Chippenham, Cambridgeshire
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| Chippenham | |
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 Chippenham village sign | |
  Chippenham Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| Population | 517 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL661697 |
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| District | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ELY |
| Postcode district | CB7 |
| Dialling code | 01638 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Chippenham Village Website |
Chippenham is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, part of East Cambridgeshire district around 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Newmarket and 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Cambridge.
The parish of Chippenham covers 4,300 acres (1,700 ha) at the eastern end of Cambridgeshire. It is bordered by Suffolk to both the north (where the border follows the River Kennett) and the south (where the border follows the Icknield Way). To the east it is separated from Kennett, and to the west there are borders with Fordham and Snailwell, and a short border with Isleham. The present parish incorporates both the smaller medieval parish and the hamlet of Badlingham.[2] Listed as Chipeham in the Domesday Book of 1086, the name "Chippenham" probably means "river meadow of a man called Cippa".[3]
Chippenham Park is a large country estate created by Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford.[2]
Church
There has been a church in Chippenham since at least the 12th century which served both Chippenham and Badlingham. The present parish church has been dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch since 1279, and consists of a chancel with south chapel and north vestry, an aisled nave of seven bays, and a rectangular west tower. The oldest parts of the building date from the 12th century. The tower was rebuilt in the 15th century.[2]
The church has four 15th-century wall paintings that were plastered over with psalms in the 17th century, and rediscovered in the late 19th century.
John Gauden, later Bishop of Exeter and Worcester, was vicar of Chippenham in the 1630s.
