Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton is a market town and also civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, regarding 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Banbury as well as 18 miles (29 kilometres) northwest of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the church's population as 6,337. The town has its own theatre. The structure started life as a Salvation Army Citadel, with the very first stones, currently visible in the amphitheater, being laid in 1888. It continued for some years as a furnishings storehouse, before being found by two Royal Shakespeare Firm actors, Tamara as well as John Malcolm in 1968. In 1973, fundraising for the new theatre began in earnest, as well as a pantomime, Beauty and the Beast was staged in the town hall. The Theatre was opened in 1975 by Tom Baker, the Doctor Who of the moment, beginning with a light programme including films and also lunchtime jazz concerts. The adjacent home was bought and converted to end up being the bar and also gallery. In 1990 a structure in Goddards Lane was purchased and this currently functions as green room, offices and also practice session space. The community likewise is a retail as well as leisure centre for its location, with 3 supermarkets and many stores including branches of national store. It has 4 hostelries as well as 2 resorts with public bars. The town has three schools. Divine Trinity Roman Catholic School and also St Mary's Church of England School are primary schools. Chipping Norton School is the town's secondary school and also has a sixth form.