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The procession consists of Hussars and men from the Middlesex Regiment, many of whom had just returned from the Boer War.

unusual view looking south-west, taken apparently from an upper window of the Crown Hotel, we see the ever present line of parked cars, the newest of which, 6503MC, was registered in Middlesex

Staines was formerly in Middlesex.

The huge growth in Middlesex's population has meant the creation of many golf courses on the green fields and heathlands of the county.

In 1965, when Greater London was created, Surrey crossed the River Thames and gained a segment of the former county of Middlesex.

On the west side, Middlesex County Council built Ealing County Boys School in 1913 in Queen Anne style.

Already the lion, the familycrest, has been removed from high above the entrance to go to Syon House, the Northumberland riverside country seat in Middlesex.

In the days when Middlesex encompassed much of what is now Greater London, Brentford remained the important county town, though the title was more or less ceremonial - real administrative

Although not designated an Ancient Monument, it is with its extensive boundary banks the best example of its type in Middlesex.

West of Sunbury and on the former Middlesex bank of the Thames is Chertsey Lock, near Chertsey Bridge, an austere seven-arch stone bridge of the 1780s by James Paine.

The High Street, earlier called the Great Street, is lined either side with Georgian buildings which sit at the head of earlier burgage plots, much the same as at Uxbridge, Middlesex or St Ives, Huntingdonshire

Pinner remains one of the most attractive towns in Middlesex.

Sunbury was also in Middlesex until 1965.

Ealing had been a modest village in Middlesex with a population of 7000 at the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign.

Across the Colne the main road to Pinner reaches Batchworth Heath, just before the old Middlesex county boundary.

Within the park is the memorial column dedicated to Richard Young (1809-71), a local shipping magnate, Member of Parliament, five times Mayor of Wisbech and Sheriff of London and Middlesex.

For further reading see 'The Goodliest Place In Middlesex' by Eileen M Boult, published in 1989 by Hillingdon Borough Libraries.

The bridge spanning the river from the Middlesex bank to the island is a suspension bridge, while the shorter structure crossing from the Surrey bank has a girder design.

Now the campus of Middlesex University, the whole has taken on a care-worn air, which even extends to the early 18th-century garden statues by John van Nost, which were brought to the house by Sir Philip

In the early 19th century London's growing population was generating increased demand for fruit and vegetables, and west Middlesex farmers and agriculturalists turned to market gardening on a

In the 1950s, Middlesex County Council planners were asked to draw up a plan for renovation of the embankment and Church Street area by the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.

However, it is the buildings within the earthworks which deserve comment and inspection: these include the Great Barn of the 13th century, probably the oldest timber structure in Middlesex, the library

As there was no bridge across the Thames from Twickenham on the Middlesex bank over to the Surrey bank until the 18th century, residents who wanted to cross to the opposite bank of the river did