Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton is a market town and also civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire area of Oxfordshire, England, regarding 12 miles (19 kilometres) southwest of Banbury and also 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the church's population as 6,337. The town has its own theatre. The building started life as a Salvation Army Citadel, with the very first stones, now noticeable in the auditorium, being laid in 1888. It proceeded for some years as a furnishings storehouse, prior to being uncovered by two Royal Shakespeare Firm actors, Tamara as well as John Malcolm in 1968. In 1973, fundraising for the new theatre started in earnest, and a pantomime, Beauty and the Beast was presented in the city center. The Theatre was opened in 1975 by Tom Baker, the Doctor Who of the time, beginning with a light program including films and also lunchtime jazz concerts. The adjoining cottage was bought as well as converted to come to be bench as well as gallery. In 1990 a building in Goddards Lane was bought and this currently works as green room, offices and also practice session area. The town additionally is a retail and also leisure centre for its location, with 3 grocery stores as well as various stores consisting of branches of national store. It has four public houses and two hotels with public bars. The town has 3 schools. Holy Trinity Roman Catholic School and also St Mary's Church of England School are primary schools. Chipping Norton School is the community's secondary school as well as has a sixth kind.