Banbury
a small town of Oxfordtown of Oxford- Cherwell, 23 miles N. of Oxford, and 78 N. W. of London by rail. Its strong castle, built about 1125, was demolished during the Great Rebellion, when Banbury was noted for Puritanical zeal. In BANCA 1469 the Yorkists were defeated in the vicinity. The town is still famous for its cakes and ale, as it was in Ben Jonson's day; and it manufactures webbing and agricultural implements. Pop. about 14,000.