Broad Campden
Broad Campden is a small village in Gloucestershire, England, with a church and pub, and notable for its beauty and fine walking trails.
| Broad Campden | |
|---|---|
 Norman Chapel House; doorway | |
  Broad Campden Location within Gloucestershire | |
| OS grid reference | SP1537 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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]
Church of St Michael and All Angels
17th century Quaker Meeting House (filming location for Father Brown)
References
- Norman Chapel House, British Listed Buildings, Retrieved 21 October 2015
- The Past and Present of a North Cotswold Village, 1971, J. P. Nelson (cited in newspaper article)
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