Broad Campden is a small village in

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

, England, with a church and pub, and notable for its beauty and fine walking trails.

History

The village is the site of the listed partly 12th century Norman Chapel House that was renovated by

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Ananda Coomaraswamy Ananda Kentish Muthu Coomaraswamy ( ta, ஆனந்த குமாரசுவாமி, ''Ānanda Kentiś Muthū Kumāraswāmī''; si, ආනන්ද කුමාරස්වාමි ''Ānanda Kumārasvāmī''; 22 August 1877 − 9 Septem ...

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.

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.The Past and Present of a North Cotswold Village
1971, J. P. Nelson (cited in newspaper article) St Michael and All Angels, Broad Campden.jpg, Church of St Michael and All Angels Quaker Meeting House, Broad Campden.jpg, 17th century Quaker Meeting House (filming location for ''

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References

Villages in Gloucestershire Chipping Campden {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub