Botolph Claydon

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Botolph Claydon is a hamlet in the parish of East Claydon, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated about 9 miles east of Bicester in Oxfordshire, and 7 miles north west of Aylesbury.

Anciently the hamlet was called Bottle Claydon. The prefix comes from the Anglo-Saxon word botl meaning 'house'. The word Claydon is also Anglo Saxon, and means 'clay hill'.