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London | Hillingdon

The County of London was formed in 1889 from parts of the ancient counties of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey, with the City of London remaining an independent body.

In 1965 Greater London was formed, taking in the rest of Middlesex (which no longer existed as a county) together with parts of Essex and Hertfordshire and further areas of Kent and Surrey.

Greater London is made up of 13 Inner and 19 Outer London boroughs together with the City of London.

Hillingdon once lay in Middlesex and is today one of the 19 boroughs making up Outer London. It lies on the western edge of the capital.

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Actors and Directors

In 2014 the film actor, director and producer Richard Attenborough died at Denville Hall in Northwood in the borough, a home for the acting professions. He had studied at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in London and after a nearly three decade-long acting career he had begun to direct.

In 1987 he filmed the story of the South African activist Steve Biko in Cry Freedom and in 1993 the story of C.S. Lewis' relationship with the US poet Joy Gresham in Shadowlands. His film of the life of Mohandas Gandhi was a project which took him several decades to realise. In 1982 Gandhi was released and went on to be awarded eight Academy Awards including Best Film and Attenborough for Best director.

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough with Ben Kingsley

Gandhi/Ravi Shankar: Discovery of India (Shankar)

Anglo-Saxons and Danes

Anglo-Saxon Kings

Danish Kings

The borough once lay in Middlesex which once formed the kingdom the kingdom of the Middle Saxons, so named because their kingdom lay between those of the East Saxons (Essex) and the West Saxons (Wessex).