The Chiltern Hills or the Chilterns are a chalk escarpment in southern England, northwest of London, covering 660 square miles (1,700 km2) across Oxfordshire...
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of three "hundreds" and lying partially within the Chiltern Hills. "Taking the Chiltern Hundreds" refers to one of the legal fictions used to effect...
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same hills Chiltern Hundreds, ancient administrative area lying partially in the Chiltern Hills Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds...
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Chiltern Hills Academy is a co-educational Academy School in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. It is a Church Of England school, which takes children from the...
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construction. The name Chiltern Line was invented as a marketing name for the line by Network SouthEast in 1985, in reference to the Chiltern Hills which the route...
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Amersham (redirect from Amersham on the Hill)
a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills, 27 miles (43 km) northwest of central London, 15 miles (24 km) south-east...
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Eton. The Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, occupy the south of the county and contain its highest point, Haddington Hill (267 m (876 ft))...
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Beaconsfield (redirect from Chiltern Shakespeare Company)
Gerrards Cross, Amersham and High Wycombe. The town is adjacent to the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has Georgian, neo-Georgian and...
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attained in the Chiltern Hills (Haddington Hill: 267 m [876 ft]), the North Wessex Downs (Walbury Hill: 297 m [974 ft]), the North Downs (Leith Hill: 294 m [965 ft])...
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Chequers (category Chiltern Hills)
in Buckinghamshire, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, 40 miles (64 km) north-west of central London. Coombe Hill is two-thirds of a mile (1.1 km) northeast...
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upon completion carry the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway line under the Chiltern Hills. The twin-bore tunnels, which are 16.04 km (9.97 miles) long, will be...
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several streets and buildings in the area with names linked to the Chiltern Hills, which were connected to Marylebone from both the Metropolitan Line...
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The Chiltern Way is a waymarked long-distance footpath in the Chiltern Hills of southern England. It was created by the Chiltern Society as a Millennium...
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Aylesbury with 69,200. Nearby Amersham has 17,719. Chesham is in the Chiltern Hills and from its lowest point of 295 feet (90 metres) above sea level rises...
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Wendover (redirect from Cobblers Hill)
at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated at the point where the main road across the Chilterns between London and...
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Chiltern District was a local government district of Buckinghamshire in south-central England from 1974 to 2020. It was named after the Chiltern Hills...
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Gerrards Cross (category Hill forts in Buckinghamshire)
Fulmer, Hedgerley, Iver Heath and Stoke Poges. It spans foothills of the Chiltern Hills and land on the right bank of the River Misbourne. It is 19.3 miles...
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south and south-east are the open chalk hills of the North Wessex Downs and the wooded hills of the Chilterns. The north of the county contains the ironstone...
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Gentianella germanica (redirect from Chiltern Gentian)
flower of Buckinghamshire. Within the UK, it is only native to the Chiltern Hills of southern England, although its distribution in continental Europe...
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narrative. Principal photography took place in 1970, mainly in the Chiltern Hills region of England. The Blood on Satan's Claw premiered in New York City...
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Most land is farmland, with woodland on the Goring Gap outcrop of the Chiltern Hills. Its riverside plain encloses the residential area, including a high...
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and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north east of Great Missenden and 3 miles (4...
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Chiltern Railways (legal name The Chiltern Railway Company Limited) is a British train operating company that has operated the Chiltern Railways franchise...
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7264056°W / 51.7813667; -0.7264056 Halton House is a country house in the Chiltern Hills above the village of Halton in Buckinghamshire, England. It was built...
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Coombe Hill is a hill in The Chilterns, located next to the hamlet of Dunsmore, Buckinghamshire, England, near the small town of Wendover, and overlooking...
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High Wycombe. It lies at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, at the north end of a gap or pass through the Chilterns; the south end of which is at West Wycombe...
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The River Chess is a chalk stream that rises near Chesham in the Chiltern Hills, and flows for 11 miles (18 km) through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire...
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River Thames. The far west of the county is the most hilly, with the Chiltern Hills surrounding Tring, Berkhamsted and the Ashridge estate. This Area of...
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historic country house and private deer park situated in a valley in the Chiltern Hills at Stonor, about four miles (6.4 km) north of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire...
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years. The area of Chiltern was on the Wahgunyah cattle run and was known as Black Dog Creek. The township, named after the Chiltern Hills in England, was...
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