It covered the rural area north, west and south of Banbury. The district expanded in 1932 by taking in part of the disbanded Woodstock Rural District.
Bodicote House: Council's headquarters after 1952
Until 1952 the council was based in Banbury.[2] In 1952 the council acquired Bodicote House to be its headquarters, being a large eighteenth century house in the village of Bodicote, immediately south of Banbury.[3][4] Following the council's abolition in 1974 the building became the main offices of its successor, Cherwell District Council.
^"Banbury Rural District Council: Removal of Council Offices". Banbury Guardian. 27 November 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 24 April 2023. ...all departments of the Banbury Rural District Council (at present accommodated at 8 Horse Fair, Banbury, and at Castle Wharf, Banbury) will be transferred as from Monday the 1st December 1952 to Bodicote House...