Middle Claydon

Middle Claydon is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 5 miles (8 km) south of Buckingham and about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Winslow.

Middle Claydon
Middle Claydon Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	146 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SP725255
Civil parish	Middle Claydon
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Buckingham
Postcode district	MK18
Dialling code	01296
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Buckingham
Website	The Claydons

The toponym "Claydon" is derived from the Old English for "clay hill".[2] The affix "Middle" differentiates the village from nearby Steeple Claydon, and East Claydon, and from the hamlet of Botolph Claydon. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the Claydon area as Claindone.

The Church of England parish church of All Saints is in the grounds of Claydon House, a National Trust property. The house was the home of Sir Edmund Verney, an English Civil War Royalist,[3] and of Florence Nightingale.[4]

References

1. "Area: Middle Claydon (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
2. History of the Claydons: Early History
3. Page, W.H., ed. (1927). A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 32–35.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Parishes : Middle Claydon – Manor
4. Knox, Tim (1999). Claydon House. The National Trust. ISBN 978-1-84359-025-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) page 28

Further reading

• Page, W.H., ed. (1927). A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 32–35.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Buckinghamshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 206–209. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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