Welcome to the London Borough of HOUNSLOW in south-west Middlesex.

It was incorporated in 1965 by bringing together the Middlesex Boroughs of Brentford & Chiswick and Heston & Isleworth and Urban District of Feltham.

Brentford has been popularly declared 'Capital of Middlesex.' In Britain's democratic past when elections were held in one place in every county in the kingdom, Brentford was chosen as the centre for Middlesex polling and it was to here people trudged from all over the Capital County to cast their vote.

Other links that will be of use to you:

Middlesex History Wikipedia
Middlesex - British History Online
GENUKI - Genealogy - Middlesex
Russell Grant’s The United Kingdom through the Ages – Middlesex
The Historic Counties Trust
The Association of British Counties
Rupert Barnes’s Guide to the Counties