History of Banbury the region within approximately 20 miles of the market town of Banbury. The county of Oxfordshire has two main commercial centres, the city of Oxford itself, which serves most of the south of the county, and Banbury, which serves the north (such as Adderbury, Deddington, Wroxton, Great Bourton and Bloxham), plus parts of the neighbouring counties of Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. Hook Norton brewery, on the outskirts of Banburyshire, is one of Britain's last working tower breweries (by April 2006) and supplies several Banbury and Oxfordshire pubs with beer. From the former, the villages of King's Sutton and Middleton Cheney, and
Horley, Oxfordshire Horley, Oxfordshire Horley is a village and civil parish in the north of Oxfordshire about north-west of Banbury. Horley has one public house, the Red Lion. Horley Cricket Club has boys' and men's teams. Its men's team plays in Oxfordshire Cricket Association Division One. An amateur dramatic society, Horley Footlights, has staged productions in the village every year since 2003. The Church of England parish church of Saint Etheldreda, along with the church of St. John the Baptist, Hornton were dependent chapelries of King's Sutton until the middle of the 15th century. St. Etheldreda's is built of local Hornton stone.