St. James Infirmary Blues London's St. James Hospital, a religious foundation for the treatment of leprosy. His references list an article by Kenneth Lodewick. That article states, giving no reference or source for the idea, that the phrase "St. James Hospital" refers to a hospital of that name in London. There is some difficulty in this because the hospital in question closed in 1532 when Henry VIII acquired the land to build St James's Palace. Another possibility suggested by Higginbotham on the basis of his claim that the song "St. James Infirmary" dates at least from the early nineteenth century, is the Infirmary section
St James' Church, Muswell Hill St James' Church, Muswell Hill St James Church, Muswell Hill is a large Anglican church in London, known as "the Church on the Hill". The original building was consecrated in 1842, designed by Samuel Angell. In 1874, the church was extended. A new church was designed by J. S. Alder in 1898, with the foundation stone for the current building being laid in 1900. The completed church was consecrated by the Bishop of London (Rev. Arthur Winnington-Ingram) on 30 June 1902. The building was gutted by World War II bombing, and the restored church was rededicated in 1952. The church