Parish of St James

St James Parish, Cumberland is one of the 57 parishes of Cumberland County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is one of the four small parishes in the Sydney city area, which is named after the Anglican church of St James, which was consecrated in 1824. The name St James is also used today for the railway station in the same area.

St James New South Wales
Location in Sydney city highlighted in green
Established	1835
LGA(s)	City of Sydney
County	Cumberland
Hundred (former)	Sydney
Lands administrative divisions around St James: St Philip Willoughby Willoughby St Philip St James Alexandria St Andrew St Lawrence Alexandria

A record for a marriage, funeral or baptism ceremony held in the 'Parish of St James' refers to this civil parish, not necessarily meaning the Anglican church of St James, and the church notes that this has been the case of some confusion.^[1] A marriage held at the catholic St Mary's Cathedral in the 19th century would be recorded as being in the Parish of St James.^[2]

Locations

The parish includes a large number of tourist attractions and important buildings in Sydney, including the Sydney Opera House,^[3] Sydney Tower, NSW parliament house, Royal Botanic Gardens^[4] The Domain, the part of Hyde Park north of Park street, Circular Quay, and Martin Place. The parish is bounded by the area which was originally the Tank Stream (now Pitt Street near Circular Quay), and George Street in the west. It is bounded by Park Street and part of William Street in the south, and Young Crescent and Woolloomooloo Bay in the east.^[5]

Images

Images of locations in the Parish of St James:

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  St James Church
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  St James station
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  Sydney Opera House
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  Government House
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  St Mary's Cathedral
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  Art Gallery of New South Wales, located near the eastern end of the parish
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  Sydney Tower, near the western end of the parish
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  NSW parliament house
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  The Archibald Fountain and the surrounding northern part of Hyde Park which is north of Park Street
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  Circular Quay (the quay itself is located in St James parish, while the land this photo was taken from is in the Parish of St Philip)
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  Martin Place
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  State Library of New South Wales

33°52′10″S 151°12′39″E

References

1. St James Church Sydney, The Parish of St. James
2. Sydney catholic archdiocese archives
3. Environment world heritage sites
4. Plan of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney: Parish of St. James, County of Cumberland, held at the National Library of Australia
5. "Maps available at the NSW Dept. of Lands Parish map preservation project". Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.

• "St James". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.