Verney Junction
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Verney Junction is a hamlet in the parish of Middle Claydon in north Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the railway line near Claydon House.
The stone cottages that make up the hamlet were largely constructed to provide houses for workers for the railway in the early Victorian era. The hamlet is named after Lord Verney of Claydon House. A quick look at Ordnance Survey maps for the area shows that a railway line once ran from this point, through Buckingham and Brackley, to Banbury.
Verney Junction station was the northern outpost of the Metropolitan Railway from Baker Street. It was sited on the line from Oxford to Cambridge, and legend has it that it was so called because the then isolation of the area meant that the only obvious name was that of the local landowner.
The rail link from Quainton Road has been closed and lifted, although that from Oxford towards Bletchley is still in use. No station remains.
It is considered among one of London's disused underground stations, though it is a long way from London itself and isn't underground.