[2] Listed as Chipeham in the Domesday Book of 1086, the name "Chippenham" probably means "river meadow of a man called Cippa".

[3] Chippenham Park is a large country estate created by Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford.

The present parish church has been dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch since 1279, and consists of a chancel with south chapel and north vestry, an aisled nave of seven bays, and a rectangular west tower.

[2] The village's water pump which stands at the junction of the High Street and Snailwell Road was last used in 1948 and has an unusual cap.

Chippenham Fen is a National Nature Reserve and part of the Fenland Special Area of Conservation.