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[[File:Aynho.JPG|thumb|right|175px|Some old houses in [[Aynho]] (formerly spelt ''Aynhoe''), which is claimed to be in Banburyshire.]]

[[File:Banbury Bus firms.png|thumb|right|175px|A former [[Cheney Coaches]] bus, a Heyfordian bus, a Stagecoach bus and a '''Banburyshire Community Transport Association (B.C.T.A.)''' bus in Banbury]]

'''Banburyshire''' is an informal (approximately 20&nbsp;mile) area ({{Coord|52.06278|N|1.33816|W|region:GB_dim:8km_source:osgb36(SP4547040696)|display=inline,title}}) <!-- Note: WGS84 lat/long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref. --> of [[England]] that is centred on the [[market town]] of [[Banbury]].

== Location ==

The county of [[Oxfordshire]] has two main commercial centres, the city of [[Oxford]] itself that serves most of the south of the county, and Banbury that serves the north (such as [[Adderbury]], [[Deddington]], [[Wroxton]], [[Great Bourton]] and [[Bloxham]]) plus parts of the neighbouring counties of [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Warwickshire]].<ref>[http://www.banburyshireinfo.co.uk/ Community & news website for Banbury & Banburyshire]</ref><ref name="banburyshire.com">[http://www.banburyshire.com/ Banburyshire]{{dead link|date=January 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://networkbase.info/pageBanburyshire.html Banburyshire - Photos and All Basic Informations]</ref><ref>[http://www.banburyshireinfo.co.uk/banbury.html About Banbury North Oxfordshire, historic home of Banbury Cross]</ref><ref>[http://www.tripsage.com/p/1/3989243/banburyshire#p/1/3989243 Planning a trip to Banburyshire, Banbury, County of Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - TripSage]</ref>

From the former, the villages of [[King's Sutton]] and [[Middleton Cheney]], and possibly also [[Aynho]], [[Fenny Compton]], [[Charlton, Northamptonshire|Charlton]] and [[Croughton, Northamptonshire|Croughton]] could be considered part of Banburyshire, and from the latter [[Upper and Lower Brailes]] also fall within Banbury's sphere of influence. Both the settlements of [[Bicester]], [[Hinton-in-the-Hedges]], [[Chipping Norton]] and [[Hook Norton]] are also on the border of Banburyshire's area.<ref name="banburyshire.com"/>

It is effectively encompassed by the former [[Banbury Rural District]], [[Woodstock Rural District]], [[Municipal Borough of Banbury]], [[Southam Rural District]], [[Brackley Rural District]], [[Middleton Cheney Rural District]] and the north west of [[Ploughley Rural District]] (the part that was not in either [[Bicester Rural District]] or [[Headington Rural District]] before 1931) local government areas, which were abolished between 1935 and 1974.

===Transport===

The '''Banburyshire Community Transport Association Ltd''' charity provides special transport services for disabled in and around the town of Banbury.<ref>[http://www.banburyshire-cta.co.uk/ Banburyshire C.T.A. Ltd]</ref>

==Origins==

It was common in the 19th century for [[market town]]s in England to describe their [[hinterland]] by tacking "shire" onto the town's name.<ref>{{cite book|last=Powe|first=Neil|title=Market Towns: Roles, challenges and prospects|publisher=Routlege|location=Abingdon|date=2007|isbn=0-415-38962-3|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fXlQzhNaibMC&pg=PT305&dq=Banburyshire&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FzjmUqLKMs2w7AbCu4D4CA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Banburyshire&f=false|accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref> "Stones Map of Banburyshire" held by the Centre of Banbury Studies was published in the 1870s or 1880s<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engcbanb/banburyshire/banburyshire.htm Rootsweb (includes link to map)]</ref> and it asserted that the term originated in the 1830s<ref>[http://www.banburyshireinfo.co.uk/banburyshire.html banburyshireinfo.co.uk]</ref> but no source is given for that assertion. In the 1850s magazine articles used "Banburyshire" or the hyphenated term "Banbury-shire".<ref>{{cite book|title=Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine|publisher=Leonard Scott & Co.|location=New York|date=January-June 1857|edition=American Edition|volume=81|pages=44, 52, 580|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fXlQzhNaibMC&pg=PT305&dq=Banburyshire&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FzjmUqLKMs2w7AbCu4D4CA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Banburyshire&f=false|accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref> The Banburyshire Natural History Society was formed in 1881.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bellamy|first=Frank Arthur|title=A Historical Account of the Ashmolean Natural History...|date=1908|pages=498|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7etaAAAAQAAJ&q=Banburyshire&dq=Banburyshire&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k-TmUrfAMauB7QblwoDwBw&redir_esc=y|accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref>

In the 20th century a number of books used the term "Banburyshire" in their titles, dating from the early 1960s.<ref>{{cite book|title=Cake and Cockhorse|publisher=Banbury Historical Society|location=Banbury|date=162|volume=2-3|pages=103, 106|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Yn5nAAAAMAAJ&q=Banburyshire&dq=Banburyshire&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k-TmUrfAMauB7QblwoDwBw&redir_esc=y|accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="EW">{{cite web|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CDllAAAACAAJ&dq=Banburyshire&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wy_mUovEE6Ly7AaelYGYAQ&redir_esc=y|title=The Pathways of Banburyshire|last=E.W.|date=1983|publisher=Kemble Press|accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="DB">{{cite web|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yT2yHAAACAAJ&dq=Banburyshire&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wy_mUovEE6Ly7AaelYGYAQ&redir_esc=y|title=Discovering Banburyshire|date=1986|publisher=Banburyshire Tourism Association|accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="BS">{{cite web|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JZSAAAAAIAAJ&q=Banburyshire&dq=Banburyshire&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wy_mUovEE6Ly7AaelYGYAQ&redir_esc=y|title=Banburyshire in old photographs|last=Barnett|first=Melissa|coauthors=Sarah Gosling|date=1988|publisher=Sutton|accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[History of Banbury, Oxfordshire]]

==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.banburycommunity.co.uk/ The Banbury Community Website]

*{{gbmapscaled|SP4547040696|300|Maps that show the proximity of Banbury to the other counties mentioned}}

*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ A Banburyshire genealogical resource]

*[http://www.banburyshiremaps.co.uk/ Historical maps of Banbury & Banburyshire]

*[http://www.banburyshire-cta.co.uk/ Banburyshire Community Transport Association]

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