Guided day tour to Chipping Norton
Bliss Tweed Mill - now apartments
- The highest town in Oxfordshire, with marvellous views
- Formerly a major wool-trading (‘Chipping’ means market) town : as with so many others in the Cotswolds, owes its prosperity to that industry
- Bliss Tweed Mill, built in 1872, was designed to look like a magnificent country house. Now converted into apartments, the mill has retained its handsome appearance
- Bliss cloth coats were still being manufactured in the late 20th century: they were reckoned to last a lifetime
- The wide High Street and Market Place have many 18th century frontages: the neo-classical Town Hall of 1842 dominates
- Church of St Mary the Virgin, one of the finest in Oxfordshire, is a reminder of 15th-century wool-trade wealth based on sheep called 'Cotswolds Lions'
- Rollright Stones nearby are a Bronze Age circle of 1800 - 550 BC
Location Map
Approximately 45 minutes north-west of Oxford
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Just wanted to say thanks for two terrific tours. We really enjoyed every moment.
Rhett, New Orleans, USA
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