What is the principal rock that the Chiltern Hills are made of
Chiltern Hills link from London to Birmingham with a recommended route through the Chilterns AONB. The Conservation Board has made clear it is opposed to the routing of HS2 through the Chilterns AONB. The Chilterns includes the Chiltern Hundreds. By established custom, Members of the British Parliament, who are prohibited from resigning their seats directly, may apply for the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds as a device to enable their departure from the House (see Resignation from the House of Commons). Chiltern Hills The Chiltern Hills form a chalk escarpment in South East England. They are known locally as "the Chilterns". A
Chiltern Hills Tribal Hidage suggests the tribe gave its name to the hills, the truth must be the reverse since the toponym is of Brittonic origin. Eilert Ekwall suggested that "Chiltern" is possibly related to the ethnic name "Celt" ("Celtæ" in early Celtic). An adjective "celto-" ="high" with suffix "-erno-" could be the origin of Chiltern. One of the principal Roman settlements in the Roman province of Britannia Superior was sited at Verulamium (now St Albans) and there are significant Roman and Romano-British remains in the area. The Tudors had a hunting lodge in the Hemel Hempstead area. Prior to the 18th