St. James Parish, Cumberland

Infobox Australian cadastral
name = St. James
state = New South Wales

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imagesize = 180px
caption = Location in Sydney city highlighted in green
lga = City of Sydney
county = Cumberland
former hundred = Sydney
est = 1835
near-nw = St. Philip
near-n = Willoughby
near-ne = Willoughby
near-e = Alexandria
near-se = Alexandria
near-s = St. Lawrence
near-sw = St. Andrew
near-w = St. Philip

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.

A record for a marriage, funeral or baptism ceremony held in the 'Parish of St. James' refers to this geographical parish, not necessarily meaning the Anglican church of St. James, and the church notes that this has been the case of some confusion. [ [http://www.stjameschurchsydney.org.au/OurHistory/ParishArchives/parishofstjames.asp St James Church Sydney, The Parish of St. James] ] A marriage held at the catholic St. Mary's Cathedral in the nineteenth century would be recorded as being in the Parish of St. James. [ [http://www.sydney.catholic.org.au/Archdiocese/archives.shtml Sydney catholic archdiocese archives] ]

Locations

The parish includes a large number of tourist attractions and important buildings in Sydney, including the Sydney Opera House [ [http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/worldheritage/sites/opera/pubs/sydopera-part1.pdf Environment world heritage sites] ] , Sydney Tower, NSW parliament house, Royal Botanic Gardens [ [http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm3715 Plan of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney] : Parish of St. James, County of Cumberland, held at the National Library of Australia] 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. [ [http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au/survey_mapping/maps_and_imagery/parish_maps Maps available at the NSW Dept. of Lands Parish map preservation project] ]

Images

Images of locations in the Parish of St. James:

References

* [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=TRjLZxrXMa Geographic Names Board of New South Wales]