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• Total Population 1801 to 1921: Population fell from 34,462 in 1801 to 13,644 in 1921.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 12,077 males aged 20 and over, 7,139 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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

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.