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  1. Former English county, absorbed by Greater
  2. London in 1965. Contained within the Thames
  3. basin, it provided good agricultural land
  4. before it was built over. It was settled in
  5. the 6th century by Saxons, and its name comes
  6. from its position between the kingdoms of the
  7. East and West Saxons. The name is still used,
  8. as in Middlesex County Cricket Club.
  9.