![]() The parish continued to have nominal existence until 1922. ![]() In 1889 the parish became part of the County of London and the vestry was abolished in 1900, replaced by Westminster City Council. The vestry was reformed again in 1855 by the Metropolis Management Act. Civil parish administration was in the hands of a select vestry until the parish adopted the Vestries Act 1831. It included part of the West End of London, taking in sections of Soho, Mayfair and St James's. After several failed attempts, the parish was formed in 1685 from part of the ancient parish of St Martin in the Fields in the Liberty of Westminster and county of Middlesex. The creation of the parish followed the building of the Church of St James, Piccadilly, in 1684. Westminster St James (or St James Piccadilly) was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England. ![]() Not to be confused with St James's Church, Piccadilly.
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