Village History
“ At the Aylesbury Assizes on Thursday, heforo Lord Chief Justice Cockburu, Catherine Muir, 39, nurse, was indicted for the...
Village History
Steeple Claydon. Accident. On the 1st instant s f ‘°” Robert at.Steeple Claydon, to Edward for the Dubrey, labourers. They...
Village History
Steeple Claydon School BOL D, TUOSDAL ‘IL 6. Present—Mr. Geo. Barrett (chairman), Rev. R. Davies, Dr. Benson, Mr. Geo. Ingram,...
Village History
Fatal Accident To Calvert Man KILLED BY APPROACHING TRAIN. We regret to record the tragic death of Mr. Frederick Harper,...
Library History
THOMAS CHALONER Thomas Chaloner was born at Steeple Claydon in 1595; after leaving Oxford he went abroad, and returned from...
A Short History of Steeple Claydon
The Library The Chaloners estate was sold to the Verneys in, 1705. The late Sir Harry Verney ‘found the school...
A Short History of Steeple Claydon
The Chaloners On the death of Katherine of Arragon the principal manor reverted to the Crown, and in August 1557...
A Short History of Steeple Claydon
The Middle Ages The earliest surviving document to mention Claydon by name is Domesday Book (1086). A free translation of...
A Short History of Steeple Claydon
The Beginnings Claydon is really claegiga11 dune, which is Anglo-Saxon for the village the clayey hill, and a better name...