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On 12/01/2014 00:22, Aurora wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 23:09:03 -0000, "NY" wrote: "Graeme Wall" wrote in message ... On 11/01/2014 22:16, Robert wrote: Heathrow wasn't in London when first built! My father worked there in the early 50s and we lived in Bedfont. Going to London was a major expedition involving buses to either Feltham or Hounslow West stations and then the train. Where was the boundary between London and other places defined to be in those days? Was it a 1974 change when the county of Greater London was created? When the neighbouring counties had boundaries that met close to central London, where was the boundary of "London" deemed to be, and did it gradually change as greenfield sites got filled in? Greater London was formed in 1965. Prior to that there was, the almost sane, smaller, London County Council. Prior to 1889 Middlesex was the county at the heart of England, although only its South Eastern part was urbanized. IIRC until 1889 the City of London was outwith any County. The City has been an autonomous county since the 12th Century. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail |
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