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Robin9 · January 22nd 16, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Basil Jet[_4_]

On 2016\01\22 02:00, wrote:
In article , (Basil Jet)
wrote:

Middlesex still exists, it just doesn't have a council. It existed
for hundreds of years before it had a council.

We are discussing administrative areas. There is none for Middlesex. When it
was a county its HQ was in London anyway. It was wiped out by the growth of
London. It's gone. It is an ex-county as far as administration of services
for people as opposed to backward-looking sentimentality is concerned.

It's not backward or sentimental. It's a place. Same as Friern Barnet is
a place even though its former Town Hall is a block of flats now. Same
as "The West End" has been a place for centuries despite never appearing
on any map.

Apples and oranges.

I was born in Middlesex . . . . a long time ago: in
Southgate N14 which in those days was part of Middlesex.

"Friern Barnet" and "The West End" are still in use because
they refer to specific areas which still exist. Middlesex does
not still exist and was anyway a huge, rambling area which
no-one needs to refer to. If the old area of Middlesex was
somewhere people needed to refer to, the name would be in
constant daily use, as are Home Counties, Yorkshire Moors,
The Cotswolds etc.