Middle Claydon
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| Middle Claydon | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Claydon House with All Saints, Middle Claydon, 2009 | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP725255 |
| Location: | 51°55’33"N, 0°57’14"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 146 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Buckingham |
| Postcode: | MK18 |
| Dialling code: | 01296 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Buckinghamshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Buckingham |
| Website: | The Claydons |
Middle Claydon is a village and parish in the Ashendon Hundred of Buckinghamshire. The village is about five miles south of Buckingham and about 3½ miles west of Winslow.
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, a Civil War Royalist,[3] and of Florence Nightingale.[4]
References
- ↑ "Area: Middle Claydon (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126528&c=Middle+Claydon&d=16&e=62&g=6404033&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359915365301&enc=1.
- ↑ History of the Claydons: Early History
- ↑ Page, W.H., ed (1927). A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 32–35. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62527. Parishes : Middle Claydon – Manor
- ↑ Knox, Tim (1999). Claydon House. The National Trust. ISBN 978-1-84359-025-5. page 28
Further reading
- Page, W.H., ed (1927). A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 32–35. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62527.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Buckinghamshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 206–209. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.
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