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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
historic county of Middlesex canonical 7
Middlesex (historical county context) 1
Middlesex historic county 1

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 ⓘ
Hertfordshire ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
capital London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
coatOfArmsFeature three seaxes ⓘ
containedSettlement Brentford ⓘ
Chelsea ⓘ
City of London ⓘ
Edmonton ⓘ
Enfield ⓘ
Hampstead ⓘ
Harrow ⓘ
Hounslow ⓘ
Islington ⓘ
Paddington ⓘ
Staines-upon-Thames ⓘ
surface form: Staines

Tottenham ⓘ
Uxbridge ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Thames ⓘ
surface form: River Thames

Referenced by (10)

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

Pentonville → locatedIn → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex → appliesToJurisdiction → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
Middlesex County Cricket Club → represents → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
Tottenham → locatedIn → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
Uxbridge → partOf → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
Islington North → previouslyPartOf → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middlesex (historical county context)
Middlesex County Council → appliesToJurisdiction → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
Duke of Northumberland's River → locatedIn → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
New Bridge over the River Fleet → locatedIn → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic County of Middlesex
Middlesex Women cricket team → representsInWomen'sCricket → historic county of Middlesex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middlesex historic county