The mystery of St James, Paddington (any London burials experts out there?)

[clb222]

So I have multiple relatives apparently buried, according to their records, at the church of St James, Paddington, in the 1740s and 50s.
But according to wikipedia, said church was built in 1841! And was an entirely new church, not a replacement for an old one. Yet apparently, parish records exist for it dating back to 1655.

Where might my relatives actually have been buried?

Thanks!

[avm228]

This recent thread may assist:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=792017.0

[clb222]

Thank you! LizzieL's post was particularly helpful:
>I suspect that when the new parish church was built, the registers transferred and the older records were labelled as St J when the event actually happened in St M.

Sounds very plausible. Off to see if any monument inscriptions for St Mary's exist. 

[JRGaineycw]

I don't remember where I read it, and I can't find it in my notes--yet, but, I remember reading that St. James, Paddington was a parish which had a huge population of Hugenot refugees and that it was either moved or demolished in the Victorian era to make way for a railroad station.  Whemn i find tyhis reference, i will add it to this list.  Note the title of the GENUKI page: "St Mary (also sometimes St James until 1818, was St Nicholas, Paddington, Church of England[)]" https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/MDX/Paddington/StMaryalsosometimesStJamesuntil1818wasStNicholas  I hope this helps!

JRGaineycw
South Carolina, USA