[1][2] It is situated about 9 miles (14 km) east of Bicester in Oxfordshire, and 7 miles (11 km) north west of Aylesbury.

Anciently the hamlet was called Botyl Claydon.

The prefix comes from the Anglo-Saxon word botyl meaning 'house'.

The word Claydon is also Anglo Saxon, and means 'clay hill'.

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