New Street Stone

Nearest town:
Chipping Norton
OS reference:
SP312270
OS sheet:
164
Latitude:
51° 56' 24.49 N
Longitude:
1° 32' 45.91 W
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Image of New Street Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Jane

How HAS this stone survived? It must SURELY be the oldest erection in Chipping Norton.

Jane
Jane Aug 29, 2003
Image of New Street Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Jane

The stone probably goes unnoticed by most passers-by, peeping out as it does from under a large bay tree on the feeder road to New Street car park in the centre of Chipping Norton.

Jane
Jane Aug 29, 2003

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New Street Stone

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north bucks Sep 6, 2017

Like this stone a lot. It’s stood here as Chipping Norton grew up around it and is ignored by everyone apart from TMAers. The chip shop round the corner is still good as well.

New Street Stone

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CARL Aug 28, 2016

Visited 28.8.16

Whilst looking around the pretty town of Chipping Norton I made the short walk from the town centre to this stone (follow the blue car park sign)

The stone is easy to spot on the right (as you approach the car park) but it had a row of various coloured wheelie bins lined up alongside it. I don’t know what was in the bins but it stunk to high heaven in the warmth of the day. We didn’t linger too long – unlike the smell.

New Street Stone

Zeb
Zeb Mar 19, 2005

The man on the gate at the Rollright Stones suggested I check out Chipping Norton car park en route to The Hoare Stone and Lyneham. This stone certainly looks similar to the weathered stones in the region.

New Street Stone

ocifant
ocifant Sep 1, 2003

Popped in here on Saturday to pay our respects. As Jane says, it’s almost totally hidden and you wouldn’t know it was there unless you were specifically looking for it.

“You didn’t see me, right?”

New Street Stone

Jane
Jane Aug 28, 2003

Standing about two feet tall under a large bay tree, this stone has somehow survived in it’s position in the very centre of Chipping Norton’s genteel urban landscape. Like all the other stones in this area (Goose stones, Hawk stone, Rollrights, etc) it is of oolitic limestone and is very badly weathered. Massive holes are worn right through like a huge piece of sweet gruyere. It screams ‘genuine’ to me. It’s probably the oldest erection in Chippy!

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