- Claydon, Suffolk
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Coordinates: 52°06′26″N 1°06′32″E / 52.10729°N 1.10898°E
Claydon 
Church of St Peter
Claydon
Claydon shown within SuffolkOS grid reference TM1350 District Mid Suffolk Shire county Suffolk Region East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town IPSWICH Postcode district IP6 Police Suffolk Fire Suffolk Ambulance East of England EU Parliament East of England UK Parliament Bury St Edmunds List of places: UK • England • Suffolk Claydon is a small village just north of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. The meaning of the name is 'clay-on-the-hill', though it is not much of a hill.
The village gives its name to the hundred of Bosmere-and-Claydon, one of the 21 districts into which Suffolk was divided for administrative purposes between Saxon and Victorian times.[1]
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Geography
The countryside around Claydon is set among low-lying hills and lies next to the River Gipping. It is close to the intersection of the A14 and the B1113. Between the A14 and the B1113 (former A45) is the Ipswich to Ely Line.
Amenities
The village offers two pubs for the traveller and locals, The Crown and The Greyhound. There is also a post office, hairdressers, car dealership and somewhat inexplicably an exceptional travel agency that is one of the "Travel Company of the Year" 2010 finalists (http://www.travel-stop.co.uk). It also has a primary school and a high school. The high school on Church Lane is now a specialist Humanities College since September 2004, it also has a sixth form centre alongside with Thurleston. There are regular bus connections to Ipswich, Bramford and Stowmarket from the centre of the village.
At the top of the hill on Lane can be found the Church of St Peter, which has been partially restored. It is one of the few pre-Norman churches in Suffolk. The interior is attractive with a very fine wooden fan vaulted ceiling.
Nearby villages include Barham, Bramford, Great Blakenham and the hamlet of Akenham.
Notable residents
References
External links
Categories:- Villages in Suffolk
- Mid Suffolk
- Suffolk geography stubs
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