Brown's Original Banbury Cakes Formally Dissolved After 400 Years

Overview

• The Oxfordshire bakery, which Companies House shows was dissolved on April 7, has closed after centuries of trading.
• The firm made Banbury cakes, a spiced currant pastry that often includes mixed peel, brown sugar, rum, and nutmeg.
• The business traced its roots to Parson's Street in Banbury in the early 1600s and kept a closely held family recipe.
• Philip Brown led the company for about 30 years, continuing sales online after the original shop was demolished in the 1960s.
• Local history accounts recall a First World War conscientious objector who later worked at E. W. Brown's and became a partner, showing the bakery's deep ties to the town.