About the Pub Built around 1960 as part of a massive expansion of housing in the Neithrop area of Banbury, it is named after a local man who commanded the British forces during the Battle of Denmark Strait against the German battleship Bismarck. It was a typical two room wet-led pub, but in 2017 was demolished to make way for housing on the site. KCC began on site 04/06/19 with site strip and reduce dig. Around 1000 m3 of spoil and 4 skips of roots and stumps were taken off s