A History of the County of Middlesex
Baker, T. F. T. / Cockburn, J. S.![A History of the County of Middlesex](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/562/5624128/CHSBZCOP035624128.jpg)
This contains histories of ten ancient parishes in north-west Middlesex. Wealthy Lon-doners began to buy property here during the Middle Ages and later settled in fine houses, exemplified by the Jacobean mansion of Swake-leys. Thearea in return supplied the capital with corn, livestock, and, increasingly, with hay and garden produce. In Uxbridge it possessed a medieval market town, whose prosperity grew with the coach trade, and in Harrow, fro...