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Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England. It includes the City of London within its territory, although the city was self-governing from the 13th Century. In 1889 the administrative area of Middlesex was substantially reduced by the creation of the County of London, which also took in parts of Surrey and Kent. In 1965, Middlesex was abolished for administrative purposes and most of its territory was added to Greater London. Two small parts of Middlesex did not join Greater London: the Potters Bar Urban District became administratively part of Hertfordshire, whilst the Staines and Sunbury Urban Districts became administratively part of Surrey.
Middlesex (; abbreviated Middx) was a county in England, established in antiquity and abolished on 1 April 1965. Middlesex contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time. The generally low-lying county was the second smallest by area in 1831. It was significantly affected by the expansion of the metropolitan area of London in both the 18th and 19th centuries, such that from 1855 the southeast was administered as part of The Metropolis. When county councils were initially introduced in England in 1889 about 20% of the area of Middlesex, along with a third of its population, was transferred to the County of London, and the remainder formed a smaller county, in the northwest, under the control of Middlesex County Council. The county council met in Westminster, in the County of London. In the interwar years urban London had further expanded, with increasing suburbanisation, improvement and expansion of public transport, and the setting up of new industries outside the inner London area. After the Second World War, the population of the County of London[1] and inner Middlesex was in steady decline, with new population growth only experienced in the outer suburbs.[2] After a Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, almost all of the original area was incorporated into an enlarged Greater London in 1965, with small parts transferred to neighbouring Hertfordshire and Surrey.[3] After 1965 Middlesex continued to be used as an area name and is a former postal county. [edit] Early history
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