Editing Chedworth (section)

==History==
The [[parish church|parish]] [[Church of St Andrew, Chedworth|church of St Andrew]] is of 12th century [[Norman architecture|Norman]] origin, but was much rebuilt in the second half of the 15th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Church of St Andrew |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1090247 |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |access-date=20 August 2020 |archive-date=1 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201095632/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1090247 |url-status=live }}</ref> The south doorway has been described as "a most notable piece of rich [[Perpendicular Period|Perpendicular]] work" and the south range of five Perpendicular windows has also been admired: "The interior is very charming because these great Perpendicular windows are like a wall of clear tinted glass which reflects the light onto the plastered walls."<ref>David Verey, ''Cotswold Churches'' (B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1976), at pages 88–89</ref>

The medieval judge and cleric [[Thomas de Chaddesworth]], or de Chedworth, [[Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin]], and an unsuccessful candidate to be [[Archbishop of Dublin]], was born here in about 1230, and took his surname from the village. He died in [[Ireland]] in 1311.<ref>Mackay, Ronan "Chedworth (Chaddesworth), Thomas de", ''Cambridge Dictionary of Irish Biography'', 2009</ref>

Between 1892 and 1961, the village had a [[Chedworth Halt railway station|railway station]] on the [[Midland and South Western Junction Railway]].

In 1930, Rose Cottage in Chedworth was bought by [[Henry Ford]], who paid for it to be dismantled and transported to [[The Henry Ford|Greenwich Village]] in [[Dearborn, Michigan]], United States.<ref>{{cite news |last=Holmes |first=Jonathan |date=3 September 2023 |title=Why Henry Ford imported a Cotswold cottage to Michigan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-66546779 |work=BBC News |location= |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref>