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Botolph Claydon is a 
The
hamlet
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in the civil parish
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of 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 ang, clægig + ''dun'' mea ...
, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated about east of Bicester
Bicester ( ) is a historical market towngarden town and civil parish in the Cherwell district of northeastern Oxfordshire in Southern England that also comprises an eco town at North-East Bicester and self-build village aGraven Hill Its loca ...
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
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, built in 1912, was once the village library and was donated to the villages of East and Botolph Claydon by the Verney Family.
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