Chipping Norton, England
This afternoon, I am posting information on the popular Cotswolds market town of Chipping Norton. Chipping Norton has a population of about 6,000 persons. Here can be found a wide variety of shops ranging from supermarkets to craft outlets plus various hospitality venues such as pubs and hotels. The town lies 82 miles NW of London and benefits from good road access.The nearest railway station is Moreton-in-Marsh , some nine miles away. The locale has a history stretching back at least 2000 years. A Romano-British rural settlement dating from the 1st to 4th century AD has been found with evidence of possible Iron Age (750 BC-43 AD) origins.The site consists of the buried remains of rectilinear stone houses within walled enclosures with possible shrines, bathhouse and cemetery.Access via trackways or roads located to the east. The word 'Chipping' is derived from the Old English meaning 'a market' or 'market place'. This points to Anglo-Saxon origins in the firs...