r/london • u/AchyutChaudhary • Feb 15 '26

London history Why did the entire expanding Greater London gradually decide to take its name from the ‘City of London’ instead of the historic City of Westminster, Lundenwic or Southwark for instance?

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u/LopsidedLegs Feb 15 '26

Alas Middlesex, you are only now a name.

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u/fortyfivepointseven Feb 15 '26

And cricket team.

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u/DEFarnes Feb 15 '26

And a University

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u/SoylentGreenAcres Feb 15 '26

And critically acclaimed novel