Chipping Campden Hotels

Cotswold countryside at its very best. The market town of Chipping Campden is set in rolling hills, in an area given over to agriculture and sheep farming. The town is located close to the world famous gardens at Hidcote and Kiftsgate, but it deserves a visit in its rightChipping Campden received its first borough charter in 1185, and a market was established near the present High Street. At that time it was known as Campedene. Within a century that market area was being called Cepynge Campedene, or Market Campden.The parish church of St. James was built in the Norman period, at which time it was known as St. Katherines. The prosperity of the Cotswolds during the Middle Ages led to the rebuilding of St. James during the 15th century, under the patronage of William Grevel. Inside the church, a memorial brass to Grevel calls him, "the flower of the wool merchants of England. Grevel was responsible for building the aptly named Grevel House, on High Street, with a two story bay window dating to 1380. The church boasts some interesting fittings, including a 15th century brass lectern shaped like a falcon, altar hangings from 1500, and a ceremonial cope from 1400.