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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:
WESTMINSTER ST JAMES
Unit Type:
Parish-level Unit
Status:
Civil Parish (until 1922)
Vestry
Date created:
1685
Date abolished:
1922
Unit ID:
10073571
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 348.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
WESTMINSTER ST JAMES Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 348.
JAMES ST Alternate English     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST JAMES PICCADILLY Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 309.
ST JAMES WESTMINSTER Alternate English     1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by WESTMINSTER ST JAMES EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 348.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
MIDDLESEX Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 348.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER RegD/PLPar/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1913 1922 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 348.
ST JAMES RegD/PLPar Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1762 1868 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 348.
WESTMINSTER RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1868 1913 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 348.
BERWICK STREET Registration sub-District     1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER AND ITS LIBERTY AD_City/Liberty Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 348.
GOLDEN SQUARE Registration sub-District     1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST JAMES AND ST ANNE Registration sub-District     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
ST JAMESS SQUARE Registration sub-District     1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
ST JAMES WESTMINSTER Registration sub-District     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
ST JAMES WESTMINSTER Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
WESTMINSTER MetB Local Government District   1922 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 309.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Westminster St James Vest/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10073571

Date accessed: 15th October 2024