Fulham

This article is about an area in London. For the football club, see Fulham F.C. For other uses, see Fulham (disambiguation).

Fulham
Fulham Palace, the Grade I listed former residence of the Bishop of London
Fulham is located in Greater London
Fulham
Fulham
Location within Greater London
Population87,161 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ245765
• Charing Cross3.6 mi (5.8 km) NE
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtSW6, W14, W6
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
London
51°28′58″N 0°11′42″W / 51.4828°N 0.1950°W / 51.4828; -0.1950
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Ward Map, 2002-present. Fulham is the southern part of the borough.

Fulham (/ˈfʊləm/) is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, England, 3.6 miles (5.8 km) southwest of Charing Cross. It lies in a loop on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea, with which it shares the area known as West Brompton. Over the Thames Fulham faces Wandsworth, Putney, the London Wetland Centre in Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.[2][3]

First recorded by name in 691, it was an extensive Anglo-Saxon estate, the Manor of Fulham, and then a parish. Its domain stretched from modern-day Chiswick in the west to Chelsea in the southeast; and from Harlesden in the northwest to Kensal Green in the northeast bordered by the littoral of Counter's Creek and the Manor of Kensington.[4] It originally included today's Hammersmith. Between 1900 and 1965, it was demarcated as the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham, before its merger with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith to create the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (known as the London Borough of Hammersmith from 1965 to 1979). The district is split between the western and south-western postal areas.

Fulham industrial history includes pottery, tapestry-weaving, paper-making and brewing in the 17th and 18th centuries in Fulham High Street, and later the automotive industry, aviation, food production, and laundries.[5] In the 19th century, there was glass-blowing and this resurged in the 21st century with the Aronson-Noon studio and the former Zest gallery in Rickett Street. Lillie Bridge Depot, a railway engineering depot, opened in 1872, is associated with the building and extension of the London Underground, the electrification of Tube lines from the nearby Lots Road Power Station, and for well over a century has been the maintenance hub for rolling stock and track.[6][7]

Two Premier League football clubs, Fulham and Chelsea, play in Fulham.[8][9] Two other notable sporting clubs are the Hurlingham Club, known for polo, and the Queen's tennis club, known for its annual pre-Wimbledon tennis tournament.[10][11] In the 1800s, Lillie Bridge Grounds hosted the first meetings of the Amateur Athletic Association of England, the second FA Cup Final, and the first amateur boxing matches.[12] The Lillie Bridge area was the home ground of the Middlesex County Cricket Club, before it moved to Marylebone.[13]

  1. ^ "Hammersmith and Fulham - UK Census Data 2011". Ukcensusdata.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. ^ "The Kensington Canal – West Brompton to Olympia – London Canals". Londoncanals.uk. 14 January 2010. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  3. ^ Mayor of London (February 2008). "London Plan (Consolidated with Alterations since 2004)" (PDF). Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Timeline". Fulham Palace. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  5. ^ Denny, Barbara (1997). Fulham Past. London, UK: Historical Publications. pp. 106–16. ISBN 0-948667-43-5.
  6. ^ Route and Track diagrams for West Kensington and Lillie Bridge Archived 21 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, trainweb.org; retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ "The Kensington Canal, railways and related developments" Pages 322-338 Archived 30 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Survey of London: Volume 42, Kensington Square To Earl's Court. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1986.
  8. ^ "Fulham Football Club". Fulhamfc.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Home". Chelseafc.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Private Members Club - London - UK". The Hurlingham Club. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Homepage - The Queen's Club". Queensclub.co.uk. 30 December 2010. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Sport, ancient and modern: Athletics", in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton Archived 22 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, ed. William Page (London, 1911), pp. 301-02; accessed 15 October 2016.
  13. ^ "Sport, ancient and modern: Cricket, Middlesex County", in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton Archived 18 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, ed. William Page (London, 1911), pp. 270-73; accessed 15 October 2016.