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Fulham (pronounced "fullum") is an area of south-west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in West London and forms part of Inner London.It was formed in 1965 by merging the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith and the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham....
, (the successor to the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham

The Metropolitan Borough of Fulham was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it was merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith to form the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham....
) located south west of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
. It is situated in between Putney
Putney

Putney is a district of south-west London in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is located south-west of Charing Cross, on the southern bank of the River Thames, opposite Fulham....
 and Chelsea
Chelsea, London

Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road power station and Chelsea Harbour....
.

Fulham was formerly the seat of the diocese
Diocese

In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
 of "Fulham and Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....
", and Fulham Palace
Fulham Palace

Fulham Palace in Fulham, London , England, at one time the main residence of the Bishop of London, is of medieval origin. It was the country home of the Bishops of London from at least 11th century until 1975, when it was vacated....
 the former official home of the Bishop of London
Bishop of London

The Bishop of London is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km? of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey....
, (now a museum), the grounds of which are now divided between public allotment
Allotment (gardening)

Allotment gardens are characterised by a concentration in one place of a few or up to several hundreds of land parcels that are assigned to individual families....
s and an elegant botanical garden
Botanical garden

Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes. Botanists and horticulturalists tend the flora and maintain the garden's library and herbarium of dried and documented plant material....
.

Having been through many transformations in its history, today it is a green London suburb within close reach of areas such as Chelsea
Chelsea, London

Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road power station and Chelsea Harbour....
 and Kensington
Kensington

Kensington is a district of West London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, located west of Charing Cross. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington....
 and this is reflected in the local house prices.






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Fulham (pronounced "fullum") is an area of south-west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in West London and forms part of Inner London.It was formed in 1965 by merging the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith and the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham....
, (the successor to the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham

The Metropolitan Borough of Fulham was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it was merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith to form the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham....
) located south west of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
. It is situated in between Putney
Putney

Putney is a district of south-west London in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is located south-west of Charing Cross, on the southern bank of the River Thames, opposite Fulham....
 and Chelsea
Chelsea, London

Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road power station and Chelsea Harbour....
.

Fulham was formerly the seat of the diocese
Diocese

In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
 of "Fulham and Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....
", and Fulham Palace
Fulham Palace

Fulham Palace in Fulham, London , England, at one time the main residence of the Bishop of London, is of medieval origin. It was the country home of the Bishops of London from at least 11th century until 1975, when it was vacated....
 the former official home of the Bishop of London
Bishop of London

The Bishop of London is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km? of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey....
, (now a museum), the grounds of which are now divided between public allotment
Allotment (gardening)

Allotment gardens are characterised by a concentration in one place of a few or up to several hundreds of land parcels that are assigned to individual families....
s and an elegant botanical garden
Botanical garden

Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes. Botanists and horticulturalists tend the flora and maintain the garden's library and herbarium of dried and documented plant material....
.

Having been through many transformations in its history, today it is a green London suburb within close reach of areas such as Chelsea
Chelsea, London

Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road power station and Chelsea Harbour....
 and Kensington
Kensington

Kensington is a district of West London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, located west of Charing Cross. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington....
 and this is reflected in the local house prices. It was included within Savills' 2007 list of "prime" London areas.

Two Premiership football clubs, Fulham
Fulham F.C.

Fulham Football Club is an English professional Association football club based in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2004, and they are in the top tier of English football, the The Football Association Premier League....
 and Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are a professional English association football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Football in England....
, are situated in Fulham. The former Lillie Bridge Grounds
Lillie Bridge Grounds

The Lillie Bridge Grounds was a sports ground in London, England near to present day Stamford Bridge , opened around 1867. The ground started to fall into disuse after the opening of Stamford Bridge and after a riot on September 18 1887 which destroyed the track and grandstand, finally closed in 1888....
 (which hosted the second FA Cup final
FA Cup Final

The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just The Cup Final is the last match in the FA Cup. With an official attendance of 89,826 at the 2007 FA Cup Final, it is the second List of sports attendance figures#Domestic club championship events and the best attended domestic football event....
 and the first ever amateur boxing matches) was also in Fulham.

History

Putney Bridge
Fulham, or in its earliest form "Fullanham", is uncertainly stated to signify "the place" either "of fowls" or "of mud" (which probably had a lot to do with the fact that the River Thames would flood it periodically), or alternatively, "land in the crook of a river bend belonging to a man named Fulla". The manor is said to have been given to Bishop Erkenwald
Erkenwald

Saint Erkenwald or Erconwald or Eorcenwald was bishop of London in the Anglo-Saxons Christianity Church between 675 and 693.He was born at Lindsey into the princely Offa family....
 about the year 691 for himself and his successors in the see of London, and Holinshed relates that the Bishop of London
Bishop of London

The Bishop of London is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km? of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey....
 was lodging in his manor place in 1141 when Geoffrey de Mandeville
Geoffrey de Mandeville

Geoffrey de Mandeville is the name of several important medieval English barons.*Geoffrey de Mandeville , was one of the great magnates of the reign of William the Conqueror....
, riding out from the Tower of London
Tower of London

Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London , is a historic monument in central London, England, on the north bank of the River Thames....
, took him prisoner. At the Commonwealth the manor was temporarily out of the bishops' hands, being sold to Colonel Edmund Harvey. There is no record of the first erection of a parish church, but the first known rector was appointed in 1242, and a church probably existed a century before this. The earliest part of the church demolished in 1881, however, did not date farther back than the 15th century. In 879 Danish invaders, sailing up the Thames, wintered at Fulham and Hammersmith. Near the former wooden Putney Bridge, built in 1729 and replaced in 1886, the earl of Essex threw a bridge of boats across the river in 1642 in order to march his army in pursuit of Charles I
Charles I of England

Charles I was List of English monarchs, List of monarchs of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his capital punishment on 30 January 1649....
, who thereupon fell back on Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
. Margravine Road recalls the existence of Bradenburg House, a riverside mansion built by Sir Nicholas Crispe in the time of Charles I, used as the headquarters of General Fairfax in 1647 during the civil wars, and occupied in 1792 by the margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach and Bayreuth and his wife, and in 1820 by Caroline, consort of George IV.

Fulham during the 18th century had a reputation of debauchery, becoming a sort of "Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
 retreat" for the wealthy of London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, where there was much gambling and prostitution.

Fulham remained a working class
Working class

Working class is a term used in academic sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe, depending on context and speaker, those employed in specific fields or types of work....
 area for the first half of the twentieth century, but was subject to extensive restoration between the Second World War and the 1980s. Today, Fulham is one of the most expensive parts of London, and hence the United Kingdom; average actual sale price of all property (both houses and flats) sold in the SW6 area in September 2007 was £
Pound sterling

----The pound sterling , subdivided into 100 pence , is the currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependency and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory....
639,973.

Transport


Fulham nestles in a loop of the Thames across the river from Barnes and Putney
Putney

Putney is a district of south-west London in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is located south-west of Charing Cross, on the southern bank of the River Thames, opposite Fulham....
. It is on the Wimbledon
Wimbledon station

Wimbledon station is a National Rail, London Underground, and Tramlink station located in Wimbledon, London in the London Borough of Merton, and is the only London station that provides an interchange between rail, Underground, and Tramlink services....
 branch of the District Line
District Line

The District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels....
 of the tube - Fulham's tube stations are Putney Bridge
Putney Bridge tube station

Putney Bridge is a London Underground station on the Wimbledon station branch of the District Line. It is between Parsons Green tube station and East Putney tube station stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2....
, Parsons Green
Parsons Green tube station

Parsons Green is a London Underground station on the Wimbledon station branch of the District Line. It is between Fulham Broadway tube station and Putney Bridge tube station stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2....
 and Fulham Broadway
Fulham Broadway tube station

Fulham Broadway is a London Underground station on the Wimbledon station branch of the District Line. It is between West Brompton station and Parsons Green tube station stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2....
.

Politics


Fulham is currently a part of the Hammersmith and Fulham parliamentary seat, currently taken up by Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 Greg Hands
Greg Hands

Gregory William "Greg" Hands United Kingdom politician. He is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Hammersmith and Fulham ....
. However, from 2009 this constituency will be dissolved and the area will become a part of the new Chelsea and Fulham
Chelsea and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)

Chelsea and Fulham will be a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.Following the review of parliamentary representation in West London, the existing pairings of Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea are being discontinued....
 constituency.

Fulham has in the past been a politically significant part of the country, having been the scene of two major parliamentary by-election
By-election

A by-election or bye-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly-scheduled elections....
s in the 20th century. In 1933, the Fulham East by-election became known as the "peace by-election".

In 1986, Fulham experienced another by-election following the death of Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 MP Martin Stevens. Labour's
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 Nick Raynsford
Nick Raynsford

Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford, known as Nick Raynsford, is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Greenwich and Woolwich ....
 gained the constituency on a 10% swing - one of the first elections that heralded the slick, modern campaigning New Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 techniques that would become renowned. Posters announcing that "Nick Raynsford lives here" adorned thousands of windows in the constituency - a reference to the fact that Labour's candidate was a long-time local, while the Tory was resident outside of the constituency.
Stamford Bridge,weststand Entrance, Day
Fulham voters have, however, been leaning towards the Conservatives since the 1960s as the area underwent huge demographic change: the tightly-packed terraces
Terraced house

In architecture and city planning, a terrace or row house or townhouse is a style of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the late 17th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls....
 which had housed working-class families employed in the heavy industry that dominated Fulham's riverside being rapidly replaced with young professional
Professional

A professional is a person who has completed a doctoral or law program or equivalent .A professional is someone who has a professional degree - a number one on the Hollingshead scale....
s who had a very different political outlook. Still, many working-class people have chosen to remain in the town.

In 1971, Fulham elected 28 Labour and two Conservative councillors; in 2002 the figures were 16 Conservative and 10 Labour. For the Hammersmith & Fulham borough as a whole, in 1971 two Conservative and 58 Labour councillors were elected. In 2006, the voters returned 33 Conservative and 13 Labour councillors. In the 2005 General Election
United Kingdom general election, 2005

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, with a reduced Majority government of 66....
, Conservative Greg Hands won the Parliamentary seat from Labour, polling 45.4% against Labour's 35.2%, a 7.3% swing.

Culture and entertainment

There is a cinema complex as part of the Fulham Broadway Centre. Notable restaurant The River Café
The River Café (London)

The River Caf? is a restaurant in Fulham, London, England, specializing in Italian cuisine. It is owned and run by chefs Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers....
 is in Fulham, alongside the headquarters of architect Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers

Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside, Order of the Companions of Honour, Royal Institute of British Architects, Chartered Society of Designers, is a British architect noted for his modernist and Functionalism designs....
 and the London Oratory School
London Oratory School

The London Oratory School is a Roman Catholic Church, Voluntary aided school, Comprehensive school secondary school in Fulham, London. The Headmaster is David McFadden....
. Fulham Town Hall built in 1888 in the classical renaissance is now used as a popular venue for concerts and dances, especially its Grand Hall.

The area is home to the Fulham Football Club stadium Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage

Craven Cottage is the name of a sports stadium in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham area that has been the home ground of the association football team Fulham F.C....
 and the Chelsea Football Club stadium Stamford Bridge
Stamford Bridge (stadium)

Stamford Bridge is a football stadium on the border of Fulham and Chelsea, London, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham that is home to Chelsea F.C.....
 and the various apartments and entertainment centres built into it. This includes Marco's, a restaurant owned and operated by chef Marco Pierre White
Marco Pierre White

Marco Pierre White is an England chef and restaurant. He is recognised by patrons and peers alike for having provided a highly creative and innovative impetus into contemporary international cuisine, and is known as much for his quick temper as for his exceptional skills as a chef....
.

Famously exclusive sports club, the Hurlingham Club
Hurlingham Club

The Hurlingham Club is an exclusive sports club in Fulham in southwest London, England.The club, founded in 1869, is situated by the River Thames in Fulham, west London, and has a beautiful Georgian architecture clubhouse set in of grounds....
, is also located within Fulham. With members having included British monarchs, the waiting list for membership currently averages over fifteen years.

The area, like other comparable areas of London, is home to a number of pubs. The White Horse in Parsons Green is colloquially known by many as "The Sloaney Poney", a reference to the "Sloane Rangers" who frequent it. Other traditional Fulham pubs include the Pear Tree in Margravine Road, the Wilton in Dawes Road, the Eight Bells in Fulham High Street, the Seven Stars and The Elm in North End Road. Other popular pubs include The Crabtree on Rainville Road, The Durrell in Fulham Road
Fulham Road

Fulham Road is a street in London, England, that runs from the A219 road in right in the centre of Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, through Chelsea, London to Brompton Road Knightsbridge and the A4 road in Brompton, Kensington, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea....
 and The Mitre on Bishops Road.

Fulham has many parks and open spaces of which Bishops Park, Fulham Palace
Fulham Palace

Fulham Palace in Fulham, London , England, at one time the main residence of the Bishop of London, is of medieval origin. It was the country home of the Bishops of London from at least 11th century until 1975, when it was vacated....
 Gardens, Hurlingham Park
Hurlingham Park

Hurlingham Park is a multi-use stadium in Fulham, London . It is currently used mostly for football matches and Athletics events . It is best known as the location for Monty Pythons Upper Class Twit of the Year sketch....
, South Park, Eel Brook Common and Parsons Green are the largest.

Fulham has appeared in numerous films including The Omen
The Omen

The Omen is a 1976 in film suspense film/horror film film directed by Richard Donner. The film stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner , Harvey Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, and Leo McKern....
 and The L-Shaped Room
The L-Shaped Room

The L-Shaped Room is a 1962 in film UK drama film, film director by Bryan Forbes, which tells the story of a young France woman, unmarried and pregnant, who moves into a London apartment building, befriending a young man in the building....
. Fulham Broadway tube station
Fulham Broadway tube station

Fulham Broadway is a London Underground station on the Wimbledon station branch of the District Line. It is between West Brompton station and Parsons Green tube station stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2....
 was used in Sliding Doors
Sliding Doors

Sliding Doors is a 1998 in film film written and directed by Peter Howitt. It starred Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah , and featured John Lynch , Jeanne Tripplehorn and Virginia McKenna....
.

Notable residents

  • Albert Sammons
    Albert Sammons

    Albert Edward Sammons was an United Kingdom violinist, born in Fulham, London on 23 February 1886, and died Middleton-on-Sea on 24 August 1957, having lived in Bognor Regis since 1921....
    , English violinist, born there 1886
  • Antonio Carluccio
    Antonio Carluccio

    Antonio Carluccio, Order of the British Empire, is a London-based Italian chef, restaurateur and food expert.Carluccio was born in south Italy, but his father was a stationmaster, and he moved with his father's job when he was young and grew up in Piedmont....
     - chef and restauateur
  • Barry George
    Barry George

    Barry George was convicted on 2 July 2001 of the Murder in English law of British television presenter Jill Dando. His conviction was judged unsafe by the Court of Appeal and was quashed on 15 November 2007....
     - alleged murder
    Murder

    Murder as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent , and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide....
    er of Jill Dando
    Jill Dando

    Jill Wendy Dando was an England Journalism and television presenter who worked for the BBC for 14 years until she was murdered in April 1999. Her death sparked a huge manhunt by the Metropolitan Police and led to the trial of Barry George....
  • Beilby Porteus
    Beilby Porteus

    Beilby Porteus or Porteous , successively Bishop of Chester and of Bishop of London was an Anglican reformer and leading abolitionism in England....
     - bishop of London and Anglican reformer
  • Ben Jones
    Ben Jones (DJ)

    Ben Jones is an England radio DJ and former children's television presenter. He is currently a presenter of Absolute Radio , a position he has held since 2001....
     - radio DJ, currently on Absolute Radio
  • Brian May - guitarist for Queen
    Queen (band)

    Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
  • Caron Keating
    Caron Keating

    Caron Louisa Keating was a United Kingdom television presenter.Born in Fulham, West London, aged 3 months her parents moved back to Northern Ireland, where she was raised....
     - television presenter
  • Catherine Tate
    Catherine Tate

    Catherine Tate is an England actress, writer and comedienne. She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and four British Academy Television Awards....
     - comedian and actress
  • Chris Leonard
    Chris Leonard

    Chris Leonard , was the lead guitarist and backing vocalist in the United Kingdom pop punk band Son of Dork and is currently in new band The Ya Ya Boys....
     - musician
  • Cyril Aldred
    Cyril Aldred

    Cyril Aldred was a noted United Kingdom Egyptologist, art historian and author....
     - Egyptologist and art historian
  • Dame Maggie Smith - Oscar-winning actress
  • Daniel Radcliffe
    Daniel Radcliffe

    Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an England actor, best known for playing Harry Potter in the Harry Potter film series based on the popular Harry Potter....
     - actor, including Harry Potter
    Harry Potter

    Harry Potter is a Heptalogy fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the eponymous adolescent wizard Harry Potter , together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry....
  • Duffy
    Duffy (singer)

    Duffy is a Welsh people, Soul Music, singer-songwriter. Her debut album Rockferry was released in March 2008 and entered the UK Album Chart at number one....
     - singer
  • Gary Waldhorn
    Gary Waldhorn

    Gary Waldhorn is an England actor best known for his role as David Horton in the British sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, but who has also had a noteable television and theatre career....
     - actor, including Vicar of Dibley
  • Sir Gerald Thesiger
    Gerald Thesiger

    The Hon. Sir Gerald Alfred Thesiger Order of the British Empire Queen's Counsel was a United Kingdom High Court of Justice Judge of the Queen's Bench Division between 1958 and 1978....
     - judge, High Court of Justice
    High Court of Justice

    The High Court of Justice is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, part of the Courts of England and Wales ....
  • Granville Sharp
    Granville Sharp

    Granville Sharp was one of the first United Kingdom campaigners for the Abolitionism. He also involved himself in trying to correct other social injustices....
     - abolitionist
    Abolitionism

    File:BLAKE10.JPGAbolitionism was a movement to end the slave trade and emancipate slaves in western Europe and the Americas. The slave system aroused little protest until the 18th century, when rationalist thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment criticized it for violating the rights of man, and Quaker and other evangelical religious groups con...
  • Gwyneth Dunwoody
    Gwyneth Dunwoody

    Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody was the longest ever serving female Member of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by both length of total and length of continuous service....
     - politician, born and grew up in Fulham
  • Henry Holland
    Henry Holland (architect)

    Henry Holland was an architect to the English nobility who trained under Capability Brown and later married his daughter. Sir John Soane was one of his students....
     - architect, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
    Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

    The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, a London borough of London. The building faces Catherine Street and backs onto Drury Lane....
     and others
  • James D'Arcy
    James D'Arcy

    James D'Arcy is an England actor. He was born 24 August 1975 in London, England....
     - actor, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey, with Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin....
  • Jemima Khan
    Jemima Khan

    Jemima Marcelle Khan is a former girlfriend of Hugh Grant and ex-wife of Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan, with whom she had two sons in the 1990s....
     - socialite
  • Jessica Martin
    Jessica Martin

    Jessica Martin is an actor and comedian. She is probably best known for her work as an impressionist and voice artist on the television series Spitting Image, impersonating the voice of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....
     - actress
  • Jill Dando
    Jill Dando

    Jill Wendy Dando was an England Journalism and television presenter who worked for the BBC for 14 years until she was murdered in April 1999. Her death sparked a huge manhunt by the Metropolitan Police and led to the trial of Barry George....
     - journalist
  • Jo Frost
    Jo Frost

    File:Jofrost2.jpgFile:Jofrost1.jpgJoanne A. "Jo" Frost is an England nanny and the central figure of the reality television programme Supernanny....
     - "Super Nanny"
  • Johnny Rotten - lead singer of the Sex Pistols
    Sex Pistols

    The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. The band are widely credited with initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and creating the first generation gap within rock and roll....
  • Jonathan Lee (writer/humorist)
    Jonathan Lee (writer/humorist)

    Jonathan Lee is a writer and humourist best known for his flash mob style book readings of Anyone Know Who This Is?. He lives in Fulham, London....
     - writer
  • Judith Keppel
    Judith Keppel

    Judith Cynthia Aline Keppel was the first one million-Pound Sterling winner on the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the United Kingdom....
     - first winner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering 15 consecutive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty....
  • Kelly Jones
    Kelly Jones

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     - lead singer of Stereophonics
    Stereophonics

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  • Lady Isabella Hervey
    Lady Isabella Hervey

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     - socialite
  • Leonard Hodgson
    Leonard Hodgson

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     - priest
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  • Leslie Grantham
    Leslie Grantham

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     - actor
  • M. Alison Atkins
    M. Alison Atkins

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     - artist and illustrator
  • Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham
    Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham

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     - politician
  • Natascha McElhone
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     - actress
  • Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips
    Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips

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     - politician
  • Norton Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne
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     - aristocrat
  • Peter Pek
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     - radio and television personality
  • Robert Fripp
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     - guitarist for King Crimson
    King Crimson

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  • Sir Roger Moore
    Roger Moore

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     - actor, including James Bond
    James Bond

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  • Sidney Leslie Goodwin
    Sidney Leslie Goodwin

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     - youngest victim of the Titanic
    RMS Titanic

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  • Simon Climie
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     - musician
  • Suzy Lamplugh
    Suzy Lamplugh

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     - missing estate agent
  • William Archibald Spooner
    William Archibald Spooner

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     - Oxford University don
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    , known for inventing spoonerism
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  • William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham
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  • William John Burchell
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     - explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist and author
  • Yes
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     - progressive rock
    Progressive rock

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Nearest places

  • Chelsea
    Chelsea, London

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  • Hammersmith
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  • Earls Court
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  • Kensington
    Kensington

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  • Walham Green
    Walham Green

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     (Moore Park Estate)
  • Sands End
    Sands End

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     (Imperial Wharf)
  • Putney
    Putney

    Putney is a district of south-west London in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is located south-west of Charing Cross, on the southern bank of the River Thames, opposite Fulham....
  • West Kensington
    West Kensington, London

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  • Barnes
  • Battersea
    Battersea

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  • Wandsworth


Twin cities

  • Anderlecht
    Anderlecht

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    , Brussels
    Brussels

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See also


  • Metropolitan Borough of Fulham
    Metropolitan Borough of Fulham

    The Metropolitan Borough of Fulham was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965, when it was merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith to form the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham....


External links

  • - 1911 Encyclopedia article
  • .
  • - Website of the Member of Parliament
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     for Hammersmith and Fulham
    Hammersmith and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)

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  • , by Geraldine Edith Mitton and John Cunningham Geikie, 1903, from Project Gutenberg
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