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BANBURY.

OXFORDSHIRE.

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The population of the extended Municipal Borough
dates 1624 and 1637; both the Reindeer inn and the
houses in High street retain some fine panelled and of Banbury in 1911 was:—
wainscoted chambers; tfie apartment at the ''Rein­
Area.
Rateable
Population. |Acres.
Value
deer” known as “ the Globe room,'1 has a very hand­
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some ceiling, a gabled roof and a great mullioned Banbury Township..... *3>i88..
window. A calamitous fire devastated the town on Sun­ Grimsbury ......... S,2!* .. +1,226.. 17,20^
day, March 2nd, 1628, and destroyed at least one-third Neithrop Township..... 7*°39.. +3*327.. 3M33
of it.
13,458
4,633
70>428
Coins of various Roman emperors have been dis­
14 officers and 222 inmates in Banbury
covered here, and in a field called “Bear Garden,’ |*Including
Poor Law Institution.
near the town, are the remains of a camp-like amphi­
^Including 8 of water,
theatre.
tlncluding 25 of water.
The population of the ecclesiastical parish of St
Danes More, 5^ miles north-east, was the scene of an
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engagement between the Saxons and Danes, and later
of a battle fought 26 July, 1469, between the royalarmy IBanbury, 7,327, which extends into Northamptonshire.
under Sir William Herbert kt, 1st Earl of Pembroke,
OLD and NEW GRIMSBURY are hamlets amal­
*nd a parliamentary force led by Richard Nevill, Earl gamated with the parish of Bodicote, Oxfordshire,
of Warwick K.G. popularly known as the “ Kingmaker,” March 25, 1884, and are ecclesiastically annexed with
in which the royal forces were defeated.
INethercote to South Banbury: New Grimsbury has
risen since 1850, and now contains the major part of
William Knollys, of Grey’s Court, Treasurer of the :a
the inhabitants. These hamlets extend from Bonbon
Household to Queen Elizabeth, Viscount Wallingford along
the valley from the bridge over the Cherwell
and Baron Knollys of Rotherfie'd Greys, was created and are
now, with Nethercote and the western part of
Earl of Banbury by Charles 1. Aug. 38, 1626, and was Warkworth,
Northamptonshire, transferred to the
High Steward of Banbury until his decease, May 25, comity of Oxford
as from April 1, 1889, *or aR pnr1632, at the house of his physician. Dr. Grant, in poses except Parliamentary
representation, and font
Paternoster row; he was buried at Rotherfield Greys. part of the municipal borough
f Banbury as from
In consequence of doubts raised in the House of Lords Nov. 9, 1889. The Banbury staot
ions of the Great
as to the legitimacy of Nicholas, 3rd Earl, these titles, Western and London and North Western
railways, asd
though affirmed by the Court of King’s Bench in 1694 the works of the Banbury Gas and Water
mpanies
and still claimed, have not been assumed since 1813; are within these hamlets. St. Leonard’s, aCo
chapel of
the late Rt. Hon. Sir William Thomas Knollys P.C., iease to Christ Church, erected in 1890-91 from
esigns
K.C.B. Usher of the Black Rod, who died Jan. 23, 1883, by Mr. W. E. Mills A.R.I.B.A. at a cost of /3,0d7
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was de jure 9th Earl of Banbury, and the title is now a
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claimed by his eldest son. Col. William Wallingford ings, in the Early English and Decorated styles,rea
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Knollys, 93rd Highlanders. Sir Francis Knollys 1consists of chancel, nave, aisles, organ chamber, ven
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G.C.V.O., G.C.B. 2nd son, was created Baron Knollys, tries, narthex or western porch, south porch and a bell
17 July, 1902, and Viscount in 1911.
turret: the church affords 350 sittings. There is also
Wykham Park is the residence of Sir Robert William a Wesleyan chapel and schools. The Banbury Sewage
Farm is in this parish.
Perks bart. J.P., Assoc.Inst.C.E.
(i.e. Netherthorp), a township, forms pan
The country around is fertile and most beautifully ;ofNEITHROP
parish, within the municipal limits, and adjoins
varied; it comprises some of the finest portions of |thethte
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arable and pasture land in the comity, being the rich
CALTHORPE and EASINGTON adjoin the town 01
red and sandy loam.
;the south. Wykeham, 2 miles south, and HARDWICK.
The parish and municipal borough of Banbury com­ 1 north, are hamlets of the parish of Banbury.
prises the townships of Banbury and Neithrop ; in 1901 Verger, St. Mary’s, George F. Hodgkins, West street
the entire population of the parish was 12,968.
■Grimsbury.
OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS Ac.
Post, M. 0 ., T. A Telephonic Express Delivery Office, Town Sub-Post Office, Warwick road.— C. Gregory, sot49 High street.— J. R. Cheesman, postmaster
postmaster. Open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. week days
Letters are dispatched on week days at 1-40, 5.40, 6.15, closed 1 p.m. tuesday. Letters dispatched at 5.15.
6.30, 6.55,8.15, 8.50, 9.15, 10.20, 11, ix.15 & 11.45a.m.
8.30 A 9.45 a.m. A 12.15, 2* 4 T5> 5-45> 6.30, 7.15.
A 12.45, 2, 2.30, 3.15, 3.40, 4.30, 4.50, 5.30, 7, 7.35, 7.45 A 8.45 p.m. ; Sundays, 5.15 p.m
8.50 & 10 p . m
Sundays.— Local posts, 5.40 a.m. ; all parts of United
Kingdom A foreign countries, 7 p.m. ; London, Ox­
CORPORATION.
ford, East A South of England, 7.30 p.m
1914-1915.
Town Deliveries.
High Steward, The Earl of Jersey P.C., G.C.B.,G.C.MG
From London A all parts, by letter carriers begins at Mayor, Councillor William James Harding
6.45 a.m.; London A all parts, by letter carriers ADeputy-Mayor, William James Bloxham
to callers, begins at 10.30 a.m. ; London A all parts, Recorder, Henry Staveley Staveley-Hill M.P. Oiley
by letter carriers A to callers, begins at 3.30 p.m.; manor, near Wolverhampton ; A 1 Tanfield coni
London A all parts, by letter carriers A to callers, Temple, London E C
begins at 7.15 p.m
Aldermefi.
On sunday there is one delivery only by letter carriers,
Retire Nov. 1919.
Retire Nov. 1916.
commencing at 7 a.m.; A on that day callers’letters
William
Robert
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William J. Bloxham
are delivered at the office counter from 8.30 a.m. to
Hy. Reginald Fryer Brooks
Arthur Fairfax
10 a.m
Money orders are issued A paid A savings bank, an­ Thomas Orton Hankinson Joseph J. Chard
nuity A insurance business transacted A inland re­
Councillors.
venue licences issued from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m
Retire in November, 1915.
Telegraph office open from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. on week
days A from 8.30 a.m. till 10 a.m. on Sundays
John William Bloomfield I Herbert Payne
William James Harding
John Perry
Town Sub-Post A M. 0 .Offices.
|William Edward Wood
Grimsbury (Telephone Call Office to places within a John Taylor Mawle
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November,
1916.
limited distance).— T. Cakebread. sub-postmaster.
JWm. Isaac Bichd. Lidtf?
Open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; closed 1 p.m. tuesday. John Henry Bolton
Harry
Boxold
Fred
Mold
Letters despatched at 4, 8.30 A 9.45 a.m. A 12.15, 2,
Milton Keneh
! William Warren Trolle*
4.
5.15, 6.15, 7.45 A 8.30 p.m. ; sundavs, 5.15 p.m.
Telegrams can be handed in only at this office, A
etire in November, 1917telegraph money orders are issued here, but not paid Fredk. FrancisRBroodbank
1 William Hefford
Market place.— B. R Morland, sub-postmasteT.
Open William Ewins
Wm. Lampet W hitehor*
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. week days; closed 1 p.m. tues­ Arthur Edward Fox
| Frederick John Wflk®
day. Letters dispatched 5, 8.30 A 0.45 a.m. A 12.15,
2 / 4 . 1 5 , 5.15, 6.30, 7.15, 7.45 A 8.45 p.m.; Bundays, Elective Auditors. Richard Edmunds A Wm. HyMayor's Auditor, Councillor Frederick John Wilk*
5 .1 5 p.m