[ladyjane]

Years ago at the University of Massachusetts in the Student Union there were a number of conference rooms named after the counties in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. One such conference room - the Middlesex Room - was located smack dab between the Men's and the Women's rooms.

[StopGlobalWhining]

I worked in Lowell for 5 years, and wondered where the name Middlesex county originated. Is there a story behind it?