Claydon, Suffolk

Claydon is a village just north of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. The meaning of the name is "clay-on-the-hill".

Claydon
Church of St Peter
Claydon
Location within Suffolk
Population2,197 (2011)
OS grid referenceTM1350
District
  • Mid Suffolk
Shire county
  • Suffolk
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townIPSWICH
Postcode districtIP6
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

The village gives its name to the hundred of Bosmere-and-Claydon, one of the 21 administrative districts into which Suffolk was divided for administrative purposes between Saxon and Victorian times.

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