Botolph Claydon
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Botolph Claydon is a hamlet
in the civil 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 Botyl Claydon. The prefix comes from the Anglo-Saxon
word botyl meaning 'house'. The word Claydon is also Anglo Saxon, and means 'clay hill'.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in the civil parish of East Claydon
East Claydon
East Claydon is a village and is also a civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about miles south west of Winslow.The village name 'Claydon' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and derives from the + dun meaning 'clay hill'...
, in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is situated about 9 miles east of Bicester
Bicester
Bicester is a town and civil parish in the Cherwell district of northeastern Oxfordshire in England.This historic market centre is one of the fastest growing towns in Oxfordshire Development has been favoured by its proximity to junction 9 of the M40 motorway linking it to London, Birmingham and...
in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, and 7 miles north west of Aylesbury
Aylesbury
Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in South East England. However the town also falls into a geographical region known as the South Midlands an area that ecompasses the north of the South East, and the southern extremities of the East Midlands...
.
Anciently the hamlet was called Botyl Claydon. The prefix comes from the Anglo-Saxon
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
word botyl meaning 'house'. The word Claydon is also Anglo Saxon, and means 'clay hill'.