Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton is a market community as well as civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about 12 miles (19 kilometres) southwest of Banbury and 18 miles (29 kilometres) northwest of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 6,337. The town has its very own theatre. The structure started life as a Salvation Army Citadel, with the initial rocks, currently visible in the auditorium, being laid in 1888. It continued for some years as a furniture stockroom, before being found by two Royal Shakespeare Company stars, Tamara and John Malcolm in 1968. In 1973, fundraising for the brand-new theatre began in earnest, and also 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 moment, starting with a light programme including films as well as lunchtime jazz performances. The adjacent cottage was purchased and converted to end up being bench and gallery. In 1990 a building in Goddards Lane was bought and also this currently functions as green room, offices and also rehearsal space. The community additionally is a retail as well as recreation centre for its area, with three grocery stores and numerous stores including branches of national store. It has four pubs as well as 2 hotels with public bars. The community has three institutions. Divine Trinity Roman Catholic Institution and St Mary's Church of England School are primary schools. Chipping Norton School is the community's high school and also has a sixth kind.
