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	Coombe Hill, Buckinghamshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coombe Hill, also called Haddington Hill, is a hill in The Chilterns, and the highest point in the English county of Buckinghamshire.
		Coombe Hill is located near the town of Wendover, and overlooks Aylesbury Vale.
		The hill once formed part of the Chequers Estate but was given to the National Trust by the UK government when they were given the estate in the 1920s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coombe_Hill,_Buckinghamshire (136 words)

	Buckinghamshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England.
		It is an agricultural county, covering part of the Chiltern Hills to the South and the Vale of Aylesbury to the north.
		Buckinghamshire still has good rail links to London, Birmingham and Manchester and furniture is still a major industry in parts of south Bucks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buckinghamshire (1622 words)

	Buckinghamshire [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, in south central England, with a population in the 2001 census of 65,173.
		Chesham Chesham is a town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, the fourth largest in the county, and is situated in the Chess Valley.
		Buckinghamshire is lucky in its country houses: from the architectural perfection and purity of Stowe to the Victorian adaptation of earlier French or Tudor styles developed by the Rothschild family nearby in the Vale of Aylesbury....
	www.wikimirror.com /Buckinghamshire (13617 words)

	Encyclopedia: Buckinghamshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Map sources for Aylesbury at grid reference SP818138 Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, in south central England, with a population in the 2001 census of 65,173.
		The monument on Coombe Hill At 267 metres/ 876 feet in height, Coombe Hill, also known as Haddington Hill, is the highest point in The Chilterns and in the English county of Buckinghamshire.
		Whiteleaf is a hamlet in the parish of Monks Risborough in Buckinghamshire, England.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Buckinghamshire (8996 words)

	Buckinghamshire biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in south central England.
		Buckinghamshire is divided into four districts: Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe.
		This is a list of the towns in the traditional county of Buckinghamshire (before the first boundary changes in 1974).
	buckinghamshire.biography.ms (1556 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Buckinghamshire (abbreviated 'Bucks ') is a county in South East England.
		The Roman influence on Buckinghamshire is most widely felt in the Roman road s that cross the county.
		Buckinghamshire was subdivided into 18 hundred s at the time of the Domesday Book.
	www.mindwallet.com /wiki/Buckinghamshire (1672 words)

	Walks in Buckinghamshire - Great Missenden to Wendover
		An enjoyable and varied walk through woodland and some pasture, starting in the Misbourne Valley and culminating on the Chiltern escarpment at Coombe Hill, with one of the finest views in the county, before descending to the charming small town of Wendover.
		The Chiltern Hills, of course, include not just the open downland of the escarpment, but mature beech woods, rough common, heathlands, dry valleys and the farmland of the plateau, where the chalk is overlaid by clay with flints.
		The monument was erected in 1904 as a memorial to the 148 Buckinghamshire men who died in the Boer War, and is 64 feet in height, constructed of Aberdeen granite.
	www.bucks-wmiddx-ramblers.org.uk /walks/gm-we.html (1823 words)

	Coombe Hill, Buckinghamshire -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is a (Click link for more info and facts about Marilyn) Marilyn with a (The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent) prominence of 180 m.
		The hill looks over (Click link for more info and facts about Aylesbury Vale) Aylesbury Vale and the town of (Click link for more info and facts about Wendover) Wendover.
		The hill once formed part of the (Click link for more info and facts about Chequers) Chequers Estate but was given to the National Trust by the (Click link for more info and facts about UK government) UK government when they were given the estate in the (The decade from 1920 to 1929) 1920s.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Co/Coombe_Hill,_Buckinghamshire.htm (137 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		Buckinghamshire's local government: A two tier system with a Buckinghamshire County Council for part of the county and four districts of Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Buckinghamshire and Wycombe.
		Buckinghamshire's Eton, Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury are ruled by the Berkshire based unitary authority of Windsor and Maidenhead.
		Caversfield is detached Buckinghamshire in Oxfordshire governed by Oxfordshire County Council and cherwell District Council.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/counties/england/bucks.html (760 words)

	Buckinghamshire Genealogy
		Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies (Buckinghamshire Record Office and Local Studies service) are the major repositories for source material of interest to family historians in Buckinghamshire.
		These pages include details of the registers either at the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, or available as a transcript for purchase, or available for loan as part of a society library (society membership is usually required for the latter).
		Local Newpapers for Buckinghamshire on the Buckinghamshire Record and Local Studies website, lists both alphabetically, and by area, local newspapers, with details of dates and of locations of holdings in Buckinghamshire and surrounding counties.
	met.open.ac.uk /genuki/big/eng/BKM (1610 words)

	Walks in Buckinghamshire - Haddenham - Long Crendon - Aylesbury
		To the right of this on the more distant Chiltern Hills a sharp eye on a clear day may be able to pick out the Monument on Coombe Hill.
		In the upper part of the field the banks running down the hill are probably medieval property boundaries of the early village.
		On the hill to the right of that, Waddesdon Manor is just visible above the trees, and further to the right and further away, Qauinton Hill with the mast on the top of the hill and the windmill lower down.
	www.bucks-wmiddx-ramblers.org.uk /walks/ha-ay.html (3497 words)

	bucks
		Beacon Hill at Aston Rowant is a site which I have visited repeatedly.
		One one memorable night in 1994 there were upwards of 250 females glowing on the hill above the M40.
		The Spade Oak site had glow worms in 1999 and 2000, often to be seen perched on the ballast of the railway line where the footpath crosses it.
	website.lineone.net /~galaxypix/bucks.html (624 words)

	Roll of Honour - Buckinghamshire - Wendover, Coombe Hill Boer War Memorial
		Coombe Hill, near Wendover, stands 257m (843ft) above sea level (about 3m lower than the summit of the hill) and is crowned with an impressive monument to the Boer War and is a popular viewpoint.
		The memorial was erected, and unveiled, in 1904 to the memory of the men from Buckinghamshire who had died in the Boer War.
		Eldest son of Colonel Meeking, of Richings Park, Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, and 31, Belgrave Square, London S.W., by his marriage with Adelaide Caroline, fourth daughter of Christopher Tower, Esq., of Huntsmore Park, Buckinghamshire; brother of Kenneth Meeking also died in South Africa 2nd February 1902.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Buckinghamshire/CoombeHillBoerWar.html (2655 words)

	Wycombe District Council - Tourism
		The spectacular formations of the Chiltern Hills with their fleece of beechwood forest make this one of the finest areas for walking and several long-distance footpaths criss-cross this part of the country - the Upper and Lower Icknield Waye, the North Buckinghamshire Way and the Ridgeway itself.
		Coombe Hill near Wendover offers visitors one of the highest view points of the Chilterns with views towards Aylesbury and the woods surrounding Chequers.
		The Coombe Hill Monument was erected in 1904 in memory of Buckinghamshire men who died in the South African War (1899-1902).
	www.wycombe.gov.uk /tourism/default.asp?id=152&step=2 (242 words)

	Roll of Honour - Buckinghamshire - War Memorial Selection
		Throughout Buckinghamshire there are various memorials and rolls of honour dedicated to those men and women who fell in various wars.
		If you have a transcription of, or you are willing to transcribe, a Buckinghamshire memorial or roll of honour for these pages then please contact me, the email address is below.
		Much information about soldiers who fell, were awarded medals and more is to be found in old copies of the London Gazette.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Buckinghamshire (1014 words)

	Buckscaching.co.uk - Buckinghamshire Cache Listings (S-Z)... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hidden on 4th June '02 the cache can be combined with 'View from Coombe Hill' which would mean visiting the chiltern hills 2 highest points in one journey.
		At the top of the hill lies a Cairn which was placed there to comemorate the queens silver Jubilee.
		Parking is possible at either the top or foot of the hill, the second option requires a steep climb but it is pathed and can be fun.
	www.buckscaching.co.uk /listd.html (4289 words)

	Roll of Honour - Bedfordshire - Boer War Detailed Information
		Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment died of disease at Thaba 'Nchu 5th December /1900 and is buried at Thaba 'Nchu Cemetery.
		He was present at the actions at Chievely, Monte Christo, Pieters Hill, and the relief of Ladysmith.
		He then took part in the advance on Pretoria, and was present at every engagement with his regiment, including the Battle of Diamond Hill, where his gallantry is stated to have been very conspicuous.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Bedfordshire/BoerWarDetail.html (1003 words)

	Buckinghamshire
		Buckinghamshire is one of the Home Counties, and is bounded by Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes to the north; Oxfordshire to the west; Wokingham, and Windsor and Maidenhead to the south, where the River Thames forms part of the county boundary; and by Greater London, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire to the east.
		Buckinghamshire is divided into eight `hundreds´: Ashendon, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Burnham Cottesloe, Desborough, Newport, and Stoke; Burnham, Desborough and Stokeform the Chiltern Hundreds.Physical features include the
		Buckinghamshire contains a number of fine houses, including Claydon House, Waddesdon Manor, and West Wycombe House, with their priceless collections of art treasures.
	www.fatbadgers.co.uk /Tourism/buckinfo.htm (548 words)

	Bucks CC - Archaeology at the County Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A good view is an important point for a monument and was noted for Coombe Hill by three out of the four who voted for it.
		With the votes for Coombe Hill, Ivinghoe and other comments about Thornborough bridge being a good place to start a walk and good woodland walking around Hughenden it seems that lots of people in the county are keen ramblers.
		Another plus point in a monument's favour is there being enough to entertain a child, like at Lacey Green windmill, Coombe Hill and childhood memories of S Hannon at Wotton Lake and Hazel Rackham at Ashridge.
	www.buckscc.gov.uk /archaeology/County_Show.htm (577 words)

	OOLITE - LoveToKnow Article on OOLITE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the Cotteswold Hills it is a series of marine deposits, 264 ft. thick near Cheltenham, but within 25 m.
		Plant remains, cycads, ferns, Ginkgo and coniferous trees are found most abundantly in the Yorkshire area.
		The building stones of the Great Oolite are mainly oolitic freestones, viz, the varieties of Bath stone quarried and mined in the neighborhood of that city (Corsham Down, Monks Park, Coombe Down, Odd Down, Box Ground, andc.) and more shelly Jimestones like the Taynton and Milton stone.
	28.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OO/OOLITE.htm (2413 words)

	Find Weddings Coombe at Top Wedding Directory UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Your wedding ceremony can be conducted at Coombe Lodge and we can offer a choice of three elegant...
		Coombe Abbey, near Coventry, has a baronial hall for hire, complete with...
		All photos are Copyright 1998 Tony Coombe, Spicer Hallfield album and frame photos are Copyright Spicer Hallfield, and are used by kind permission of Spicer Hallfield.
	www.topweddingdirectory.com /towns/oxfordshire/coombe (580 words)

	Boer War Memorial, Coombe Hill, Wendover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Standing on a high hill it can be seen from a great distance, and an excellent panoramic view can be seen from it.
		But, being built in such a lofty position did cause one problem, when in the late 1930s it was struck by lightning and virtually demolished.
		However, the Buckinghamshire County Council decided to restore it, and by 1939 it had been repaired.
	met.open.ac.uk /genuki/big/eng/BKM/Military/Boer_War/Coombe_Hill (149 words)

	Coombe Hill
		A visit to Coombe Hill in Buckinghamshire, near Wendover
		A War memorial was erected, and unveiled on Coombe Hill, near Wendover in 1904, in memory of the men from Buckinghamshire who had died in the Boer War.
		Standing some 257m (843ft) above sea level (about 3m lower than the summit of the hill) on the edge of steep escarpment, it can be seen from a great distance, and a hint of the excellent panoramic view can be seen from this photo.
	luphen.org.uk /public/2003/2003coombehill.htm (92 words)

	Ellesborough Parish Council, Buckinghamshire
		The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul sits on a hill, commanding views across to Beacon Hill and Coombe Hill to the south and east, and the Vale of Aylesbury to the north and west.
		Terrick House and Dunrobin are examples of large houses in the Parish where brick or brick and flint have been used.
		Chequers, given by Sir Anthony Lee in 1917 as a country residence for the Prime Minister, lies in its own grounds in the southern part of the Parish between Coombe Hill and Beacon Hill off the Missenden Road.
	www.ellesboroughpc.gov.uk /vds/buildings.htm (921 words)

	Good Guide to Buckinghamshire
		The Chiltern Hills give the south of the county a special charm: quiet valleys, lovely tucked-away villages with pretty brick-and-flint houses, endless walking possibilities.
		This scenery is at its best in spring and autumn through to November, when the beechwoods are at their most beautiful.
		Coombe Hill, the highest point, is an excellent spot for kite-flying.
	www.goodguides.com /regions/regionsguide.asp?param=map&map=3 (345 words)

	Coombe Hill walking Chiltern Hills Buckinghamshire walks
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	Coombe, Buckinghamshire -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Coombe, Buckinghamshire -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The hamlet is situated on the Missenden Road that leads from (Click link for more info and facts about Butlers Cross) Butlers Cross to (Click link for more info and facts about Great and Little Hampden) Great and Little Hampden.
		The Buckinghamshire headquarters of the (Click link for more info and facts about Girl Guides) Girl Guides are situated in Coombe, as is part of Ellesborough (A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes) Golf Club.
	absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Co/Coombe,_Buckinghamshire.htm (103 words)

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