Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton is a market town as well as civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire area of Oxfordshire, England, about 12 miles (19 kilometres) southwest of Banbury and also 18 miles (29 kilometres) northwest of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the church's population as 6,337. The community has its very own theatre. The building started life as a Salvation Army Citadel, with the first stones, now noticeable in the auditorium, being stocked 1888. It proceeded for some years as a furniture warehouse, prior to being found by 2 Royal Shakespeare Business actors, Tamara and John Malcolm in 1968. In 1973, fundraising for the new theatre started in earnest, and a pantomime, Beauty and the Beast was staged in the city center. The Theatre was opened in 1975 by Tom Baker, the Doctor Who of the moment, starting with a light programme including films as well as lunchtime jazz performances. The adjacent cottage was bought as well as transformed to come to be bench and gallery. In 1990 a building in Goddards Lane was acquired as well as this currently acts as green room, offices and also wedding rehearsal space. The town also is a retail and recreation centre for its area, with 3 supermarkets and countless shops consisting of branches of nationwide chain stores. It has four public houses as well as 2 resorts with public bars. The town has 3 colleges. Divine Trinity Roman Catholic College and St Mary's Church of England School are primary schools. Chipping Norton School is the town's high school as well as has a 6th kind.