A former county (named after the Kingdom of the Middle Saxons), north of the River Thames which disappeared with the 1965 local government reforms. It now exists mainly as part of postal addresses. The part of the County of London that had been transferred from Middlesex was divided in 1900 into 18 metropolitan boroughs, which were merged in 1965 to form seven of the present-day inner London boroughs:
A former county (named after the Kingdom of the Middle Saxons), north of the River Thames which disappeared with the 1965 local government reforms. It now exists mainly as part of postal addresses. The part of the County of London that had been transferred from Middlesex was divided in 1900 into 18 metropolitan boroughs, which were merged in 1965 to form seven of the present-day inner London boroughs:
* Camden was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn and St Pancras
* Hackney was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington
* Hammersmith (known as Hammersmith and Fulham from 1979) was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham
* Islington was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Finsbury and Islington
* Kensington and Chelsea was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Chelsea and Kensington
* Tower Hamlets was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney
* The City of Westminster was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Paddington and St Marylebone and the City of Westminster.