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Banbury

American  
[ban-ber-ee, -buh-ree, -bree, bam-] / ˈbænˌbɛr i, -bə ri, -bri, ˈbæm- /

noun

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


Banbury British  
/ ˈbænbərɪ /

noun

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

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Claire Robertson, head teacher of Cherry Fields Primary School in Banbury, said mainstream schools like hers "have a duty to be as inclusive as we can".

From BBC

But teams of five workers have been allowed to work at the Banbury Breadline Project, while still being paid by JDE, to help support vulnerable members of the community.

From BBC

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

From BBC

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From BBC