Claydon is a village and former civil parish, now in Claydon with Clattercot, in the Cherwell district, in Oxfordshire, England. The village is about 6 miles (10 km) north of Banbury and about 417 feet (127 m) above sea level on a hill of Early Jurassic Middle Lias clay.
St. James the Great parish church
The Sunrising Inn was the last pub in Claydon and closed in 1990. It was a tied house of the Hunt Edmunds brewery of Banbury.
On the Oxford Canal: Claydon Middle Lock, built 1776–77
Cherwell is a local government district in northern Oxfordshire, England. The district was created in 1974 and takes its name from the River Cherwell, which drains south through the region to flow into the River Thames at Oxford. Towns in Cherwell include Banbury and Bicester. Kidlington is a contender for largest village in England.
The cross in Banbury, the district's administrative centre
Cherwell (district)
Bicester, the second-largest settlement in the district
Kidlington, the third-largest settlement in the district and one of the largest villages in England