Middle Claydon

Middle Claydon is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 5 miles (8 km) south of Buckingham and about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Winslow. Administratively, the parish is within the remit of Buckinghamshire Council, the unitary authority for most of the county.

Middle Claydon
Claydon House with All Saints, Middle Claydon, 2009
Middle Claydon Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	146 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SP725255
Civil parish	Middle Claydon
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Buckingham
Postcode district	MK18
Dialling code	01296
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Mid Buckinghamshire[2]
Website	The Claydons
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51.9257°N 0.9539°W / 51.9257; -0.9539

The toponym "Claydon" is derived from the Old English for "clay hill".^[3] 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,^[4] and of Florence Nightingale.^[5]