Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton is a market community and also civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire area of Oxfordshire, England, regarding 12 miles (19 km) 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 first rocks, currently visible in the amphitheater, being stocked 1888. It continued for some years as a furnishings storage facility, prior to being found by 2 Royal Shakespeare Company actors, Tamara and also John Malcolm in 1968. In 1973, fundraising for the new theatre started in earnest, and a pantomime, Beauty and the Beast was presented in the town hall. The Theatre was opened in 1975 by Tom Baker, the Doctor Who of the moment, beginning with a light programme consisting of movies as well as lunchtime jazz performances. The adjacent home was acquired and also converted to come to be the bar as well as gallery. In 1990 a structure in Goddards Lane was bought as well as this currently works as green room, offices and also wedding rehearsal space. The community also is a retail and leisure centre for its area, with 3 grocery stores as well as countless shops including branches of nationwide chain stores. It has 4 public houses and also 2 resorts with public bars. The community has three colleges. Holy Trinity Roman Catholic College as well as St Mary's Church of England School are primary schools. Chipping Norton School is the community's secondary school as well as has a sixth kind.
