St. James Parish, Cumberland

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

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.^[1] 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. ^[2]

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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]

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Images of locations in the Parish of St. James:

St. James Church	St. James station	Sydney Opera House	Government House
St. Mary's Cathedral	Art Gallery of New South Wales. Located near the eastern end of the parish.	Sydney Tower, near the western end of the parish.	NSW parliament house
The Archibald Fountain and the surrounding northern part of Hyde Park which is north of Park Street	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)	Martin Place	State Library of New South Wales

Coordinates: 33°52′10″S, 151°12′39″E

[edit] References

• Geographic Names Board of New South Wales

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