Chipping Norton Co-operative Society was founded in December 1866. Initially it dealt only in coal, before diversifying into bakery goods in 1868 and groceries in 1869. Although the Co-operative did not open many branches locally, it served a wide area via an extensive delivery network. The Society expanded further in 1885 when it purchased Glyme Farm for production purposes. By 1939 the Society had grocery, bakery, butchery, coal, outfitting, drapery, furnishing and footwear departments in Chipping Norton. However, the Glyme Farm property never reached its full potential and was sold off in 1940.
Demand from local villages prompted the opening of a branch in Stow on the Wold, and the re-opening of the Moreton in Marsh shop in 1939. These were followed by branches in Milton, Blockley, Cornwell and Charlbury between 1950 and 1955. The 1960s saw a considerable decline in trade, prompting a merger with Oxford to form the 'Oxford and District Co-operative Society' in 1968.
These records were deposited as Accesion 6361 in March 2015 and were catalogued in September 2015 by Hannah Jones.