CHILTERN HILLS, or THE CHILTERNS  , a range of See also:

• CHALK

chalk hills in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, extending through See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• OXFORDSHIRE (or OxoN)

Oxfordshire, See also:

• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbreviated Bucks)
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, EARLS OF

Buckinghamshire and See also:

• BEDFORDSHIRE [abbreviated Beds]

Bedfordshire . See also:

• RUNNING

Running from S.W. to N.E., they See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a well-marked escarpment See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-westward, while the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern slope is See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . The name of Chilterns is applied to the hills between the See also:

• THAMES

Thames in the neighbourhood of Goring161 and the headwaters of its tributary the See also:

• LEA, HENRY CHARLES (1825–1909)

Lea between See also:

• DUNSTABLE

Dunstable and See also:

• HITCHIN

Hitchin, the See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest See also:

• LINE

line between these points being about 55 M. in length . But these hills are part of a larger chalk See also:

• SYSTEM

system, continuing the line of the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

Horse Hills from See also:

• BERKSHIRE [abbreviated Berks, pronounced Berkshire]
• BERKSHIRE, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1587–1669)

Berkshire, and themselves continued eastward by the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Anglian See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge . The greatest See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of the Chilterns is found in the centre from Watlington to See also:

• TRING

Tring, where heights from 8oc o 85o ft. are frequent . Westward towards the Thames See also:

• GAP

gap the elevation falls away but little, but eastward the East Anglian ridge does not often exceed 500 ft., though it continues the northward escarpment across See also:

• HERTFORDSHIRE [HERrs]

Hertfordshire . There are several passes through the Chilterns, followed by See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main roads and See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways converging on See also:

• LONDON

London, which lies in the See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin of which these hills form part of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern rim . The most remarkable passes are those near Tring, See also:

• WENDOVER

Wendover and See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince's Risborough, the floors of which are occupied by the gravels of former See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers . The Chilterns were formerly covered with a See also:

• FOREST

forest of See also:

• BEECH

beech, and there is still a See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of this See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood for the manufacture of chairs and other articles in the neighbourhood of See also:

• WYCOMBE (officially CHEPPING WYCOMBE, also CHIPPING or HIGH WYCOMBE)

Wycombe .