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
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