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13th September 2007

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ABOUT BANBURY......

Banbury is situated in the southern central region of the British Isles. It lies approximately 45 miles south-east of Birmingham and about 75 miles north-west of London.

Banbury Cross (left) is immortalised in the nursery rhyme “Ride a Cock Horse”. The medieval cross, however, was destroyed in 1602 by Puritans and the present one built in 1858.

Two miles south-west of Banbury is Broughton Castle, an Elizabethan manor house built around the core of a medieval castle. It has a secret room used by Parliamentarians in the Civil War. The first major Civil War conflict took place in 1642 at Edgehill, a few miles north-west of Banbury, and a museum at nearby Farnborough Hall has exhibits on the battle.

Wroxton Abbey, west of Banbury, was the home of Lord North, prime minister at the time of the American War of Independence (1775-1781). Also, Banbury is famous for the Banbury Cake which are still made today from a secret recipe handed down through the generations.