century, the rectory or “parsonage house” was in what became the hamlet of Parson’s Greens; the name ‘Parson’s Green” is first found in 1391, and the rectory house is referred to in 1401. The dedication of the church to All Saints is first documented in the year 1445. The church has three fonts. An early reference to a font is recorded in 1549, but this was lost (possibly hid during the Civil War) until the church was rebuilt in 1880. The church tower has been several times restored, most recently in 1966 to 1967. Among the gentlemen’s retreats built in the Georgian era were Hurlingham House, later home to the prestigious sports club, and Lord’s Craven’s cottage orne north of the palace, built in 1780. The earlier Peterborough House was rebuilt around the same time. Over the course of the 19th century, industry filled the former marshland of Sands End and elsewhere terraces of suburban housing rolled out across the former market gardens and gentlemen’s estates from the 1870s. North End was rebranded West Kensington, and Fulham Broadway at Walham Green became Fulham’s administrative and shopping centre. Fulham Broadway station was opened as Walham Green on 1st March 1880 when the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District Line) extended its line south from West Brompton to Putney Bridge.The original station building was replaced in 1905 with a new entrance designed by Harry W Ford to accommodate crowds for the newly built Stamford Bridge stadium. It is now a Grade II listed building. The name was changed to its current form on 2 March 1952 after representations from Fulham Chamber of Commerce. However the modern name of Walham Green is now known
as the Moore Park Estate, regarded as one of the most desirable parts of Fulham to own a property. Houses are frequently sold at well above the million threshold with investment from city professionals. Many property developments and refurbishments often take place.Some of the roads included in the conservation area include:Moore Park Road, Holmead Road, Rumbold Road, Maxwell Road, Brittania Road, Waterford Road, Fulham Broadway, Kings Road and Fulham Road Fulham Football Club built a permanent home on the site of Craven Cottage in 1896, their first game against now defunct rivals Minerva F.C. Fulham were formed in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew’s Church Sunday School F.C.founded by worshipers at the Church of England on Star Road, West Kensington (St Andrew’s, Fulham Fields). Fulham’s mother church still stands today with a plaque commemorating the team’s foundation. In April 1904 Fulham Theatre held the first public experiment in ‘talking pictures’ with the aid of a phonographic soundtrack. From 1912 the Theatre was often in use as a Cinema called the Shilling Theatre, and by 1937 it was renamed the Grand Theatre, showing live performances again, although on Sundays it still showed Films.The Theatre closed down in 1950 and then stood empty until it was finally demolished in 1958. An office block called Redbank House was then built on the site. Fulham remained a working class area for the first half of the twentieth century, but was subject to extensive restoration between the Second World War and the 1980’s. Did you know that Britains first speed bumps were installed on Linver Road in Fulham in 1984? Today, Fulham is one of the most expensive parts of London, and indeed the United Kingdom.
After the building of The Underground, the streets of Camden quickly filled with music halls and shops.
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