All Saints Church, Fulham
| All Saints' Church, Fulham | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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) | Will Levanway, Assistant Curate |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Jonathan Wikeley |
| Organist(s) | Matthew Burgess |
| Churchwarden(s) | Martin McGann 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.
Contents
1 History
2 Notable burials
2.1 Bishops of London
2.2 Other burials
3 Trivia
4 Exterior
5 References
6 External links
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 church retains many memorials from the earlier church.[3]
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
Bishops of London
Due to the proximity of All Saints to Fulham Palace, the ancient residence of the Bishop of London, several Bishops of London were buried at All Saints.
Humphrey Henchman (d.1675)
Henry Compton (d.1713)
John Robinson (d.1723)
Edmund Gibson (d.1748)
Thomas Sherlock (d.1761)
Thomas Hayter (d.1762)
Richard Terrick (d.1777)
Robert Lowth (d.1787)
John Randolph (d.1813)
Charles James Blomfield (d.1857)
John Jackson (d.1885)
Other burials
William John Burchell (1781-1863) - explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author- Sir William Butts - physician to King Henry VIII of England
Henry Holland - architect
Nathaniel Kent - agriculturist
John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt - royalist, prominent in the English Civil War
John Saris - captain of the first English voyage to land in Japan
Granville Sharp - abolitionist
William Sharp - surgeon- 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.
In 2017, the Christmas Day service from the church was shown on BBC Television.[4]
Exterior
Entrance
View from Putney Bridge
References
^ Denny, Barbara (1997). 'Fulham Past'. London: Historical Publications. pp. 35–39. ISBN 0 948667 43 5..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Historic England. "Details from image database (201857)". Images of England. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
^ Speel, Bob. "Monuments in All Saints Parish Church, Fulham". The Second Website of Bob Speel.
^ Christmas 2017 from BBC Television, retrieved 23 December 2017
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External links
- Official website
- British history online, Fulham
Coordinates: 51°28′07″N 0°12′42″W / 51.4686°N 0.2117°W / 51.4686; -0.2117
