All Saints Church, Fulham
| All Saints Church, Fulham | |
|---|---|
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Affirming Catholic |
| Website | Official website |
| Administration | |
| Parish | All Saints Fulham |
| Deanery | Hammersmith and Fulham |
| Archdeaconry | Middlesex |
| Diocese | London |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) |
Joseph Hawes, Vicar of Fulham Penny Seabrook, Associate Vicar |
| Honorary priest(s) | Walter Makhulu |
| Curate(s) | Ric Whaite, Assistant Curate |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Jonathan Wikeley |
| Organist(s) | Emma Howarth |
| Churchwarden(s) |
Christina Thomas Ade Lusmore |
All Saints Church, Fulham, is the ancient parish church of Fulham, in the County of Middlesex pre-dating the Reformation. It is now an Anglican Church in Fulham, London, sited close to the river Thames, beside the northern approach to Putney Bridge. The church tower and interior nave and chancel are Grade II* listed.
History
There has been a church on the same site for more than 900 years. Denny writes that the first record of a church here dates from 1154 in the rolls of a tithe dispute.[1] Apart from the tower, construction of which began in 1440, the present church building dates from the late Victorian period, having been rebuilt in 1880–1 by Sir Arthur Blomfield, using squared rubblestone, ashlar dressings and Perpendicular style windows.[2] The building and its churchyard are situated next to Bishop's Park overlooking the river Thames. The church has a long association with the Bishops of London as Lords of the Manor of Fulham and is the burial place for many of them. The nearby Fulham Palace is the former Manor of Fulham and the former residence of the Bishops of London.
Putney Bridge, and its predecessor Fulham Bridge, is unique in that it is the only bridge in Britain to have a church at both ends: the ancient St. Mary's Church, Putney is located in Putney, on the south bank, and All Saints Church, Fulham, is on the north bank.
Notable burials
- Charles James Blomfield - Bishop of London
- William John Burchell (1781-1863) - explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author
- Sir William Butts - physician to King Henry VIII of England
- Edmund Gibson - Bishop of London
- Thomas Hayter - Bishop of London
- Humphrey Henchman - Bishop of London
- Henry Holland - architect
- John Jackson - Bishop of London
- Nathaniel Kent - agriculturist
- Robert Lowth - Bishop of London
- John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt - royalist, prominent in the English Civil War
- John Robinson - Bishop of London
- John Saris - captain of the first English voyage to land in Japan
- Granville Sharp - abolitionist
- William Sharp - surgeon
- Thomas Sherlock - Bishop of London
- Richard Terrick - Bishop of London
- Sir William Withers - Lord Mayor of London
Trivia
The church was featured in the film The Omen, in a scene which begins in Bishop's Park, and ends with a bizarre accident where a priest (played by Patrick Troughton) is impaled by a lightning conductor on the top of the tower that is dislodged when it is hit by lightning.
References
- ↑ Denny, Barbara (1997). 'Fulham Past'. London: Historical Publications. pp. 35–39. ISBN 0 948667 43 5.
- ↑ Historic England. "Details from image database (201857)". Images of England.
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Coordinates: 51°28′07″N 0°12′42″W / 51.4686°N 0.2117°W