Middlesex, England

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Middlesex, England is a historic county in southeast England that once encompassed much of what is now Greater London.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative county
historic county
absorbedInto Greater London
administrativeCountyAbolished 1965
borders Buckinghamshire
surface form: Buckinghamshire, England

City of London
Essex
surface form: Essex, England

Hertfordshire
surface form: Hertfordshire, England

London, England
Surrey
surface form: Surrey, England
coatOfArmsFeature three seaxes (Saxon swords)
containsHistoricSettlement Acton
Ealing, London
surface form: Ealing

Edmonton
Enfield
Harrow
Hounslow
London Borough of Islington
surface form: Islington

Tottenham
Uxbridge
Wembley
City of Westminster
surface form: Westminster
country England
etymology name derives from Old English for "territory of the Middle Saxons"
formerCountyTown Clerkenwell
hasHistoricLandmark Hampton Court Palace
surface form: Hampton Court area (on historic boundary)

Middlesex Guildhall
West London
surface form: Twickenham area
historicAreaIncludes much of present-day Greater London
historicAssociation Middle Saxons
historicBoundaryFeature Colne River
River Lea
Thames
surface form: River Thames
historicCountyTown Brentford
historicParliamentaryCounty Middlesex, England self-linksurface differs
surface form: Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)
historicRegion London Basin
historicUsePersistsIn institutional names
postal addresses
sports teams
locatedIn Home Counties
South East England
majorReorganizationDate 1965
partOf Kingdom of England
United Kingdom
successorAdministrativeArea Greater London
Hertfordshire
surface form: Hertfordshire, England

Surrey
surface form: Surrey, England
traditionalCricketTeam Middlesex County Cricket Club
traditionalLieutenancy Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex

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Ruislip-Northwood Urban District locatedIn Middlesex, England
this entity surface form: Middlesex
Ruislip-Northwood Urban District historicCounty Middlesex, England
this entity surface form: Middlesex
St John’s Wood, London, England historicalCounty Middlesex, England
subject surface form: St John’s Wood
this entity surface form: Middlesex
Lana Morris placeOfBirth Middlesex, England
this entity surface form: Middlesex
Eleanor Bron placeOfBirth Middlesex, England
this entity surface form: Middlesex
Stuart Milner-Barry placeOfBirth Middlesex, England
this entity surface form: Middlesex
Hayes and Harlington locatedInHistoricCounty Middlesex, England
this entity surface form: Middlesex
Heston historicCounty Middlesex, England
this entity surface form: Middlesex
John Wilson Croker placeOfDeath Middlesex, England
this entity surface form: Middlesex
RAF Uxbridge locatedInArea Middlesex, England
this entity surface form: Middlesex
Hayes locatedInFormerCounty Middlesex, England
this entity surface form: Middlesex
County of Middlesex (Jamaica) namedAfter Middlesex, England
this entity surface form: Middlesex (historic county in England)
Middlesex County, Connecticut namedAfter Middlesex, England