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Creation of Greater London
Instead, in 1965, nearly all the remainder of Middlesex became part of Greater London and formed the new London boroughs of: *London Borough of Barnet (part only) *London Borough of Brent *London Borough of Ealing *London Borough of Enfield *London Borough of Haringey *London Borough of Harrow *London Borough of Hillingdon *London Borough of Hounslow *London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (part only) The remaining areas were Potters Bar Urban District which became part of Hertfordshire, while Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District and Staines Urban District became part of Surrey. Recent changesIn 1974 the three urban districts that had been transferred to Hertfordshire and Surrey were abolished and became the districts of Hertsmere (part only) and Spelthorne respectively.In 1995 the village of Poyle was transferred from Spelthorne to the Berkshire borough of Slough. LegacyMiddlesex is still used in the names of organisations based in the area such as Middlesex County Cricket Club and Middlesex University. In 2003, an early day motion with two signatures, noted 16 May is the anniversary of the Battle of Albuera and in recent years has been celebrated as Middlesex Day. An event to recognise and celebrate the historic county. [1]The River Thames, River Lee and the River Colne are all boundaries of the traditional county and historically the banks of River Thames in London were known as the "Middlesex Bank" and "Surrey Bank". Although no longer used in central London, it still occurs in the area around Richmond upon Thames and Twickenham where the river bends in such a way as to make north or south unclear. The urbanisation and declining importance of the county was lamented in the later works of John Betjeman, the Poet Laureate, and featured in the televised readings Metroland. As part of a 2002 marketing campaign, the plant conservation charity Plantlife chose the Wood Anemone as the county flower. A judicial Middlesex commission area existed, consisting of the boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow [2] [3]. This was abolished on July 1, 2003 [4]. Former postal countyMiddlesex is also defined by the Royal Mail to be a former postal county. The postal county was much smaller than the traditional and administrative counties as a large part of Middlesex was part of the London postal district. The postal county included the village of Denham, which was for all other purposes in Buckinghamshire but included in the post town of Uxbridge and therefore the postal county of Middlesex; conversely Hampton Wick was not included in the Middlesex postal county as it was served by post towns based in Surrey. This gave rise to the misnomer that Hampton Court Palace was located in Surrey. [5]The former postal county consisted of two unconnected areas and comprised the following post towns: ASHFORD, BRENTFORD, EDGWARE, ENFIELD, FELTHAM, GREENFORD, HAMPTON, HARROW, HAYES, HOUNSLOW, ISLEWORTH, NORTHOLT, NORTHWOOD, PINNER, RUISLIP, SHEPPERTON, SOUTHALL, STAINES, STANMORE, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, TEDDINGTON, TWICKENHAM, UXBRIDGE, WEMBLEY, WEST DRAYTON Since the Royal Mail no longer require the use of counties as part of an address it is now possible to include Middlesex as part of any address, including those in the London postal district. The Royal Mail's 'alias file', a supplement to the Postcode Address File, contains postally-not-required details such as the former postal and traditional county for every address in the UK. External links* Historical maps of Middlesex divisions from www.british-history.ac.uk:**Edmonton Hundred **Elthorne Hundred **Gore Hundred **Isleworth Hundred **Ossulstone Hundred **Spelthorne Hundred * "Middlesex, England, UK" umbrella website * Victoria County History of Middlesex * Middlesex County Fencing Union, one of a number of active Middlesex County sporting organisations. * Middlesex Rugby Union, responsible for Rugby union clubs of all levels within Middlesex
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