High Willhays High Willhays High Willhays or, according to some authors, High Willes is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at above sea level, and the highest point in the United Kingdom south of the Brecon Beacons. In 1912, William Crossing, writer and documenter, said that the name "High Willes" had been thought to have derived from the word "huel" or "wheal" meaning "mine", but he did not think that very likely as old mine workings were invariably located near to streams. He suggested instead that the name derived from "gwylfa", a watching place, noting its similarity with "Brown Willy", the name
County of London Government Act 1963 replaced the county with the much larger Greater London administrative area. The county occupied an area of just under and lay within the London Basin. It was divided into two parts (north and south) by the River Thames, which was the most significant geographic feature. It was bordered by Essex to the north-east, Kent to the south-east, Surrey the south-west and Middlesex to the north. The highest point was Hampstead Heath in the north of the county at , which is one of the highest points in London. In 1900 a number of boundary anomalies were abolished.