We had a couple days left on the rental car before our London apartment rental commenced, and Vicki wanted to spend them seeing more bits of the Cotswolds. From our last visit we learned that there is far more to the Costwolds than the precious/pretty little towns touted in the guidebooks and the tour buses they attract. We'd visited Chipping Campden in 2013, and were impressed and decided to revisit it as well as the National Trust's Snowshill property nearby, before heading on to a cottage we had rented near Cirencester. The next day we would take in Cirencester, then Fairford and Bibury, and then lastly see Burford on the way to London. In each case, a four or five star parish church was the main attraction. But first, Chipping Campden, just a beautiful unpretentious Cotswold town...
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| Market hall, middle of main drag |
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| Main drag |
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| Typical |
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One of the more famous parish churches, four stars
according to Sir Simon Jenkins, author of the Best
1000 Parish Churches in England |
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| South porch, 13th century |
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Inside: note the arch over the chancel...typical of
Cotswold "wool" churches (the late medieval wool
trade was England's main export and source of
wealth then; financed many of these churches) |
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| Windows in the arch |
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| Now in the 14th century tower |
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| 15th century altar hangings; read the note... |
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| 17th century clock |
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| The Chipping Campden Cope, c. 1380 |
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Again, read the note...only surviving cope from
the period around 1400... |
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Someone sewed over the Popist imagery, thereby allowing
the cope to survive the Reformation... |
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| Dovecote...garage...now what? |
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| Thatched roofs here and there |
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| Everyone loves Cotswold color |
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| Gearing up for the big party |
1 comment:
The textiles and embroidery are wonderful and so interesting.
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