Metropolitan Board of Works
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The Metropolitan Board of Works was created in 1855 as the upper tier of local government in the area that later became Inner London, taking charge of public works. The metropolis which the board serv
Metropolitan Board of Works in Spring Gardens 1860 ILN
Sir John Thwaites, first chairman of the board, in 1858.
James Macnaghten Hogg in 1887.
Middlesex
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Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England. The county boundaries largely followed three rivers: the Thames in the south, the Lea to the east and the Colne to the west, with a line of hills
Metropolitan Board of Works
…government in the area that later became Inner London, taking charge of public works. The metropolis which the board served included large parts of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, lying around the medieval-sized City of London and the larger City of Westminster, and also the areas to the south of the River…
Middlesex as part of the Diocese of London in 1714. The diocese was based on the East Saxon kingdom, and was probably originally larger than shown here.
The Middlesex Guildhall at Westminster, which now houses the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Coats of arms of Middlesex (left) and Buckinghamshire (right) in stained glass at the exit from Uxbridge tube station
County of Middlesex sign in 2014, on the border between the London Boroughs of Barnet and Enfield