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GILES (St.), a district in Finsbury borough, Middlesex; comprising the parishes of St. George-Bloomsbury and St. Giles-in-the-Fields; and forming part of the metropolis. It is divided into the sub-districts of St. George-Bloomsbury, conterminate with the parish of St. George-Bloomsbury; St. Giles-South, comprising all parts of the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields south of Middle-row, Broad-street, and High Holburn, and east of Great and Little St. Andrew-streets; and St. Giles-North, comprising all other parts of that parish. Acres of St. Giles-South, 63. Pop., 19, 483. Houses, 1, 343. Acres of St. Giles-North, 60. Pop. 17, 201. Houses, 1, 357. Acres of the district, 245. Poor-rates in 1862, £27, 665. Pop. in 1851, 54, 214; in 1861, 54, 076. Houses, 4, 690. Marriages in 1860, 542; births, 1, 789, -of which 101 were illegitimate; deaths, 1, 362, -of which 587 were at ages under 5 years, and 15 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 5, 782; births, 17, 988; deaths, 14, 445. The places of worship in 1851 were 9 of the Church of England, with 9, 167 sittings; 3 of Baptists, with 2, 875 s.; 1 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 2, 000 s.; 2 undefined, with 950 attendants; and one of Roman Catholics, with 460 s., and 3, 000 at. The schools were 19 public day schools, with 3, 923 scholars; 32 private day schools, with 837 s.; 8 Sunday schools, with 1, 704 s.; and 1 evening school for adults, with 70 s. The two parishes forming the district are united for the relief of the poor, under the Act of 2 Geo. 4. c. 19. The workhouse is in St. Giles-South; and, at the census of 1861, had 695 inmates.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury RegD/PLPar Middlesex AncC |
| Place names: | GILES ST | ST GILES |
| Place: | St Giles |
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