Middle Claydon
Middle Claydon | |
Middle Claydon |
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Population | 146 (2011 Census)[1] |
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OS grid reference | SP725255 |
District | Aylesbury Vale |
Shire county | Buckinghamshire |
Region | South East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Milton Keynes |
Postcode district | MK18 |
Dialling code | 01296 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
EU Parliament | South East England |
UK Parliament | Buckingham |
Website | The Claydons |
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Coordinates: 51°55′33″N 0°57′14″W / 51.9257°N 0.9539°W
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.
The toponym "Claydon" is derived from the Old English for "clay hill". 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, and of Florence Nightingale.
References
- ↑ "Area: Middle Claydon (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
Further reading
- Page, W.H., ed. (1927). A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 32–35.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Buckinghamshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 206–209. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.
External links
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