by J. E. B. Gover, A. Mawer, and F. M. Stenton, with the collaboration of S. J. Madge.
The Middlesex volume surveys the names of the ancient county (apart from the City of London) before the creation of the County of London and Greater London. The City of Westminster and most of Ossulstone Hundred became part of the Administrative County of London (1888–1964) and then of Greater London. In 1965, South Mimms passed to Hertfordshire, a small area (including Ashford, Littleton, Shepperton, Staines, and Sunbury) was taken by Surrey, and the remainder, consisting of a number of incorporated municipal boroughs (Acton, Ealing, Finchley, Hornsey, Willesden etc.), was absorbed into Greater London. In addition to the customary historical explanations of major settlement names, the volume offers studies of street-names, many of which are of some antiquity and are well documented.
ISBN: 0 904889 24 6 xxxiv + 237 pp. 2 maps. First published 1942.
