Fulham
Fulham (/ˈfʊləm/) is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, 3.6 miles (5.8 km) southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth, Putney, Barn Elms and the London Wetland Centre in Barnes.[2][3] on the far side of the river.
This article is about an area in London. For the football club, see Fulham F.C. For other uses, see Fulham (disambiguation).
First recorded by name in 691, Fulham was a manor and ancient parish which originally included Hammersmith. Between 1900 and 1965, it was the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham, before its merger with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith created 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 has a history of industry and enterprise dating back to the 15th century, with pottery, tapestry-weaving, paper-making and brewing in the 17th and 18th centuries in present-day Fulham High Street, and later involvement in the automotive industry, early aviation, food production, and laundries.[4] 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.[5][6]
Two Premier League football clubs, Fulham and Chelsea, play in Fulham.[7][8] 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.[9][10] 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.[11] The Lillie Bridge area was the home ground of the Middlesex County Cricket Club, before it moved to Marylebone.[12]
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Before the area became home to the Fulham F.C. stadium Craven Cottage and the Chelsea F.C. stadium Stamford Bridge (and the various flats and entertainment centres built into it), the Lillie Bridge Grounds was the venue where British Amateur Athletics were born and the first codified Boxing under Marquess of Queensberry Rules took place. All this was accomplished through the catalyst that was John Graham Chambers from the mid-1860s.
Entrance to Fulham Broadway station
Covered tankard made by Fulham Pottery, c. 1685-1690
Cremorne Bridge, West London Extension Railway Bridge, towards Fulham
Mulberries at Fulham Palace
Tudor entrance to Fulham Palace kitchen garden
vestige of 1826 canal bridge from Lillie Bridge, Fulham
Corbett & McClymont's 1870 Carpentry workshop in Seagrave Road, Fulham
Former Fulham County Court House in North End Road
Parish Church of St John, Fulham
Fulham Cemetery in Fulham Palace Road
London Overground at West Brompton in Fulham
St Paul's Studios, Talgarth Road
Imperial Wharf station western entrance 2
Fulham Fire Station
Market, North End Road, Fulham, London
Kops Brewery, Sands End
River Thames by Bishop's Park
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fulham". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 293.