Westminster St James, Middlesex Family History Guide
Westminster St James is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Middlesex, created in 1685 from St Martin in the Fields Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: St James Piccadilly, St James Westminster
Other places in the parish include: Golden Square and St James' Square.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1685
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Scotland in England/Presbyterian Church in England, Dutch Church, French Protestant, Independent/Congregational, Italian Reformed, Jewish, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic (Austrian), Roman Catholic (Bavarian), Roman Catholic (French), Roman Catholic (Portuguese), and Roman Catholic (Venetian).
Parishes adjacent to Westminster St James
- St Marylebone All Saints
- St Martin in the Fields
- St Marylebone All Souls
- Hanover Chapel
- St Marylebone St Andrew
- St George Hanover Square
- Westminster St Luke
Parish Records
FamilySearch - Birth Marriage & Death Census Migration & Naturalization Military Probate & Court
England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 (FamilySearch) - free
Middlesex Baptisms (FindMyPast)
Greater London Marriage and Burial Indexes (FindMyPast)
London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (Ancestry)
London, England, Church of England Records (Ancestry)
London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 (Ancestry)
England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850 (FindMyPast) - free
Miscellaneous parish registers : indexed transcript of the parish register (mainly marriages) London
Registers of the Catholic Chapel Royal and of the Portuguese Embassy Chapel, 1662-1829
Cemeteries
St. James Hampstead Road Chapel (St. James Piccadilly) monumental inscriptions, ca. 1790-1860
Poll Books
The Westminster Poll Book, 1774 - Amazon
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people, with the surname Aarons, that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Abraham Richard, New Bond street, Piccadilly, picture dealer, Aug. 12, 1828.
Absolon John, Old Bond street, Piccadilly, tailor, March 3, 1837.
Administration
- County: Middlesex
- Civil Registration District: St James Westminster
- Probate Court: Pre-1700 - Court of the Royal Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, Post-1699 - Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex
- Diocese: London
- Rural Deanery: Not created until 1858
- Poor Law Union: St James
- Hundred: Westminster (Middlesex)
- Province: Canterbury