historic county of Middlesex

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former administrative county historic county

The historic county of Middlesex was a former county in southeast England that once encompassed much of what is now Greater London before being largely absorbed into the capital in the 20th century.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative county ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
absorbedInto Greater London ⓘ
administrativeCentre City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster
area approximately 285 square miles ⓘ
borderedBy County of London ⓘ
Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hertfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
coatOfArmsFeature three seaxes ⓘ
containedSettlement Brentford ⓘ
Chelsea NERFINISHED ⓘ
City of London ⓘ
Edmonton ⓘ
Enfield ⓘ
Hampstead NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harrow ⓘ
Hounslow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paddington ⓘ
Staines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tottenham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uxbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster
country England ⓘ
countyCouncilAbolished 1965 ⓘ
countyCouncilEstablished 1889 ⓘ
currentCeremonialUseOfName limited ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Old English ⓘ
existedFrom Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
existedUntil 1965 ⓘ
governedBy Middlesex County Council ⓘ
historicCountyTown Brentford ⓘ
historicLieutenancyArea yes ⓘ
historicRegistrationCounty yes ⓘ
largelyAbolishedAsAdministrativeUnit 1965 ⓘ
locatedIn South East England ⓘ
surface form: southeast England
modernTerritoryMostlyIn Greater London ⓘ
modernTerritoryPartlyIn Hertfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Middle Saxons ⓘ
partOf historic counties of England ⓘ
policeForce Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Police
postalUseOfName largely discontinued ⓘ
region Home Counties ⓘ
traversedBy River Lea ⓘ
River Thames NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex → appliesToJurisdiction → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
Pentonville → locatedIn → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
Tottenham → locatedIn → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
Middlesex County Cricket Club → represents → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ