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The Coroner is Mr. Charles St. Clare Bedford, whose
jurisdiction extends throughout the City and Liberties of
Westminster.
For the Registration of Births and Deaths the Parish
is included in the Westminster District. The Sub-Registrar
is Mr. Thomas Matthews Crowe, of 31, Wardour Street; and
the Superintendent Registrar, Mr. Joseph Bond, Union
Offices, Poland Street.
WARDS.
The Parish has been divided into four Wards, under the
provisions of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855,
the boundaries thereof being officially described as follows:—
Ward No. 1 (Great Marlborough)—
All such parts of the Parish of St. James, Westminster, as lie
upon the left-hand side, that is to say, upon the side lying
towards the north and north-east of the following boundary
line, that is to say, a line commencing upon the western
boundary of the said Parish in Swallow Passage, and drawn
in an easterly direction immediately at the backs of the several
tenements or premises forming the south-west portion of the
Regent (Oxford Street) Circus, thence across Regent Street, to
and along the southern party-wall of No. 268, Regent Circus,
and thence along the backs of the several tenements or premises
forming the south side of Oxford Street, across Argyll Street
to the back of the tenements or premises forming the east
side of Argyll Street, then turning south along the backs of the
said several tenements or premises forming the east side of
Argyll Street, and of the several tenements or premises in
Great Marlborough Street forming the east side of the block
of buildings between Argyll Place and Little Marlborough
Street, then turning east across Carnaby Street, to and along
the backs of the several tenements or premises forming the
north side of Tyler's Court and Little Marshall Street, thence
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