Broad Campden is a small village in

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, 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

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that was renovated by

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for the art historian

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and his wife, the hand weaver, Ethel (later Ethel Mairet) from 1905 to 1907. It was the home of the

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''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

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