Middlesex Collection

Good Templar Orphanage, Sunbury
Children play on Maypole swings at the Good Templar Orphanage, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex

The Middlesex Hospital, London W1. Date: circa 1908

Middlesex Hospital entrance, Mortimer Street, London
Middlesex Hospital main entrance hall, Mortimer Street, London. Date: circa 1910s

British Military Recruitment Poster - Inter-war period
Recruitment poster printed by Gale and Polden Limited, 1930 (c). Associated with the Duke of Cambridges Own Middlesex Regiment. Date: 1930

Denis Compton at Hastings
Cricketer Denis Compton acknowledges the crowd at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings. Playing for The South against Sir Pelham Warners Eleven

Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, Middlesex
Aerial view of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, Middlesex. The building was originally the Chase Farm Schools, opened in 1886 by the Edmonton Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Steady the Drums and Fifes, 1811. Colour photolithograph after Lady Butler, published 1960 (c). Associated with 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, Battle of Albuera, 1811

Banstead Asylum, Surrey
Banstead Asylum, located on Sutton Lane, Banstead, Surrey, was established in 1877 as the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum

West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex
The West Middlesex Hospital, originally erected as an infirmary for the Brentford Union workhouse on Twickenham Road, Isleworth

London arms and seals
The Arms and Common Seals of the Metropolitan Boroughs of London and of the City of London, with a block map showing their boundaries

Middlesex Hospital Chapel, Mortimer Street, London
Middlesex Hospital Chapel, western view, Mortimer Street, London. Date: circa 1910s

County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch, Middlesex
The Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum was opened in 1851 at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex. It later became known as Colney Hatch Mental Hospital and then as Friern Hospital

GLC-LFB - Dual purpose pump-escape fire engine
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

GLC-LFB - Dual purpose pump-escape fire engine
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Middlesex Fire Brigade in the London Fire Brigade area
Mutual assistance took place where a nearby fire brigade would attend a fire in the London Fire Brigade area, or vice-versa

NFS firefighter at a training camp, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firemen and firewomen had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

Queens Head, Pinner, Middlesex
The main street of Pinner, Middlesex, showing the Queens Head, offering luncheons and teas. A Hovis van is parked outside. Date: 1923

Middlesex Cricket Team, 1930s showing Lee, H.J. Enthoven, G.C. Newman, Canning, Price, R.W.V. Robins, G.T.S. Stevens, Hearne, N. Haig, Hendren, G.O. Allen

Wharncliffe Viaduct
The Wharncliffe Viaduct of the Great Western Railroad, at Hanwell, Middlesex. Brunel (I.K) was responsible for the construction and design of much of the early GWR

Garden of the Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London
The Garden of the Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London. Date: 1909

LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine at Clapham fire station
A former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape at Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London Council

Petticoat Lane Market, East End of London
Part of Petticoat Lane Market, located on Middlesex Street and Wentworth Street in the East End of London

Napsbury Asylum Administration Block, Hertfordshire
The administration block of the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum, also known as Napsbury Asylum, originally opened in 1905 on Shenley Lane, London Colney, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire

Petticoat Lane 1930S
A busy day on Middlesex Street, part of the famous Petticoat Lane market, east London

Social occasion at Colney Hatch Asylum, Middlesex
A social event, occasion unknown, in the grounds of the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex

St Josephs Catholic Boys Home, Enfield, Middlesex
Boys and nuns at St Josephs Catholic Boys Home, Enfield, Middlesex. Date: circa 1900

Jamaica - Panorama of Mandeville
Slide showing a photograph over looking the city of Mandeville. Mandeville is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica.. Part of Box 108

Hendon Fire Brigade (later part of Middlesex FB)
In 1855 a fire brigade was established in Hendon, renamed the Hendon Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1866, and a manual fire engine was kept in a building near the church

Strand and Edmonton Union Workhouses, Middlesex
An aerial view of the Strand Union workhouse (above centre) and Edmonton Union workhouse (below centre) at Edmonton, Middlesex

Aerial view of Redhill Hospital, Hendon, Middlesex
An aerial view of Redhill Hospital, Hendon, Middlesex originally opened in 1927 as the Hendon Union infirmary. The older building (below centre) was originally the Hendon Union school, erected in 1859

Policemen in station parade room, London
Four policemen stand ready in their uniforms, with notebooks, whistles and truncheons, in the station parade room at Ruislip, north west London, watched by their commanding officer

Recruitment Poster - British Military
THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT, 57TH Regimental District - Headquarters, HOUNSLOW, 1900. Chromolithograph poster, printed by Gale and Polden Limited, 1900

St Johns Gate Clerkenwell
St Johns Gate, in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, now within central London, is one of the few tangible remains from Clerkenwells monastic past

The Queens Ward, Middlesex Hospital, London. Date: circa 1905

Suffragette W. S. P. U Pinner Constance Lytton
Suffragette W.S.P.U Pinner Constance Lytton. The Pinner, Middlesex, branch of the Womens Social and Political Union, captioned on reverse, W.S.P.U Garden Party given by Mr. & Mrs

Highlands Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex
The entrance to the Highlands Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. The site began life as the Northern Convalescent Fever Hospital (or Northern Hospital)

Edmonton Military Hospital, Edmonton, Middlesex
Edmonton Military Hospital, erected in 1910 as the infirmary of the Edmonton Union workhouse. It later became part of the North Middlesex Hospital

Street scene, Harrow School
Pupils in the street outside Harrow School. Date: 1918

Denis Compton and Patsy Hendren at The Oval, London
Denis Compton (1918-1997) and Patsy Hendren (1889-1962) at The Oval, London, coming out to bat in a match between Surrey and Middlesex, 1st innings, Monday 10 August 1936. Date: 1936

Harrow-On-The-Hill
Harrow-on-the-Hill, London Borough of Harrow (formerly Middlesex), London, England. Date: 1950s

Ascent of Mr. R. Orton in the Princess Alexandra balloon
Poster advertising the ascent of Mr. R. Orton in the Princess Alexandra balloon and his Monster Giant, Middlesex County Cricket Ground - Monday August 12th 1867. Date: 1867

Enfield / Middx / 1907
Enfield, Middlesex

Middlesex Hospital
A view of the Middlesex Hospital in 1840. Middlesex Hospital was a teaching hospital located in the Fitzrovia area of London, England

Middlesex Cricket Team, 1898. 1898

George Beaumont with manual fire engine, Pinner
George Beaumont, Chief Officer of the Pinner Voluntary Fire Brigade, with a manual fire engine which was kept at Waxwell Lane, Pinner, having previously been housed at The Hall

Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum, 1849
The Italianate exterior of the New Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London). The foundation stone was laid in 1849 by Prince Albert

GLC-LFB appliance fleet - foam tender
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Petticoat Lane, London - View down the market
Petticoat Lane, London - a long shot. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

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