of the buildings
What was the market hall originally used for?
Selling dairy and poultry, a gift from Baptist Hicks
What did the town become involved in after wool trading died out?
The Arts and Crafts movement
Who was Robert Ashbee?
A silversmith, set up his workshop in the town in 1902
What did Sir Baptist Hicks build in the town?
A manor house, Old Campden House
When was Old Campden House built?
1612
Why is infrastructure lacking?
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
When was the Norman church built?
1180
What was the Norman church transformed into?
St James church, the present day church
What are the Almshouses?
Built to house 6 poor men and 6 poor women, today housing pensioners from the town
When were the Almshouses built?
1612, for £1000
What type of houses dominate the town?
Detached
What percentage of homes are second homes?
5.6%
What percentage of people have qualification of level 4 or above?
33.7% compared to 27.4% nationally
What type of people is the town mostly populated by?
Middle class families and retired/elderly people
Which constituency does the town fall into?
The Cotswolds
Which political party is majority voted for?
Conservative, for the last 20 years at least
How many town councillors are there?
11
What percentage of the population are retired?
36%, compared to 17% average
What percentage of households have no car?
11%, compared to 26% nationally
What are some of the town’s traditions and customs?
The Mummers
The Morris Men
Robert Dover’s Games
Scuttlebrook Wake
What is Robert Dover’s Games?
Held on the Friday after spring bank holiday, a gathering for the Cotswold ‘Olympicks’ with traditional sports such as shin kicking
What is Scuttlebrook Wake?
An annual fair held on the day after Dover’s with fairground rides and a parade
When did the Arts and Crafts movement begin in Campden?
1901
Which trade occurred in the town?
Etching, glass artistry, illustration, silversmithing, bookbinding, pottery etc
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
