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The Town Hall in December 2005 The Admiral Holland Pub in Neithrop, Banbury in 2010. The pub is named after Vice-Admiral Lancelot Holland [1]. Banbury is a circa 1,500-year-old market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire, England.
Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England.It had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census. [1]Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding area of north Oxfordshire and southern parts of Warwickshire and Northamptonshire which are predominantly rural.
Drayton School. / 52.0718°N 1.3672°W / 52.0718; -1.3672. Drayton School was a comprehensive school situated on Stratford Road in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. Established in 1973, its buildings are now occupied by the North Oxfordshire Academy which replaced Drayton School in 2007.
The current railway station is on the site of the Great Western Railway line that opened to Banbury in 1850. The original station's overall roof survived until 1953, five years before a rebuild in 1958. The rebuilding of the station was delayed due to the Second World War, [3] and could have been based on the GWR's new station at Leamington Spa ...
Banbury Castle was built in 1135 by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, in a motte and bailey design. [2] The castle was later confiscated from Alexander by King Stephen in 1139, but was returned to the bishop later that year and mostly remained in the hands of later bishops until 1547. [2] The castle was protected by a castle-guard drawn from ...
Banbury Museum & Gallery is a local museum in the town of Banbury, north Oxfordshire, England. [2] The museum is located in the centre of Banbury by the Oxford Canal. Its displays present the history of the town. [3] They include the English Civil War, Banbury as a market town in Victorian times, the Oxford Canal, and Tooley's Boatyard next to ...
In 1933 Banbury council opened the Ruscote housing estate of 160 houses, for working-class families. The estate, which now has a notable South Asian community, was expanded in the 1950s because of the growth of the town due to the London overspill and further grew in the mid-1960s. Industry and commerce
A branch of the Wycombe Railway was opened from Princes Risborough to Aylesbury on 1 October 1863. [3] [5] The Wycombe Railway was worked by the Great Western Railway, and was absorbed by that railway in 1867. The Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway opened its line on 15 August 1872; that railway became part of the GWR on 1 January 1884 ...