Middle Claydon

Middle Claydon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about five miles south of Buckingham and three miles west of Winslow.

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Village - Buckinghamshire - England - Aylesbury Vale - Buckingham - Winslow

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The village name 'Claydon' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'clay hill'. The affix 'Middle' is used to differentiate the village from nearby Steeple Claydon, and East Claydon, and from the hamlet of Botolph Claydon. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the Claydon area was recorded as Claindone.

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Anglo Saxon - Steeple Claydon - East Claydon - Hamlet - Botolph Claydon - Domesday Book - 1086

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Middle Claydon is the location of Claydon House, that was the home of Sir Edmund Verney, an English Civil War Royalist, and of Florence Nightingale.

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Claydon House - Edmund Verney - English Civil War - Royalist - Florence Nightingale

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The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.

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Parish - All Saints

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