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Claydon (other)
Claydon (meaning 'Clay Hill') is a place name in: England * Claydon, Oxfordshire * Claydon, Suffolk * Claydon (deanery), Buckinghamshire * Claydon House, Buckinghamshire, originally home of the Verney family (relatives of Florence Nightingale) and now in the care of the National Trust * Botolph Claydon, Buckinghamshire * East Claydon, Buckinghamshire * Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire * Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire * Claydon with Clattercot, civil parish in Oxfordshire * Claydon railway station (Buckinghamshire) * Claydon railway station (Suffolk) Other * Claydon (surname), English surname * Claydon, Saskatchewan, Canada * Claydon Peak, Antarctica Related *Claydon Map of the course of the river beside Claydon House See also *Clayton (other) {{disambiguation, geo, surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claydon, Oxfordshire
Claydon is a village and former civil parish, now in Claydon with Clattercot, in the Cherwell District, Cherwell district, in Oxfordshire, England. The village is about north of Banbury and about above sea level on a hill of Early Jurassic Lias Group, Middle Lias clay. The village is the northernmost settlement in Oxfordshire and as such is also the northernmost settlement in the entire South East England region. The parish is bounded by Warwickshire to the west and Northamptonshire to the east. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 306. Church and chapel Church of England The Church of England parish church of James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great was a Chapel of ease, dependent chapelry of the parish of Cropredy until 1851. St. James' was originally Norman architecture, Norman, built in about AD 1100. The Arcade (architecture), arcade between the nave and north Aisle#Architecture, aisle survives from this date, as does the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claydon, Suffolk
Claydon is a village just north of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. The meaning of the name is "clay-on-the-hill". The village gives its name to the hundred of Bosmere-and-Claydon, one of the 21 administrative districts into which Suffolk was divided for administrative purposes between Saxon and Victorian times. Geography The countryside around Claydon is set among low-lying hills and lies next to the River Gipping. It is close to the intersection of the A14 and the B1113. Between the A14 and the B1113 (former A45) is the Ipswich to Ely Line. Amenities The village has two pubs: The Crown and The Greyhound. There is also a bakers and sandwich bar Freshfills, post office, fish and chip shop, hotel, hairdressers, car dealership and travel agency. It also has a primary school and Claydon High School. There are regular bus connections to Ipswich, Bramford and Stowmarket from the centre of the village. At the top of the hill on Church Lane can be found the Church of St Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claydon (deanery)
Claydon Deanery is part of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham within the Diocese of Oxford, England. It includes four benefices, including two team benefices, which contain 20 parishes in rural north-west Buckinghamshire in England. The deanery also includes eight Church of England schools. List of Parishes The Claydons (Benefice) ; The Claydons (Parish) : St Mary, East Claydon : All Saints, Middle Claydon : St Michael, Steeple Claydon Schorne Team ; Dunton : St Martin ; Granborough : St John the Baptist ; Hardwick : St Mary the Virgin, Hardwick : Weedon School Chapel ; Hoggeston : Holy Cross ; North Marston : Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary : North Marston Church of England School ; Oving with Pitchcott : All Saints, Oving ; Quainton : Holy Cross & St Mary : Quainton Church of England Combined School ; Waddesdon with Over Winchendon and Fleet Marston : St Mary Magdalene, Over Winchendon : St Michael & All Angels, Waddesdon : St Mary, Westcott : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claydon House
Claydon House is a country house in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, near the village of Middle Claydon. It was built between 1757 and 1771 and is now owned by the National Trust. The house is a listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England, and its gardens are listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. History Claydon has been the ancestral home of the Verney family since 1620.. The church of All Saints, Middle Claydon lies less than from the house and contains many memorials to the Verney family: among them Sir Edmund Verney, who was chief standard bearer to Charles I during the English Civil War. Sir Edmund was slain at the Battle of Edgehill on 23 October 1642, defending the standard.. His ghost is reputed to haunt the house. In 1661, following the Restoration of the Monarchy, Sir Edmund's son (Sir Ralph Verney) was awarded a baronetcy by Charles II for his and his father's loyalty and bravery during the preceding peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botolph Claydon
Botolph Claydon is a hamlet in the civil parish of East Claydon, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated about east of Bicester in Oxfordshire, and 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'. The village hall A village hall is a public building in a rural or suburban community which functions as a community centre without a religious affiliation. United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, a village hall is a building which is owned by a local gover ..., built in 1912, was once the village library and was donated to the villages of East and Botolph Claydon by the Verney Family. References Hamlets in Buckinghamshire {{Buckinghamshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Claydon
East Claydon is a village and is also a civil parish in the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about south-west of Winslow. The village name 'Claydon' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and derives from the + ''dun'' meaning 'clay hill'. The affix 'East' is used to differentiate the village from nearby Steeple Claydon and Middle Claydon, and from the hamlet of Botolph Claydon that lies within the parish of East Claydon. The parish church dedicated to St Mary was demolished during the English Civil War by Cornelius Holland, one of King Charles's judges, but was rebuilt after the restoration. The current structure is largely of 18th century design, but comprises components from various centuries, the earliest of which is the 13th century. East Claydon School is a mixed, community, nursery, infant and junior school, which takes children from the age of three through to the age of 11, when they generally move to a school in Waddesdon Waddesdon is a village in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Claydon
Middle Claydon is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about south of Buckingham and about west of Winslow. Administratively, the parish is within the remit of Buckinghamshire Council, the unitary authority for most of the county. 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 Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English Reform movement, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steeple Claydon
Steeple Claydon is a village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about south of Buckingham, west of Winslow and northwest of Waddesdon. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 2,278. 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 Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claydon With Clattercot
Claydon with Clattercot is a civil parish in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It was formed in 1932 by merger of the parish of Claydon () with the extra-parochial area of ClattercoteCrossley, 1972, pages 194-197 (). As of the United Kingdom Census 2011 A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Inter ..., its population was 306 and it had a total of 6.22 km2 of land, water, and roads. Sources * External linksClaydon village website References Civil parishes in Oxfordshire Cherwell District {{Oxfordshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claydon Railway Station
Claydon railway station is a former railway station on the 'Varsity Line' (former Oxford Cambridge line), that served the village of Steeple Claydon in Buckinghamshire. History Claydon was opened by the Buckinghamshire Railway on 1 May 1850 as part of its line from Banbury to . The line was worked from the outset by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) which absorbed the Buckinghamshire Railway in 1879. The line was subsequently extended westwards to , to a temporary station at Banbury Road and then to Oxford, opening throughout on 20 May 1851. Claydon station was situated at the 11 milepost on the eastern side of a level crossing where the road from Steeple Claydon to Middle Claydon crosses the line. The station's name came from the fact that the location is surrounded by places with "Claydon" in their name, such as Botolph Claydon and East Claydon, as well as Claydon House which was the residence of Sir Harry Verney, one of the founders of the Buckinghamshire Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claydon Railway Station (Suffolk)
Claydon railway station was a station in Great Blakenham, Suffolk. It closed to passengers in 1963. The goods facility for Blue Circle Cement, British Steel Piling and Kings Scrapyard was still staffed in the late 1970s with the staff working from the former up side station buildings. History The Ipswich and Bury Railway began operations on 30 November 1846, and the station was opened on the same day for goods traffic. Passenger services began on 23 December of the same year. The station building was designed by Frederick Barnes, who also designed several other stations along the route. It was similar in design to that of Elmswell, which still exists today (2014). At the west end of the station, the Ipswich to Stowmarket Road crossed the line. Although that traffic is now carried on the A14, the level crossing is still quite busy with local traffic. In 1847 the Ipswich and Bury Railway became part of the Eastern Union Railway which itself became part of the Eastern Countie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claydon (surname)
Claydon is a surname with English origins. It is a habitational name, denoting lineage from several potential locations in England. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Claydon (1885–1918), British-Canadian soldier * Brett Claydon (born 1982), English darts player * George Claydon (1933–2001), British actor * Leonard Claydon (1915–1971), Manitoba politician * Lizzy Claydon (born 1972), Australian soccer player * Hannah Claydon (born 1986), English model * Mitch Claydon (born 1982), Australian-English cricketer * Russell Claydon (born 1965), English professional golfer * Sharon Claydon (born 1964), Australian politician * Steven Claydon Steven Claydon (born 1969) is a sculptor and musician based in London. Claydon was born in London. He has performed and shown work internationally in exhibitions at Tate Modern in London, Art Basel in Switzerland, in Düsseldorf and Portikus in ... (born 1969), British sculptor and musician * Tony Claydon (born 1965), Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
