Westminster St James

Westminster St James was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England. It was also known as St James Picadilly, named after St James's Church, Piccadilly.

History

It was created in 1685 from part of the ancient parish of St Martin in the Fields, and was within the Liberty of Westminster.^[1] In 1855 the parish vestry became a local authority within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889 the parish became part of the County of London and in 1900 it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster, with the parish vestry replaced by Westminster City Council. It was abolished as a civil parish in 1922.

Geography

It corresponded to the western portion of the contemporary district of Soho, the eastern part of Mayfair and the northern part of St James's.

To the north the boundary was along Oxford Street with St Marylebone, to the east it had a boundary with St Anne, Soho running along Berwick Street and Rupert Street. To the south there was a boundary with St Martin in the Fields, roughly along Pall Mall. In the west there was a somewhat more irregular boundary with St George Hanover Square, partly following Conduit Street, Old Bond Street and Dover Street.

References

Metropolitan Board of Works Districts Fulham Greenwich Hackney Holborn Lee/Plumstead Lewisham Limehouse Poplar St Giles St Olave St Saviour's Strand Wandsworth Westminster Whitechapel Headquarters at Spring Gardens Incorporated vestries Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green Camberwell Chelsea Clerkenwell Fulham Hackney Hammersmith Hampstead Islington Kensington Lambeth Mile End Old Town Newington Paddington Plumstead Rotherhithe St George Hanover Square St George in the East St Luke Middlesex St Martin in the Fields St Marylebone St Pancras Stoke Newington Shoreditch Southwark St George the Martyr Westminster St Margaret and St John Westminster St James Woolwich Undertakings Metropolitan Buildings Office Metropolitan Commission of Sewers Metropolitan Fire Brigade Major works Charing Cross Road Hammersmith Bridge London sewerage system Northumberland Avenue Putney Bridge Southwark Street Shaftesbury Avenue Thames Embankment Waterloo Bridge Legislation Royal Commission on the City of London Metropolis Management Act 1855 Metropolis Toll Bridges Act 1877 Metropolitan Board of Works (Money) Act 1885 Metropolis Management Amendment Act 1885 Local Government Act 1888 London Government Act 1899 People Frederick Marrable James McGarel-Hogg John Thwaites Joseph Bazalgette List of Members

History of the formation of the City of Westminster Metropolitan boroughs St Marylebone Paddington Westminster District boards Strand Westminster Parishes Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter Liberty of the Rolls Precinct of the Savoy St Anne Within the Liberty of Westminster St Clement Danes St George Hanover Square St Martin in the Fields St Mary le Strand St Paul Covent Garden Westminster St James Westminster St Margaret and St John Liberties The Savoy Westminster