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Chipping
Campden Information and
History
When visiting Chipping
Campden from the northwest you will see a group of ruins, the remains
of Campden Manor. Begun in 1613 by Sir Baptist Hicks (1st Viscount Campden),
the manor was burned by Royalist troops to stop it being sequestered by
Parliament at the end of the Civil War.
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The almshouses
opposite the gateway were spared. The owner designed them in the form
of the letter "I" (latin for "J") as a symbol
of loyalty to King James I. |
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St James, one of the finest in the Cotswolds, is home to many elaborate
tombs and a magnificant brass dedicated to William Grevel who built
Grevel
House in the High Street. Grevel house (c. 1380) is the oldest
in a fine row of buildings. |
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Viscount Campden
donated the Market Hall in 1627 and his contemporary, Robert Dover,
founded the "Cotswold Olimpiks" in 1612 (long before the
modern Olympic Games had been established). |
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