Banbury

[ban-ber-ee, -buh-ree, -bree, bam-]

noun

1. a town in N Oxfordshire, in S England.

Banbury

/ ˈbænbərɪ /

noun

1. a town in central England, in N Oxfordshire: telecommunications, financial services. Pop: 43 867 (2001)

Example Sentences

A Renaissance painting found underneath a garage workbench has sold for more than half a million pounds at an auction house in Banbury.

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But Mr. Wadlow becomes the virtual host of “Picturing Shakespeare,” visiting his parents’ home where the painting long hung, and Great Tew, the once-derelict manor house near Banbury where the picture seems to have been stashed for years.

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Prosecutors claimed Mr Hussain and Mr Ijazuddin, from Banbury in Oxfordshire, were "lured" to "one last meeting" with the Bukharis in a Tesco car park in Hamilton, Leicester, under the pretence of returning the money.

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Amelia, 17 from Banbury, who is mid-way through three A-level courses, said it was "very stressful" for students hoping to apply for university.

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Susan Bruland, 57, from Banbury, was a family friend and became trusted as the couple's power of attorney, but she transferred money from their bank accounts for her own personal use.

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