CHIPPING NORTON. municipal borough, Oxfordshire, England, 16m. N.W. of Oxford by a branch of the G.W.R. Pop. It lies on the steep flank of a hill, and consists mainly of one very wide street. Chipping Norton (Chepyngnor ton) was of some importance in Saxon times. At the Domesday survey it was held by Ernulf de Hesding and assessed at 15 hides with three mills. It returned two members to parliament as a borough in 1302 and 1304-1305, but was not represented after this date. Fairs were granted in 1205 to William Fitz-Alan and in 1276 to Roger, earl of March. In the reign of Henry VI. the market was held on Wednesday, and a fair was held at the Translation of St. Thomas Becket. These continued to be held in the reign of James I., who annulled the former two fairs, and granted others. He also granted the first and only charter of in corporation. The church of St. Mary the Virgin on the lower slope is a fine building in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles. The trade is still mainly agricultural. The borough is in the Ban bury division of Oxfordshire. Area, 2,456 acres.