Good morning, a police cordon has been set up outside the public toilets near Banbury Cross. A couple of officers are stationed there right now, a police car and a police van, and a medium sized cordon stretching across the pavement.
Thames Valley Police has been approached for further details.
Cordon near Banbury Cross (Image: Banburyshire Info)
What is the Banbury Cross?
For those who don’t know, the Banbury Cross is a 16-metre neo-Gothic monument. While it inspires the nursery rhyme “Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,” the current cross was built in 1859 to celebrate the wedding of Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter.
(Image: Charlotte Coles, Newsquest)
Officers continue to investigate the scene, which is understood to need forensic examination.
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