Towns and Villages Around Banbury

Adderbury
'Recent' Adderbury history - for it dates from Saxon times and its mellowed parish church of St Mary the Virgin was started in the early 13th century ...
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Aynho
Aynho, about seven miles south of Banbury, has a recorded existence back to the time of Edward the Confessor, although the spelling of the name has ch...
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Badby & Fawsley
Badby and Fawsley are joined by woods and parkland and lie at the extreme end of the Cotswolds. They are situated four miles west of Weedon on the Dav...
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Barford St Michael & Barford St John
The two villages, Barford St Michael (or Great Barford) and Barford St John (Little Barford), are a quarter of a mile apart on either side of the rive...
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Blakesley cum Woodend
Blakesley is a picturesque village, situated roughly midway between Northampton and Banbury, five miles west of Towcester. In Saxon times the settleme...
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Bloxham
Situated about three miles from the town of Banbury on the A361 route to the heart of the Cotswolds, Bloxham is one of the principal ironstone village...
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Boddington
Situated about eight miles north of Banbury, the parish of Boddington is recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Botendon'. The medieval church is mainly 15...
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Bodicote
Journeying north on the A423 from Oxford one could perhaps be forgiven for missing Bodicote village as it is not on the main road. However, why not tu...
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Brailes
The village of Brailes lies tucked snugly into the southernmost tip of Warwickshire, and is divided into two, Upper and Lower, straggling both sides o...
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Burton Dassett
The parish of Burton Dassett is located in the south of Warwickshire about ten miles north of Banbury. It made up of the villages of Northend, Knightc...
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Chacombe
Chacombe nestles in a well-wooded valley with hills on all sides except in the direction of Banbury, three miles away. On the road to Middleton Cheney...
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Charlton
Charlton is a small village on the edge of the southern ridge of Northamptonshire, about six miles southeast of Banbury. Interestingly, its parish chu...
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Cherington & Stourton
The villages of Cherington and Stourton are situated in the south of Warwickshire and about midway between the towns of Banbury and Stow-on-the-Wold. ...
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Cropredy
The village is situated at a crossroads in a valley through which meander the river Cherwell and the Oxford Canal. Cropredy became famous during the C...
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Culworth
Culworth is an ancient site, situated about eight miles northeast of Banbury. Stone Age people walked here on an old trackway and a Roman coin has bee...
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Deddington
Aynho on the hill,
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Duns Tew
A name like 'Duns Tew' cannot fail to excite curiosity and its origin is the subject of considerable speculation. It is thought that Tew means 'ridge'...
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Evenley
The village of Evenley stands on elevated ground about ten miles south-east of Banbury. It lies near the point of junction of the three parishes of Tu...
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Eydon
The small and attractive village of Eydon lies close to the centre of England, in the southern corner of Northamptonshire, about ten miles northeast o...
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Farnborough
The village of Farnborough, about 7 miles north of Banbury, was originally called Fernberge or 'the little hill of ferns'. At the time of the Domesday...
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Farthinghoe
Farthinghoe is five miles east of Banbury and three miles from Brackley, within reach of Northampton and Oxford. The village is split by the A422, alo...
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Fenny Compton
The village lies in the shadow of the remains of an Iron Age fort on Gredenton Hill, which is part of the Burton Dassett range on the edge of the Cots...
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Fritwell
Fritwell in the Elms the old books say, though alas most of the elms have gone now. Lying about 9 miles south of Banbury, it is L-shaped, divided into...
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Great Tew
The village lies about 9 miles southwest of Banbury. Visually the setting of Great Tew is its greatest asset - who could go wrong with such a sweep of...
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Greatworth
Greatworth is situated on a hill, some 500 ft up, and lies about seven miles east of Banbury, just to the south of an important old drove road, Welsh ...
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Hellidon
The village of Hellidon, reputedly one of the highest in Northamptonshire, lies adjacent to the Warwickshire border in the southern part of the county...
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Hinton
The village of Hinton is situated about ten miles north of Banbury on the A361.
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Hinton in the Hedges
Hinton in the Hedges lay on the main route between Banbury and Brackley until the 18th century, when the Banbury to Buckingham turnpike was built. Now...
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Hook Norton
Hook Norton is a beautiful village surrounded by rolling countryside. It is one of the largest villages in Oxfordshire, situated ten miles southwest o...
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Kiddington
The village of Over and Nether Kiddington – between Oxford and Banbury - is situated on the A44 trunk road north of Woodstock, and the two parts are d...
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Kings Sutton
Although a large village, Kings Sutton, about four miles south of Banbury, is quiet and peaceful. The heart of the village is The Square with the chur...
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Lois Weedon & Weston
The small hamlets of Lois Weedon and Weston by Weedon nestle in the south-west corner of Northamptonshire, about ten miles northeast of Banbury. The t...
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Maidford
This is a small village, about twelve miles northeast of Banbury, with a very long history. Surrounded by lovely country and still a few woods, it is ...
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Marston St Lawrence
Marston St Lawrence lies in the rolling countryside of south Northamptonshire, approximately halfway between Brackley and Banbury. Findings in and aro...
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Middleton Cheney
Middleton Cheney lies about three miles from Banbury, and approximately six miles west of Brackley on the A422. It has a long history and derives the ...
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Newbottle
Newbottle is on the edge of the southern ridge of Northamptonshire, about six miles southeast of Banbury, and neighbouring the village of Charlton. It...
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Preston Capes
Preston Capes stands amidst the Northamptonshire Heights in delightful countryside about fifteen miles northeast of Banbury. The main street rises ste...
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Priors Hardwick
Priors Hardwick is situated about ten miles north of Banbury. In common with many ancient villages Hardwick's beginnings remain obscure. It can, howev...
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Priors Marston
Priors Marston lies at the south-east of Warwickshire, about 12 miles north of Banbury, with the village set at the side of a ridge which forms the ed...
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Radway
Radway is situated about 8 miles northwest of Banbury. Visitors today see in the wooded slopes of Edgehill, scene of a Civil War battle in 1642, a ble...
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Ratley with Edgehill & Upton
Ratley was a medieval village, facing south and nestling on the edge of the Cotswolds. It was built on the old Banbury to Stratford road where the pub...
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Sibford Ferris & Sibford Gower
Between Banbury and Shipston-on-Stour,just off the B4035, lie the delightful Sibford villages, known locally as The Ferris and The Gower, with the tin...
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Somerton
In 1580, Somerton became home to the first charity school opened in Oxfordshire. A mullioned window from the original building is set in a wall inside...
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Souldern
Souldern is a small village of less than 200 houses situated some seven miles north of Bicester in the very north of Oxfordshire, and just half a mile...
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Steeple Aston
Steeple Aston lies about nine miles south of Banbury and was an established market centre of 200 souls when, according to the Domesday Book, Henry de ...
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Sulgrave
Sulgrave is a compact and attractive village located in a sparsely populated area of undulating and pleasant countryside and lies five miles north of ...
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Swalcliffe
Swalcliffe is a small village lying astride a ridge some six miles west of Banbury. Only two small, sympathetic developments have taken place in recen...
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Tadmarton
More than a hundred years before the Norman Conquest, Tadmarton is recorded as a royal estate belonging to the Saxon king, Edwy. Go back another 1,300...
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The Bartons
Situated midway between Banbury and Oxford, a long, straggling street with buildings of various styles, periods and materials is the first impression ...
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Thorpe Mandeville
Situated about six miles notheast of Banbury, the earliest mention of the parish is to be found in the Domesday Book, where it is styled Torp. The man...
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Tysoe
Tysoe is divided into three parts. Approaching from the foot of Sunrising Hill on the A422 Banbury/Stratford road, one comes to Lower Tysoe (known in ...
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Upper & Lower Heyford
The villages are situated about ten miles south of Banbury. Upper Heyford took its name from a ford across the river Cherwell, and was originally call...
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Warmington
Warmington is a small village in the south-east of Warwickshire some five or six miles from the market town of Banbury. It is built mainly in the loca...
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Whatcote
Whatcote is small and peaceful, lying about midway between Banbury and Stratford-upon-Avon, but small or not, it is recorded in the Domesday Book.
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Wigginton
Wigginton has always been a small village (the present population is about 200) and having no resident large landowner, nor at times a resident rector...
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