Calvert
Calvert is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, near the village of Steeple Claydon. Originally named after a wealthy local family who had inherited property at Claydon House, Middle Claydon, on condition that they changed their surname to Verney, the village was founded as a hamlet in the Victorian era to house workers for the brick works that were constructed in the area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Calvert, Buckinghamshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sheephouse Wood and Claydon House.
Sheephouse Wood
Forest
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sheephouse Wood is a 56.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Charndon in Buckinghamshire. The site has ancient pedunculate oak woodland with diverse ground flora, typical breeding birds and some uncommon invertebrates.
Claydon House
Photo: Sir Gawain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Claydon House is a country house in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, near the village of Middle Claydon. It was built between 1757 and 1771 and is now owned by the National Trust. Claydon House is situated 2 miles east of Calvert.
Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Cameraman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael is situated 1½ miles northeast of Calvert.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charndon and Steeple Claydon.
Charndon
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charndon is a hamlet and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale area of Buckinghamshire, England.
Steeple Claydon
Village
Photo: Cameraman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Steeple Claydon is a village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 4 miles south of Buckingham, 4.5 miles west of Winslow and 7 miles northwest of Waddesdon. Steeple Claydon is situated 1½ miles north of Calvert.
Twyford
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twyford is a village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district of the county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about 2 miles west of Steeple Claydon and 4 miles northeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire. Twyford is situated 2 miles northwest of Calvert.
Calvert
- Category: locality
- Location: Steeple Claydon, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.9158° or 51° 54′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.00135° or 1° 0′ 5″ westElevation
299 feet (91 metres)Open location code
9C3WWX8X+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 26575817OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Calvert” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Calvert (Buckinghamshire)”
- Basque: “Calvert”
- Dutch: “Calvert”
- French: “Calvert”
- Polish: “Calvert”
- Spanish: “Calvert (Buckinghamshire)”
- Spanish: “Calvert”
- Swedish: “Calvert, Buckinghamshire”
- Swedish: “Calvert”
- Turkish: “Calvert, Buckinghamshire”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Calvert”. Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.