Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Chipping Norton | |
Postcode district | OX7 | |
Dialling code | 01608 | |
Police | Thames Valley | |
Fire | Oxfordshire | |
Ambulance | South Central | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | Chipping Norton Town Council | |
Chipping Norton is a
History
Pre-1800
The
In July 1549 the Vicar of Chipping Norton, Henry Joyes or Joyce, led parishioners in a
Wool in the
Post-1800
In 1796 James and William Hitchman founded Hitchman's Brewery in West Street. The business moved in 1849 to a larger brewery in Albion Street that included a
Chipping Norton had a workhouse by the 1770s. In 1836 the architect George Wilkinson built a larger one with four wings round an octagonal central building, similar to one he was building at Witney. The architect G. E. Street added a chapel to Chipping Norton workhouse in 1856–1857. The building became a hospital in the Second World War. It was taken over by the National Health Service in 1948 as Cotshill Hospital, later became a psychiatric hospital, and was closed in 1983.[13] It has been redeveloped as private residences.
Chipping Norton was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. Its Town Hall designed in the neoclassical style was completed in 1842.[14]
In May 1873 rioting occurred after the sentencing of the
Governance
Chipping Norton is in the
Amenities
The town's theatre,
In 2023, a cinema opened in the town. The Living Room Cinema has two screens as well as a bar.
The town hosts annual arts festivals:
The town acts as a retail and leisure centre, with three supermarkets and numerous shops, including branches of national chain stores. It has six pubs, two hotels with public bars, and three schools. Holy Trinity Roman Catholic School[24] and St Mary's Church of England School[25] are primary schools. Chipping Norton School[26] is the town's secondary school with a sixth form.
Chipping Norton Golf Club, now the Cotswold Club and part of Cotswold Hotel and Spa, is the oldest in Oxfordshire. It began in 1890 on Chipping Norton Common.[27]
The first XV of Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton has a purpose-built veterinary hospital, serving the community and the local zoos. The hospital's building was opened in July 2015 by then prime minister David Cameron.[29] The previous premises were on Albion Street,[30] where the practice had been based since it was founded in the 1970s.[31] The hospital has a boarding cattery, a CT Scanner, and hosts one of only 15 radioiodine treatment units for hyperthyroid cats in the UK.[32][33]
From 1989, the veterinary hospital had a partnership with the remote island of St Helena, using funding provided by the DfID for vets to visit the island.[34] Since 2010, the island has had its own permanent vet[35] and the connection has since been lost.
Chipping Norton Town Cricket Club plays in Oxfordshire Cricket Association Division 6. The town also has a bowls club.[37]
The town has a
Landmarks
Recording studio
From 1972 to 1999 the former British Schools building in New Street was
Castle
Chipping Norton Castle was a timber
Transport
Chipping Norton railway station served the town until 1962. The nearest stations now are at Kingham and Ascott-under-Wychwood. A community bus network called The Villager links residential roads and nearby villages with the town centre. Longer-distance buses run to Oxford and Banbury. Diamond and Stagecoach in Warwickshire operate service X50/50 to Stratford-upon-Avon.
Media
Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC South and ITV Meridian. Television signals are received from the Oxford TV transmitter [42] and the local relay transmitter situated north west of the town.[43] BBC West Midlands and ITV Central can also be received from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter. [44]
Local radio stations are BBC Radio Oxford on 95.2 FM, Heart South on 102.6 FM and Witney Radio that broadcast from Witney on 107.4 FM. [45]
The town is served by these local newspapers: The Oxford Times and the Banbury Guardian. There is also a longstanding community newspaper, The Chipping Norton News, which is staffed by a volunteer team and published monthly.
Chipping Norton set
Several media, political and show-business acquaintances living near the town, including David Cameron, have been called the "Chipping Norton set".[46][47][48] Members regularly met socially. It gained notoriety after the News International phone hacking scandal, which involved several members.[49] Those affected, along with several attending social functions, were victims of phone hacking by the News of the World.[47] Notable group meetings included the nearby wedding reception Rebekah and Charlie Brooks, a 2010 Christmas dinner at the Brooks's, and Elisabeth Murdoch and Matthew Freud's 2011 Summer party at Burford Priory.
Twinning
Chipping Norton is
Notable residents
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- Sarah Averill (later Sarah Wildes, 1627–1692) migrated to Salem, Massachusetts, where she was hanged for witchcraft.[51][52]
- Michael Baldwin (born 1945), British conceptual artist, author and founding member of the Art & Language artist group, was born and lived in the town
- Geoffrey Burbidge (1925–2010), astronomy professor
- The Grand Tour presenter, journalist and writer (see also Clarkson's Farm)
- Richard Dawkins (born 1941), evolutionary biologist and author, moved there by 2023, whose family lived there since 1726.[53]
- high treasonin 1652
- Conroy Maddox (1912–2005), surrealist painter resident here in 1929–1933
- King of Sweden[54]
- Janice Meek (born 1944), world record-holding ocean rower
- Wentworth Miller (born 1972), American actor, star of Prison Break, born here to American parents
- Keith Moon (1946–1978), The Who drummer, once owned the Crown and Cushion Hotel in the High Street[55]
- Simon Nicol (born 1950), guitarist and vocalist with Fairport Convention
- Walter Padley (1916–1984), trade unionist and politician
- Dominic Sandbrook (born 1974), historian and columnist
- Rev. Edward Stone (1702–1768), discoverer of the active ingredient of aspirin, lived in the town.
- Barbara Toy (1908–2001), travel writer and playwright[56]
- Tom Walkinshaw (1946–2010), racing driver and founder of Tom Walkinshaw Racing[citation needed]
- Elizabeth Jane Weston (1581 or 1582–1612), Neo-Latin poet, also known as Westonia, was born here
- Andy Wigmore (born 1966), political activist associated with Arron Banks and Nigel Farage; Belize diplomat
- Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson (1801–1863), author and editor[57]
- Kaleb Cooper (born 1998) farmer and author who appears on Clarkson's Farm starring Jeremy Clarkson.[58][59]
See also
- Chipping Norton Museum of Local History
- RAF Chipping Norton
- David Cameron, created Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton (on 17 November 2023)
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External links
- Official Town Website
- Chipping Norton Tourist Information
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 238–239. .
- Chipping Norton at Curlie