Middlesex

Middlesex is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. When county councils were introduced in England in 1889 part of Middlesex was used to form the County of London and the remainder formed the administrative county of Middlesex.

Early history

The name means the territory of the middle Saxons and its first recorded use was in A.D 704 as Middleseaxan. Middlesex was recorded in the Domesday Book as being divided into the six hundreds of:

Related Topics:
704 - Domesday Book - Hundred

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• Edmonton
• Elthorne
• Gore
• Hounslow (later Isleworth)
• Ossulstone
• Spelthorne

Geographically, Middlesex included the City of London, which has been self-governing since the thirteenth century and the city of Westminster. The highest point is the High Road in Bushey Heath at 504 feet.

Related Topics:
City of London - Thirteenth century - Westminster - Bushey Heath

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Places in the traditional county include:

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• Acton - Ashford
• Belgravia - Bethnal Green - Bloomsbury - Brentford
• Camden Town - Chelsea - Chiswick - Clerkenwell - City of London
• Ealing - Edgware - Enfield Town
• Finchley
• Finsbury - Finsbury Park - Fulham
• Hackney - Hammersmith - Hampstead - Hampton - Hanworth - Harlington - Harrow, London - Hayes, Hillingdon
• Hendon - Heston
• Highbury - Highgate - Hillingdon
• Holborn - Hornsey - Hounslow
• Isle of Dogs - Islington - Isleworth
• Kensington - Kentish Town - Maida Vale - Marylebone - Mayfair - Millbank - Millwall - Muswell Hill
• Neasden
• Paddington - Pimlico - Pinner - Poplar - Potters Bar - Poyle
• Ruislip
• St. James's - St. John's Wood - St. Margarets - St. Pancras - Shoreditch - Sipson - Spelthorne - Staines - Stepney - Soho - The Strand - Stoke Newington -South Mimms - Southall - Southgate
• Tottenham - Twickenham
• Uxbridge
• Wapping - Wembley - Westminster - Willesden - Whitechapel - Whitehall - Willesden -Wood Green