Middlesex
Appearance
Middlesex | |||||
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Coonty | |||||
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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) |
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]
Notes an references
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Notes
- References
- ↑ a b c "Table of population, 1801-1901". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 22. 1911. Archived frae the original on 14 Mey 2011. Retrieved 20 Februar 2008.
- ↑ a b c d Great Britain Historical GIS / Varsity o Portsmouth, Middlesex population (aurie an density). Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- ↑ Great Britain Historical GIS / Varsity o Portsmouth, 1831 Census population. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
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