Place Study - Chipping Campden

Question 1

Where is Chipping Campden located?

Answer 1

. In Gloucestershire
. The North Cotswolds
. 26 miles from Cheltenham

Question 2

What percentage of residents are white?

Answer 2

98.7%

Question 3

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

Answer 3

4 times

Question 4

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

Answer 4

10 times

Question 5

How has the population of Chipping Campden changed over time?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What proportion of the population are elderly?

Answer 6

1/3

Question 7

What is infrastructure like in Chipping Campden?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is the vegetation in the area like?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What was the town known for in its early history?

Answer 9

Wool in the 13th century

Question 10

What influence did William Grevel have?

Answer 10

Influential wool trader, designed many of the buildings

Question 11

What was the market hall originally used for?

Answer 11

Selling dairy and poultry, a gift from Baptist Hicks

Question 12

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

Answer 12

The Arts and Crafts movement

Question 13

Who was Robert Ashbee?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What did Sir Baptist Hicks build in the town?

Answer 14

A manor house, Old Campden House

Question 15

When was Old Campden House built?

Answer 15

1612

Question 16

Why is infrastructure lacking?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

When was the Norman church built?

Answer 17

1180

Question 18

What was the Norman church transformed into?

Answer 18

St James church, the present day church

Question 19

What are the Almshouses?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

When were the Almshouses built?

Answer 20

1612, for £1000

Question 21

What type of houses dominate the town?

Answer 21

Detached

Question 22

What percentage of homes are second homes?

Answer 22

5.6%

Question 23

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

Answer 23

33.7% compared to 27.4% nationally

Question 24

What type of people is the town mostly populated by?

Answer 24

Middle class families and retired/elderly people

Question 25

Which constituency does the town fall into?

Answer 25

The Cotswolds

Question 26

Which political party is majority voted for?

Answer 26

Conservative, for the last 20 years at least

Question 27

How many town councillors are there?

Answer 27

11

Question 28

What percentage of the population are retired?

Answer 28

36%, compared to 17% average

Question 29

What percentage of households have no car?

Answer 29

11%, compared to 26% nationally

Question 30

What are some of the town's traditions and customs?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

What is Robert Dover's Games?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

What is Scuttlebrook Wake?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

When did the Arts and Crafts movement begin in Campden?

Answer 33

1901

Question 34

Which trade occurred in the town?

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Locale

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Sense of Place

Answer 36

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

Question 37

How many pubs / restaurants in 1863?

Answer 37

9

Question 38

How many pubs / restaurants in 2016?

Answer 38

9

Question 39

How many places of worship in 1863?

Answer 39

1

Question 40

How many places of worship in 2016?

Answer 40

3

Question 41

How many independent shops in 1863?

Answer 41

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

Question 42

How many independent shops in 2016?

Answer 42

32

Question 43

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

Answer 43

4- sign of affluence 3 schools 2 chain stores

Question 44

Population in 1851? 2011?

Answer 44

2351 2288 - fall of 1.36%

Question 45

By when had the population fallen to 1627? Reasons?

Answer 45

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

Question 46

Why did the population rise between 1921 and 2011?

Answer 46

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

Question 47

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

Answer 47

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

Question 48

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

Answer 48

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

Question 49

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

Answer 49

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

Question 50

Why has the employment structure changed?

Answer 50

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 51

Percentage change in employment in agriculture between 1881 and 2011

Answer 51

80% decrease

Question 52

Percentage change in employment in accommodation between 1881 and 2011

Answer 52

60% increase

Question 53

Percentage change in employment in education between 1881 and 2011

Answer 53

84% increase

Question 54

Percentage change in employment in science between 1881 and 2011

Answer 54

95% increase Partly due to the BRI

Question 55

Ethnic make up of Campden in 1881?

Answer 55

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

Question 56

Ethnic make up of Campden in 2011?

Answer 56

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 57

Quantitative Sources Used

Answer 57

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

Question 58

Qualitative Sources Used

Answer 58

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

Question 59

What did the Historian G M Trevelyan say about Campden?

Answer 59

‘Most beautiful village street now left in the island’

Question 60

Endogenous Factors

Answer 60

Climate Topography People Economy

Question 61

Exogenous Factors

Answer 61

BRI Government Initiatives Global Economy Links to other areas