CHIPPING-NORTON, (Oxfordshire) 59 cm. 76 mm. from London, is supposed, from its name, a corruption of the Saxon word Cheapen, to have been a Mt. in the time of Saxons, and, from the names of the merchants buried in its Ch. to have been once a T. of great trade. It sent burgesses to Pt. once in the R. of Edw. I. and twice in that of Edw. III. but never since. 'Tis a corp. governed by 2 bailiffs, &c. who hear and determine actions under 4 l. Roman coins are frequently found here; and by the Ch. there are marks of a castle. Its Mt. is on W. Fairs, Feb. 22, April 25, July 7, Aug. 1 and 24, Oct. 28, the last F. in May, and the W, before and after Midsummer. The manor was formerly in the family of the Fitz-Alans Earls of Arundel. In the R. of Hen. VI. it was the Earl of Oxford's; but being afterwards, forfeited to the crown, K. Edw. IV. gave it to his brother Rich. D. of Gloster. In or near this p, almost within the smoak of Long-Compton, is that ancient monument called Rollrich-Stones; as to which, we leave the curious to consult Camden and Dr. Plot. Here was once a chantry, and, as Speed says, a mon. On Chapel-Heath, near it, are annual horse-races.