Place:Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England

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Chipping Norton is a market town and 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 UK census recorded the parish's population as 6,337.

The town lost its status as a municipal borough in 1974 on the formation of the West Oxfordshire District. All municipal boroughs across the country were abolished at this time.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Chipping Norton.

Research Tips

• This part of Oxfordshire is not covered by the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire.
• Oxfordshire History Centre, St Luke's Church, Temple Road, Oxford, OX4 2HT
• Oxfordshire FHS covers the whole county. The Family History Society provides an interactive map to assist in locating individual parishes and also relates the society's progress in transcribing parish registers and gravestone information for that particular parish. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.