Banbury - Comments
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Banbury
There are several errors in the Banbury article. Banbury Cross was destroyed by Puritans, not in 1610 but on 26 July 1600, as confirmed in documents at Kew. The article does not say that Banbury has a replacement cross, built 1858-59. Broughton Castle is not 22m (miles?) SW - it is about four miles SW; no traces of the castle remain; St Mary's Church, modelled on a church by Sir Christopher Wren with a square ground plan, is clearly NOT of "no merit", as it has been given a Grade I listing by English Heritage. Simon, Banbury.
