When we talk of Middlesex where do we mean?
The County, the Province or the Tribal Lands?
It’s possible you didn’t even realise there is a choice!
Spelthorne has a very special place at the heart of Middlesex’ heritage. Spelthorne Borough Council bears the name of an ancient Middlesex Hundred: an administrative area dating way back to mid-Saxon times. May 16th, Middlesex Day, celebrates 1320 years (one thousand three hundred and twenty years) of our great County but please, not be confused with a Middlesex County Council, which lasted only...
This is my favourite photo from our Middlesex Heritage Ambassador, Clifford Batten, another record of his trek across the County on Middlesex Day. Cliff you are an absolute trooper. Thank you from us all.I also learnt something: this absolutely stunning memorial is in remembrance of both Middlesex the County and the Middlesex Regiment.Middlesex Guildhall (UK Supreme Court) is Richard...
In our campaign to retain and re-establish the rights and recognition of Middlesex, we have written to the King Charles III, to ask that he bring back the 1,300-year-old county name. The group, Middlesex Heritage, has written to the King to request appointment of a lord lieutenant to represent it, and recognise the county he was born and crowned in. Middlesex Day, the 16th of May, was marked by...
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our new-look website.Middlesex Day 2023 is the first under a new monarch so it is fitting that we have a new online presence in this new era for both Middlesex and the nation.I’d like to thank Jeff Barnes, our Chairman, for his generosity in working with Kai Viola, in getting a new website up and running in time for Middlesex Day. A great deal of...
