Chipping Norton in the northern Cotswolds was used by Parliamentary cavalry as a post in 1645 during operations to cut off Oxford from the Royalist north and west. Parliamentary cavalry from Chipping Norton could intercept Royalist communications between Oxford, Worcester and the north, tightening the strategic encirclement of the Royalist capital.
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