Middlesex

For ither uises, see Middlesex (disambiguation).

Middlesex (/ˈmɪdəlsɛks/, abbreviation: Middx) wis a coonty in sootheast Ingland that is nou maistly pairt o Greater Lunnon, wi smaw sections in neebourin coonties. It wis established in the Anglo-Saxon seestem frae the territory o the Middle Saxons. The historic coonty includit laund stretchin north o the River Thames frae 3 mile (5 km) east tae 17 mile (27 km) wast o the Ceety o Lunnon wi the rivers Colne an Lea an a ridge o hills as the ither boondars. The lairgely law-leein coonty, dominatit bi clay in its north an alluvium on gravel in its sooth, wis the seicont smawest bi aurie in 1831.^[3]

Middlesex
Coonty
Banner Coat o airms
Middlesex athin Ingland in 1890
Aurie
• 1801/1881	734 km2 (181,320 acre)[1]
• 1911	601.8 km2 (148,701 acre)[2]
• 1961	601.7 km2 (148,691 acre)[2]
Aurie transferred
• 1889	Metropolitan pairishes tae Coonty o Lunnon
Population
• 1801	818,129[1]
• 1881	2,920,485[1]
• 1911	1,126,465[2]
• 1961	2,234,543[2]
Density
• 1801	11 inhabitants per hectare (4.5/acre)
• 1881	40 inhabitants per hectare (16.1/acre)
• 1911	19 inhabitants per hectare (7.6/acre)
• 1961	37 inhabitants per hectare (15/acre)
History
• Precedit bi	Kinrick o Essex
• Origin	Middle Saxons
• Creatit	In antiquity
• Abolished	1965
• Succeedit bi	Greater Lunnon Hertfordshire Surrey
Status	Ceremonial coonty (till 1965) Admeenistrative coonty (1889–1965)
Chapman code	MDX[notes 1]
Govrenment	Middlesex Quarter Sessions (until 1889)[notes 2] Within The Metropolis: Metropolitan Board of Works (1855–1889) Middlesex County Council (1889–1965)
• HQ	see text
Subdivisions
• Teep	Hundreds (ancient) Destricts (1835–1965)