Category: Nethercote History

M40 Construction Junction 11

The M40 motorway links London, Oxford and Birmingham, a distance of approximately 89 miles (143 km) The motorway between London and Oxford was constructed in stages between 1967 and 1974 Late in the 1960s, not long after the first stretch opened, the Ministry of Transport announced the possibility of building a motorway to link London… Continue reading M40 Construction Junction 11

Former World War I National Filling Factory

Former World War I National Filling Factory At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the filling facilities for high explosives were limited to the Royal Arsenal Woolwich and factories at Lemington Point and Derwenthaugh (Newcastle Upon Tyne), belonging to the armament manufacturers Armstrong and Whitworth and Co. Ltd. By 1915, the British… Continue reading Former World War I National Filling Factory

The Bowling Green Inn

The Bowling Green Inn The Bowling Green Inn is thought to have opened in the late 1800s. Certainly it shows on OS maps 1888-1913. The site falls partly within Cherwell District Council and partly within West Northamptonshire district (formerly South Northants) When the M40 Banbury stretch was built in the late 1980’s, the Overthorpe Road… Continue reading The Bowling Green Inn

Banbury Cheese

Banbury Cheese! Throughout the Middle Ages until the mid-eighteenth century, Nethercote along with the original hamlet of Grimsbury was the centre of Banbury’s cheese making trade, a product that was made from local resources and much prized at the time, although there is little mention of it by the nineteenth century Banbury cheeses first appear… Continue reading Banbury Cheese

Nethercote Overlooked For Conservation Area Designation?

It is thought that Nethercote, near Banbury has inadvertently been overlooked for designation as a Conservation Area. Despite the hamlet being equally noteworthy as other areas carrying the designation and despite being one of the last rural areas of Banbury history, no designation of any conservation protection has been given. Conservation areas exist to protect… Continue reading Nethercote Overlooked For Conservation Area Designation?