Steeple Claydon
| Steeple Claydon | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 St Michael's parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP6927 |
| Location: | 51°56’11"N, -0°58’59"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,278 (2011) |
| Post town: | Buckingham |
| Postcode: | MK18 |
| Dialling code: | 01296 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Buckinghamshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Buckingham |
| Website: | Steeple Claydon Parish Council |
Steeple Claydon is a village and parish in the Buckingham Hundred of Buckinghamshire. The village is about four miles south of Buckingham, four and a half miles west of Winslow and seven miles north-west of Waddesdon. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 2,278.[1]
History
The toponym "Claydon" is derived from the Old English for "clay hill". The Domesday Book of 1086 records the area (including nearby Botolph Claydon, East Claydon and Middle Claydon) as Claindone. The affix "steeple" refers to the steeple of the Church of England parish church, which is prominent in the village. The manor of Steeple Claydon was once a royal possession. It was given as a wedding gift to Robert D'Oyly by King Henry I because D'Oyly was marrying one of the king's former mistresses. Later, after changing hands several times it came into the possession of King Edward IV when his grandfather the Earl of March left it to him. The manor house has since been pulled down. Thomas Chaloner, a regicide, had a school built in the village in 1656.[2] This site was later made into the public library.
Present day
Steeple Claydon has two public houses, a Co-op supermarket, a bakery, a post office, a hairdresser, a fish & chips shop, a Chinese Takeaway, a dentist, a doctor's surgery and two garages. The village also has a successful football side, Steeple Claydon Football Club. The village has had some notable residents, including Florence Nightingale and Sam Baldock.
The current Steeple Claydon School is a mixed, community primary school, which has roughly 166 pupils ranging in age from four to eleven.
References
- ↑ "Area: Steeple 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=11129049&c=Steeple+Claydon&d=16&e=62&g=6404034&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359917865426&enc=1. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ↑ "A Topographical Dictionary of England: Claydon, Steeple (St. Michael)". British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50881#s5. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
Further reading
- Page, W.H., ed (1927). A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria County History. 4. London: The St Katherine Press. pp. 226–229. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62573.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Buckinghamshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 242. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.
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