East Claydon
| East Claydon | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Thatched tree shelter in East Claydon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP735255 |
| Location: | 51°55’27"N, -0°55’44"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 345 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Buckingham |
| Postcode: | MK18 |
| Dialling code: | 01296 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Buckinghamshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Buckingham |
East Claydon is a village and parish in the Ashendon Hundred of Buckinghamshire. It is about two and a half miles south-west of Winslow.
The village name 'Claydon' is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and derives from clægig + dun meaning 'clay hill'. The affix 'East' is used to differentiate the village from nearby Steeple Claydon and Middle Claydon, and from the hamlet of Botolph Claydon that lies within the parish of East Claydon.
The parish church dedicated to St Mary was demolished during the Civil War by Cornelius Holland,[2][3] one of King Charles's judges, but was rebuilt after the restoration. The current structure is largely of 18th-century design, but comprises components from various centuries, the earliest of which is the 13th century.
East Claydon School is a mixed community infant school, which takes children from the age of four through to the age of seven, when they generally move to a school in Steeple Claydon or Winslow. The school is quite small, with approximately thirty pupils.
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about East Claydon) |
- ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
- ↑ "A Topographical Dictionary of England – Claydon, East (St. Mary)". British History Online. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50881#s3. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
- ↑ "East Claydon – History & Descriptions". GENUKI. https://web.archive.org/web/20060709125157/http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/EastClaydon/#Descriptions. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
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