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REPORT OF THE VESTRY
OF THE
Parish of St. James, Westminster,
FOR THE YEAR 1882-3.
Vestry Hall, Piccadilly, W.,
June, 1883.
The following Report of the proceedings of the Vestry during
the year ended the 25th March, 1883, has been prepared pursuant
to the 198th section of the Metropolis Local Management Act,
1855; an account in abstract of Receipts and Expenditure, summary
statement of Contracts, the Report of the Surveyor, the Report of the
Medical Officer of Health, and particulars of proceedings under the
Nuisances Removal Acts are also presented with the Report.
THE CITY AND LIBERTIES OF WESTMINSTER,"
of which the Parish of St. James forms a part, cover an area of
2,518 statute acres, and date their origin from the seventh century,
when, about ths year 610, a Monastery or Abbey was founded by
Sebert, King of the East Saxons, and dedicated to St. Peter. The
name "Westminster" was probably given some time subsequently
* Many of the particulars relating to the City and Liberties of Westmins
are taken from documents compiled by Mr. George Buzzard, late Vestry Clerk
of St. James's.