27 mi south-east of Coventry and 22 mi north-northwest of Oxford. The parish had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census.

Toponymy

The name Banbury may derive from "Banna", a Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade there in the 6th century (or possibly a byname from meaning felon, murderer), and burgh / burh meaning settlement. In Anglo Saxon

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