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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Banbury, People from Cherwell (district), Edward the Confessor, History of Banbury, Cherwell Council election, 2002, Banburismus, River Cherwell, Cherwell Council election, 2006, Cherwell Council election, 2007, Cherwell Council election, 2003, Cherwell Council election, 2008, Cherwell Council election, 2000, Daniel Featley, Oxford Canal, Banbury railway station, Cherwell Council election, 2004, Banbury United F.C., Rupert Thorneloe, Westminster Group, Cropredy, John Hyde Harris, Cherwell local elections, Charles Eliot, Banbury Guardian, Mixbury, Banbury School, Battle of Edgecote Moor, Banbury Road, Walter Moberly, Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, Cherwell Valley Line, Broughton Castle, Banbury mutiny, Tooley's Boatyard, Thomas Pope, Farnborough Hall, Cherwell Council election, 1998, Hennef, Cherwell Council election, 1999, Albert Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford, Banbury Cricket Club Ground, Banbury cake, Banbury Sound, John Yonge, Banbury Rural District, Peter Collingridge, Banbury Mosque, Silicon Dreams Studios, Earl of Banbury, Farnborough Rural District, Middleton Cheney Rural District, Banbury Music Radio. Excerpt: Banbury (pronounced ) is a circa 1,500 year old market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire. It is 64 miles (103 km) northwest of London, 38 miles (61 km) southeast of Birmingham, 27 miles (43 km) south of Coventry and 21 miles (34 km) north northwest of the county town of Oxford. The name Banbury derives from "Banna," a Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade there in the 6th century, and "burgh" meaning settlement. The Saxon spelling was Banesbyrig. The name appears as "Banesberie" in Domesday Book. Another known spelling was 'Banesebury' in Medieval times. Grimsbury's name is of early Saxon type, and is the corruption of the Saxon name for a d...