Editing Botolph Claydon

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|constituency_westminster= [[Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Aylesbury]]
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'''Botolph Claydon''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in the [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of [[East Claydon]], in [[Buckinghamshire]], England.<ref name=OS165>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 165 ''Aylesbury & Leighton Buzzard (Thame & Berkhamsted)''|ISBN= 9780319229163 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}}</ref><ref name=OSGaz50>{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html|title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer|format=csv (download)|date= 1 January 2016|publisher=Ordnance Survey|website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk|access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref>  It is situated about {{convert|9|mi}} east of [[Bicester]] in [[Oxfordshire]], and {{convert|7|mi}} north west of [[Aylesbury]].

Anciently the hamlet was called '''Botyl Claydon'''.  The prefix comes from the [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] word ''botyl'' meaning 'house'.  The word Claydon is also Anglo Saxon, and means 'clay hill'.

[[File:Public Library Botolph Claydon - geograph.org.uk - 714009.jpg|thumb|280px|left|The village hall, formerly library]]
The [[village hall]], built in 1912, was once the village library and was donated to the villages of East and Botolph Claydon by the Verney Family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theclaydons.org/village-hall/|title = VILLAGE HALL – East & Botolph Claydon Village}}</ref>

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