 Grimsbury was once home to Western Europe's largest cattle market, on Merton Street in Grimsbury.The market was a key feature of Victorian life both in the town and countryside.In the late 1920s the economy of Banbury was revolutionised by the arrival of new industries and in particular by the relocation of the out of town livestock market to Grimsbury it used to be held in Neithrop and/or Bridge Street, Banbury.