The mead has also been known as Chippenham Fields, Chippenham Park, Chippenham Gate and Monmouth Sports Ground. Between 1734 and 1893, Chippenham was used annually for horse racing. Sometime between 1893 and 1900, the racing moved to
Vauxhall Fields, where it ended in 1933. This brought an end to almost 200 years of racing in Monmouth. Early race cards from newspapers, such as the
London Evening Post refer to the course as Chippenham Mead. Initially, the event spanned five days but was later reduced to a two-day event by 1880. For example, the Monmouth races held on September 22 and 23 in 1870, and were a regular two-day annual event in the late 1860s and early 1870s,. The
Great Western Railway often advertised "CHEAP RETURN TICKETS" for the special event. Between 1876 and 1880, the race meet did not take place. On Tuesday 28 September 1880, the races returned. The
Western Mail newspaper of 31 July 1880 heralded the return of Monmouth races and claimed that "Monmouth races were among the oldest in England, for in the printed by order of his Most Gracious Majesty dated 1739, we find two days good racing accounted for at the town of Monmouth". In 1925, a single engined
Avro 504K bi-plane registered as G-EATB crashed landed on Chippenham Mead. The circumstances surrounding the incident are not known. In 2022, Chippenham Mead was designated Grade II on the
Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. ==Current usage==