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 km) southwest of Banbury and 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the church's population as 6,337. The community has its very own theatre. The structure began life as a Salvation Army Citadel, with the very first rocks, currently visible in the auditorium, being laid in 1888. It proceeded for some years as a furniture storage facility, before being uncovered by two Royal Shakespeare Firm actors, Tamara and John Malcolm in 1968. In 1973, fundraising for the brand-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, beginning with a light program consisting of movies as well as lunchtime jazz performances. The adjacent cottage was purchased and transformed to become the bar as well as gallery. In 1990 a building in Goddards Lane was purchased as well as this now functions as green room, offices as well as rehearsal room. The community likewise is a retail as well as leisure centre for its area, with three grocery stores and also numerous stores consisting of branches of nationwide chain stores. It has 4 hostelries and two hotels with public bars. The town has three schools. Divine Trinity Roman Catholic School as well as St Mary's Church of England School are primary schools. Chipping Norton School is the town's senior high school and also has a sixth kind.