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Chipping Campden
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is, without doubt, the finest of the Cotswold wool towns.
Unlike several other towns in the area, Chipping Campden has
aged gracefully because, for some crucial years, it was a
'forgotten' town which was not affected by modern development.
The town was one of the most prosperous wool centres in the
14th and 15th centuries and the buildings reflect that prosperity,
for all were obviously built by people of affluence. On the
long wide High Street, almost every house is worth looking
at. There are 14th century houses and inns, a 15th century
school, 17th century almshouses and Market Hall and an 18th
century Town Hall. Close to the almshouses stands the magnificent
Perpendicular Church of St James which reflects the former
opulence of Chipping Campden.
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