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Excerpt from The History of Wendover in the County of Buckingham: With Illustrations and Sketch Maps
Wendover lies at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, in Buckinghamshire, and at the head of the valley which here cuts the Hills and runs, with the little Iix er Mis bourne as its centre, through Missenden, Amersham, and the Chalfonts. Lo1d Av chury, in his Swnmy of England, speaks of these gaps in the Chilterns as very impressive, and of the Wendover gap as 300 feet deep, the summit of the pass being 503 feet above the sea, while the ridge on either side rises to 700 and 800 He adds that cithe ?oors of the valleys are occupied by unmistakable river gravels, and this is well illustrated in the case of Wendover, a gravel pit of some size being worked on the east of the read about the summit of the gap.
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Wendover lies at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, in Buckinghamshire, and at the head of the valley which here cuts the Hills and runs, with the little Iix er Mis bourne as its centre, through Missenden, Amersham, and the Chalfonts. Lo1d Av chury, in his Swnmy of England, speaks of these gaps in the Chilterns as very impressive, and of the Wendover gap as 300 feet deep, the summit of the pass being 503 feet above the sea, while the ridge on either side rises to 700 and 800 He adds that cithe ?oors of the valleys are occupied by unmistakable river gravels, and this is well illustrated in the case of Wendover, a gravel pit of some size being worked on the east of the read about the summit of the gap.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Leonard Henry West
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780331862355
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
Page Count - 96
Paperback
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ISBN - 9781334683350
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.5 cm
Page Count - 98
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