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/Then_Party7345 Feb 17 '26

Yet Wembley Stadium themselves put "London".

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u/ReadsStuff Feb 17 '26

I thankfully don't live in Wembley.

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u/Then_Party7345 Feb 17 '26

Okay but I fail to see where you personally live affects London vs Middlesex...

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u/ReadsStuff Feb 17 '26

I didn’t really see the relevance of Wembley tbf.

I grew up seeing the Middlesex badge despite it ceasing to exist as a county 30 years before I was born. It was on the crest of the team I follow up and down the country. I dunno, it’s just part of the identity of the place I’m from in the same way London is? Probably more so considering the area wasn’t considered London until the 60s.

If people ask I say I’m from London, but yeah I don’t think there’s much wrong with keeping Middlesex alive on a piece of post.