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The City of ___MASK64___ is a city and county within ___MASK64___ . It constituted ___MASK62___ of ___MASK64___ from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages , but the agglomeration has since grown far beyond the City ' s borders . The City is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of ___MASK64___ , though it remains a notable part of central ___MASK64___ . Administratively , it forms one of the 33 local authority districts of ___MASK39___ ; however , the City of ___MASK64___ is not a ___MASK64___ borough , a status reserved for the other 32 districts ( including ___MASK64___ ' s only other city , the City of ___MASK13___ ). ___MASK44___ ( often abbreviated Herts ) is a county in southern England , bordered by Bedfordshire to the north , Cambridgeshire to the north - east , Essex to the east , Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south . For government statistical purposes , it is placed in the East of England region . The Hale is an area and ward within the ___MASK64___ Borough of Barnet . It ___MASK78___ on the borders between Mill Hill and Edgware and centres on the small retail centre at the junction of Deans Lane , Hale Lane and Selvage Lane . This centre constitutes Upper Hale , but is much better known locally as the ' Green Man ' after the erstwhile pub of the same name that stood at the site from at least the early 18th century . A smaller area that was traditionally known as Lower Hale centres on the junction of Hale Lane , Farm Road and the nearby bridge over Deans Brook ; this area is generally regarded as being within Edgware . The traditional area known as The Hale extends northwards from the ' Green Man ' to the A41 and Apex Corner and the southern end is traditionally marked by the disused Edgware and Highgate railway line just south of West Way and Hale Drive ; beyond ___MASK78___ ___MASK8___ . Today ' s borough ward has slightly larger boundaries . Alluvium ( from the Latin , " alluvius ", from " alluere ", " to wash against ") is ___MASK68___ , unconsolidated ( not cemented together into a solid rock ) soil or sediments , which has been eroded , reshaped by water in some form , and redeposited in a non - marine setting . Alluvium is typically made up of a variety of materials , including fine particles of silt and clay and larger particles of sand and gravel . When this ___MASK68___ alluvial material is deposited or cemented into a lithological unit , or lithified , it is called an alluvial deposit . Outer ___MASK64___ is the name for the group of ___MASK64___ Boroughs that form a ring around Inner ___MASK64___ . Mill Hill is a suburb in the ___MASK64___ Borough of Barnet , ___MASK4___ . It is an area situated nine miles ( 14 . 3 km ) ___MASK57___ west of Charing Cross . Mill Hill was in the historic county of Middlesex until it was absorbed by ___MASK64___ . Mill Hill consists of several distinct parts : the original Mill Hill Village ; the later - developed but now main hub of the area at Mill Hill Broadway ; and the area around Mill Hill East . A further area at the western edge of the suburb , The Hale , is on the borders of Mill Hill and ___MASK14___ , and is partly in each . The ___MASK64___ Borough of Barnet is a suburban ___MASK64___ borough in ___MASK57___ ___MASK64___ , England , forming part of Outer ___MASK64___ . It is the second largest ___MASK64___ borough by population with 331 , 500 inhabitants and covers an area of , the fourth highest . It borders ___MASK44___ to the north and five other ___MASK64___ boroughs : Harrow and Brent to the west , Camden and Haringey to the south - east and Enfield to the east . The borough was formed in 1965 from parts of the counties of Middlesex and ___MASK44___ . The local authority is Barnet ___MASK64___ Borough Council , based in Hendon . Charing Cross , also known ___MASK53___ London Charing Cross , is a central London railway terminus in the City of ___MASK13___ , England . It is one of 18 stations managed by Network Rail and all regular trains serving it are operated by Southeastern . It is the fifth busiest rail terminal in London . The office and shopping complex above the station is formally known ___MASK53___ Embankment Place . Charing Cross denotes ___MASK28___ of ___MASK71___ , Whitehall and Cockspur Street , just ___MASK9___ of Trafalgar Square in central London . It gives its name to several landmarks , including Charing Cross railway station , one of the main London rail terminals . ___MASK14___ is a district of north London , in the London Borough of Barnet . ___MASK14___ is centred north - ___MASK50___ of Charing Cross and has its own commercial centre . ___MASK14___ has a generally suburban character , typical of the rural - urban fringe . It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex . The community benefits from some elevated woodland on a high ridge marking the ___MASK44___ border of gravel and sand . ___MASK14___ is identified in the London Plan as one of the capital ' s 35 major centres . In 2011 , ___MASK14___ had a population of 76 , 056 . ___MASK14___ is principally a shopping and residential area and one of the northern termini of the Northern line . It has a bus garage , a shopping centre called the Broadwalk , a library , a hospital  ___MASK14___ Community Hospital , and two streams  ___MASK14___ Brook and Deans Brook , both tributaries of a small brook known as Silk Stream , which in turn merges with the River Brent at Brent Reservoir . The Middle Saxons or Middel Seaxe were a people whose territory later became , with somewhat contracted boundaries , the county of Middlesex , ___MASK4___ . It included the early London settlement , and probably ___MASK29___ , the " south region " of the Middle Saxon territory . ___MASK55___ is a London suburb in the Borough of Barnet , ___MASK50___ of Charing Cross . ___MASK55___ was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex and has been part of Greater London since 1965 . ___MASK55___ had a population of 52 , 972 in 2011 and includes the ___MASK55___ , ___MASK55___ West and Colindale wards . Cockspur Street is a short thoroughfare in the City of ___MASK13___ , London , SW1 , which links Trafalgar Square to Pall Mall , The Haymarket and Pall Mall East . On 29 June 2007 , a car containing significant amounts of explosives was found on Cockspur Street . It did not detonate . ___MASK8___ is a suburb in the Edgware district of North London . It is situated in the London Borough of Barnet . Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of ___MASK13___ , Central London , built around the area formerly known as Charing Cross . Its name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar , a British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars with France and Spain that took place on 21 October 1805 off the coast of Cape Trafalgar , Spain . ___MASK64___ is the capital and ___MASK62___ populous city of ___MASK4___ and the ___MASK56___ , as well as the ___MASK62___ populous city proper in the ___MASK54___ . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , ___MASK64___ has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". ___MASK64___ ' s ancient core , the City of ___MASK64___ , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " ___MASK64___ " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , ___MASK29___ , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater ___MASK64___ , governed by the Mayor of ___MASK64___ and the ___MASK64___ Assembly . ___MASK57___ ___MASK64___ is the northern part of ___MASK64___ , England . It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes . Common to these definitions is that it includes districts ___MASK57___ of the River Thames and is used in comparison with south ___MASK64___ . However , it is also often used in comparisons with central ___MASK64___ , east ___MASK64___ and west ___MASK64___ . Whitehall is a road in the City of ___MASK13___ , Central London , which forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea . It is the main thoroughfare running south from Trafalgar Square towards Parliament Square . The street is recognised as the centre of Her Majesty ' s Government and is lined with numerous departments and ministries including the Ministry of Defence , Horse Guards and the Cabinet Office . Consequently , the name " Whitehall " is used as a metonym for British central governmental administration , and the geographic name for the surrounding area . ___MASK64___ boroughs are 32 of the 33 local authority districts of the ___MASK39___ administrative area ( the 33rd is the City of ___MASK64___ ) and are each governed by a ___MASK64___ borough council . The ___MASK64___ boroughs were all created at the same ___MASK95___ as ___MASK39___ on 1 April 1965 by the ___MASK64___ Government Act 1963 and are a type of local government district . Twelve were designated as Inner ___MASK64___ boroughs and twenty as Outer ___MASK64___ boroughs . ___MASK4___ is a country that is part of the ___MASK56___ . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea ___MASK78___ northwest of ___MASK4___ and the Celtic Sea ___MASK78___ to the southwest . ___MASK4___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which ___MASK78___ in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . Middlesex ( abbreviation : Middx ) was a county in southeast ___MASK4___ that is now mostly part of ___MASK39___ , with small sections in neighbouring counties . It was established in the Anglo - Saxon system from the territory of the Middle Saxons , and existed as an official unit until 1965 . The historic county included land stretching ___MASK57___ of the River Thames from east to west of the City of London with the rivers Colne and Lea and a ridge of hills as the other boundaries . The largely low - lying county , dominated by clay in its ___MASK57___ and alluvium on gravel in its south , was the second smallest by area in 1831 . Central ___MASK64___ is the innermost part of ___MASK64___ , ___MASK4___ . There is no official definition of its area but its characteristics are understood to include a high density built environment , high land values , an elevated daytime population and a concentration of regionally , nationally and internationally significant organisations and facilities . Over ___MASK95___ a number of definitions have been used to define the scope of central ___MASK64___ for statistics , urban planning and local government . The River Thames is a river that flows through southern ___MASK4___ . At , it is the longest river entirely in ___MASK4___ and the second longest in the ___MASK56___ , after the River Severn . It also flows through Oxford ( where it is called Isis ), Reading , Henley - on - Thames and Windsor . The lower reaches of the river are called the Tideway , derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock . It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire , and flows into the North Sea via the Thames Estuary . The Thames drains the whole of Greater London .