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
Banbury Guardian Banbury Guardian The Banbury Guardian is a local tabloid newspaper published in Banbury, Oxfordshire. It serves north Oxfordshire, southwest Northamptonshire and southeast Warwickshire. Its sister paper, "The Banbury & District Review", is a free weekly tabloid. The "Banbury Guardian" was owned and edited by three generations of the same family for its first 109 years of publication. In 1822 William Potts moved from Daventry to Banbury where he traded as a printer and bookseller. Potts supported the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, and on 5 April 1838 he launched "The Guardian", or "Monthly Poor Law Register" to ""disabuse the public