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
St Mary's Church, Banbury commissioned Arthur Blomfield oversee the re-ordering and to decorate the church in a Byzantine style. St Mary's Church stands in the Central tradition of the Church of England. Since 1993, the church have been shared by the Church of England and the United Reformed Church; it is not, however, a Local Ecumenical Partnership. The church's Resurrection Chapel is home to one of the 84 Lamps of Brotherhood that were made after World War II as a sign of reconciliation between nations. St Mary's Church, Banbury St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Banbury, Oxfordshire in the