Best known for its famous cross and delicious cakes, Banbury has been a market centre for many years, selling cattle and other livestock on its streets up until 1931. Nowadays, following much post-war development, modern Banbury thrives as an industrial and commercial town.

In this captivating collection of colour photographs of Banbury both as it was in the past and as it exists today, Oxfordshire historian Malcolm Graham and professional photographer Laurence Waters explore the enormous changes wrought upon Banbury over the years, providing a fascinating insight into the changed and changing nature of the town.