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County of Middlesex

Wouldn't it be nice to have a few flagpoles in Brentford Locations flying the county Flag. Or at leat One by Kew Bridge North side so the lot from Surrey know they are entering Utopia!

Raymond Havelock ● 1911d6 Comments

Thanks. Scimitars seemed odd!

Susan Kelly ● 1910d

Hi Susan- as Vanessa implies,these are seaxes rather than scimitars. There is more information here than you could ever wish to know!  - https://britishcountyflags.com/2013/06/30/middlesex-flag/

Jim Storrar ● 1911d

Seax (Old English pronunciation: [ˈsæɑks]; also sax, sæx, sex; invariant in plural, latinized sachsum) is an Old English word for "knife". ... In heraldry, the seax is a charge consisting of a curved sword with a notched blade, appearing, for example, in the coats of arms of Essex and the former Middlesex.

Vanessa Smith ● 1911d

Anyone know why the flag has what appear to be scimitars on it?

Susan Kelly ● 1911d

I have always put Middlesex in our postal address, so some recognition that we're still here and going strong would be great!

Vanessa Smith ● 1911d

Miďdlesex was a very interesting county. For those who are interested the book by N PEVSNOR MIDDLESEX is very interesting. Also THE KINGS ENGLAND , MIDDLESEX.

Nicholas Beard ● 1911d