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The ancient records of a Parish afford abundant material for
the antiquarian and archaeologist, and those of St. James s,
although commencing in comparatively modern times, form
no exception to this rule, but the object of the Vestry in
presenting the foregoing extracts and comments to the
parishioners is not so much to supply antiquarian lore, as to
enable the present generation to conceive some idea of the
state of affairs during the early infancy of the Parish.
THE EARLY ACCOUNTS OF THE PARISH.
The date of the making of the first Poor Rate is not given
in the copy now extant of the rate book for the year 1685,
but otherwise the accounts for that year exist in full detail.
The following list of streets, in the order in which they
appear in the first rate, may not be uninteresting as illustrating
the then extent of the parish:—
Pall Mall
St. James's Street
Stable Yard
Park Place
Dukes Court
Crowne Court
Golden Lyon Court
King Street in the ffeilds
The Court (Angel Court)
Duke Street
Rider Street
Bury Street
St. James's Square
St. Albans Street
St. James's Markett
Combe Ally
Markett Lane
Jermin Street
Norris Street
Charles Street
Pav'd Ally (presumably
turning out of Charles
Street)
Warwick Street
Pav'd Ally
Hay Markett
Windmill Street
Conduit Court
Pickadille End
Coventry Street
Phesicc Garden
Rupert Street
Princes Street
Sohoe West
Poultny Street
Richmond Street
Pipe Makers Ally
Peters Street
Brewer Street
Greenes Building
Fathers Court
Eagle Street
Pickadille
Portugall Street
Sackvill Street
Swallow Street
Queen Street
Sberward Street
Shug Lane
Mary Bone Street
Castle Street
Ayre Street
Dogg ffeilds
Glasshouse Street
Warwick Street
Leicester Street