Steeple Claydon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Steeple Claydon
Historical Forms
- Claindone 1086 DB
- Cleindon 1200 Cur c.1215 WellsR
- Clendon 1200 Cur c.1215 WellsR 1219 Bract
- Stepelclaendon c.1218 WellsL
- Stepel Cleydon c.1220 WellsR 1242 Fees871 1247 Ass 1255 For 1262 Ass 1284 FA 1357 Pat
- Cleidon 1235 Fees465
- Claydon 1235 Fees556
- Stepelcleyndon 1275 Ipm
- Stepul Cleydon 1286 ADi
- Stepulclaydone 1356 FA c.1433 BM
- Clayndon al. Cleydon 1297 Ipm
- Cleyndon 1298 Fine
- Cleydon 1299 Fine
- Stupelcleydon 1315 Fine
- Stuble Claydon 1541 LP
Etymology
OE clǣgigan dūne (dat.), 'clayey hill,' the village standing on the Oxford Clay. For the persistent inflexional n , v. Introd. xxvi.The distinction between the three Claydons by naming one from its steeple or tower must go back to a time when their churches were more definitely distinguished by the height or some other feature of their towers than they are at present.For Stupel v. Introd. xxiii.
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