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==Three Chiltern Hundreds== [[File:The Chiltern Hundreds - Buckinghamshire.svg|right|thumb|200px|The three Chiltern Hundreds (black) shown in Buckinghamshire]] A [[hundred (county division)|hundred]] is a traditional division of an [[counties of England|English county]]: the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' says that the etymology is "exceedingly obscure". The three Chiltern Hundreds were [[Stoke Hundred]], [[Desborough Hundred]], and [[Burnham Hundred]]. The area had been [[Crown property]] as early as the 13th century.<ref name="HCIO"/>
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