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, concerning 12 miles (19 kilometres) southwest of Banbury and also 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 6,337. The community has its own theatre. The structure began life as a Salvation Army Citadel, with the very first stones, now visible in the auditorium, being stocked 1888. It continued for some years as a furnishings stockroom, prior to being uncovered by two Royal Shakespeare Business actors, Tamara and also John Malcolm in 1968. In 1973, fundraising for the brand-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 moment, beginning with a light program consisting of films and also lunchtime jazz performances. The adjacent cottage was purchased and transformed to come to be the bar as well as gallery. In 1990 a building in Goddards Lane was bought and also this currently serves as green room, offices and rehearsal space. The town likewise is a retail as well as recreation centre for its area, with 3 grocery stores as well as numerous stores including branches of nationwide store. It has four hostelries and 2 resorts with public bars. The town has 3 institutions. Divine Trinity Roman Catholic College and also St Mary's Church of England School are primary schools. Chipping Norton School is the town's secondary school and has a sixth kind.
