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).

Adjacent Parishes

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.

Parish Records

See also Westminster Middlesex Family History Guide

Cemeteries

The monumental inscriptions of St. James, Hampstead Road : the burial ground of St. James, Piccadilly, 1789-1853, arranged in alphabetical order and cross referenced

St. James Hampstead Road Chapel (St. James Piccadilly) monumental inscriptions, ca. 1790-1860

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England, Middlesex, St. James Westminster – Cemeteries ( 2 )
The monumental inscriptions of St. James, Hampstead Road : the burial ground of St. James, Piccadilly, 1789-1853, arranged in alphabetical order and cross referenced
Author:    Alexander, Jean

St. James Hampstead Road Chapel (St. James Piccadilly) monumental inscriptions, ca. 1790-1860
Author:    Cansick, Frederick Teague

England, Middlesex, St. James Westminster – Church history ( 1 )
Registers of the Catholic Chapel Royal and of the Portuguese Embassy Chapel, 1662-1829
Author:    Weale, J. Cyril M.

England, Middlesex, St. James Westminster – Church records ( 2 )
Acts of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1543-1609
Author:    Church of England. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Knighton, C. S.

Miscellaneous parish registers : indexed transcript of the parish register (mainly marriages) London
Author:    Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913

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