Broad Campden

Village in Gloucestershire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Broad Campden is a small village in Gloucestershire, England, with a church and pub, and notable for its beauty and fine walking trails.

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Broad Campden
Norman Chapel House; doorway
Broad Campden is located in Gloucestershire
Broad Campden
Broad Campden
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceSP1537
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHIPPING CAMPDEN
Postcode districtGL55
Dialling code01386
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
52.03°N 01.78°W / 52.03; -01.78
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History

The village is the site of the listed partly 12th century Norman Chapel House that was renovated by C. R. Ashbee for the art historian Ananda Coomaraswamy and his wife, the hand weaver, Ethel (later Ethel Mairet) from 1905 to 1907. It was the home of the Arts & Crafts Essex House Press from 1907 and Ashbee lived there from 1911.[1]

Population

In the 18th century there were 54 houses and just over 250 inhabitants; by 1971 there were over seventy houses but only 137 inhabitants.[2]

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