All Saints' Church is the ancient parish church of

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...

, in the

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, pre-dating the

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. It is now an

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church in Fulham,

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, sited close to the

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, beside the northern approach to

Putney Bridge Putney Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge over the River Thames in west London, linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north. The bridge has medieval parish churches beside its abutments: St Mary's Church, Putney is built on the s ...

. The church tower and interior nave and chancel are

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History

There has been a church on the same site for more than 900 years. Barbara Denny, a historian of London, writes that the first record of a church here dates from 1154 in the rolls of a

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dispute. Apart from the tower, construction of which began in 1440, the present church building dates from the late Victorian period, having been rebuilt in 1880–1881 by Sir

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using squared rubblestone,

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dressings and windows in the

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. The church retains many memorials from the earlier church along with a plaque to the First World War dead of the

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of the London Regiment, whose drill hall was at

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from 1908 onwards. The building and its churchyard are situated next to Bishop's Park, overlooking the River Thames. The church has a long association with the

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of Fulham, and is the burial place for many of them. The nearby

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is the former manor of Fulham and the former residence of the bishops of London.

, like 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 is located in

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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

, the ancient residence of the Bishop of London, several bishops of London were buried at All Saints. *

Humphrey Henchman Humphrey Henchman (1592 – 1675) was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1663 to 1675. Biography He was born in Burton Latimer (or possibly nearby Barton Seagrove), Northamptonshire, the son of Thomas Henchman, a skinner, an ...

(d. 1675) * Henry Compton (d. 1713) * John Robinson (d. 1723) *

Edmund Gibson Edmund Gibson (16696 September 1748) was a British divine who served as Bishop of Lincoln and Bishop of London, jurist, and antiquary. Early life and career He was born in Bampton, Westmorland. In 1686 he was entered a scholar at Queen's Coll ...

(d. 1748) *

Thomas Sherlock Thomas Sherlock (167818 July 1761) was a British divine who served as a Church of England bishop for 33 years. He is also noted in church history as an important contributor to Christian apologetics. Life Born in London, he was the son of the V ...

(d. 1761) *

Thomas Hayter Thomas Hayter (1702 – 9 January 1762) was an English whig divine, who served as a Church of England bishop for 13 years, and was a royal chaplain. As a party advocate of the Pelhamites and a friend of the Duke of Newcastle, he was at the height ...

(d. 1762) *

Richard Terrick Richard Terrick (baptised 20 July 1710 – 31 March 1777) was a Church of England clergyman who served as Bishop of Peterborough 1757–1764 and Bishop of London 1764–1777. Life Terrick was born in York, the eldest son of Samuel Terrick, rec ...

(d. 1777) *

Robert Lowth Robert Lowth ( ; 27 November 1710 – 3 November 1787) was a Bishop of the Church of England, Oxford Professor of Poetry and the author of one of the most influential textbooks of English grammar. Life Lowth was born in Hampshire, England, G ...

(d. 1787) * John Randolph (d. 1813) *

Charles James Blomfield Charles James Blomfield (29 May 1786 – 5 August 1857) was a British divine and classicist, and a Church of England bishop for 32 years. Early life and education Charles James Blomfield was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, the eldest son (and ...

(d. 1857) *

John Jackson John or Johnny Jackson may refer to: Entertainment Art * John Baptist Jackson (1701–1780), British artist * John Jackson (painter) (1778–1831), British painter * John Jackson (engraver) (1801–1848), English wood engraver * John Richardson ...

(d. 1885)

Other burials

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(1781–1863) – explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author * Sir

William Butts Sir William Butts (c. 1486 – 22 November 1545) was a member of King Henry VIII of England's court and was the King's physician. His portrait was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1543, and he was knighted in the following year. His grand ...

– physician to King

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Jeffery Ekins Jeffery Ekins D.D. (died 1791) was an English churchman, Dean of Carlisle Cathedral from 1782. Life He was a native of Barton-Seagrave, Northamptonshire, where his father, the Rev. Jeffery Ekins, M.A., was rector. He received his education at E ...

–

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, 1782–1791 * Elizabeth Hatsell – wife of

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(

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1768–1820) and sister of

* Henry Holland – architect * Nathaniel Kent – agriculturalist * Alexander Marshal (circa 1620–1682) – merchant, gardener and botanical illustrator *

John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt (18 June 1627 – 5 June 1675) was an English royalist. He was born in Lowick, Northamptonshire, the second son of John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard (d. 1671), daughter of William H ...

– royalist, prominent in the

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John Saris John Saris () was chief merchant on the first English voyage to Japan, which left London in 1611. He stopped at Yemen, missing India (which he had originally intended to visit) and going on to Java, which had the sole permanent English trading sta ...

– captain on the first English voyage to land in Japan *

Granville Sharp Granville Sharp (10 November 1735 – 6 July 1813) was one of the first British campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade. He also involved himself in trying to correct other social injustices. Sharp formulated the plan to settle black ...

– abolitionist * William Sharp – surgeon * Sir

William Withers Sir William Withers (c. 1654 – 31 January 1720) of Fulham, Middlesex, was an English linen draper and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1701 and 1715. He was Lord Mayor of London from 1707 to 1708. ...

– Lord Mayor of London * George London – landscape gardener and gardener to Bishop Compton

In the media

The church was featured in the film ''

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'', in a scene which begins in Bishop's Park, and ends with a bizarre accident where a priest (played by

Patrick Troughton Patrick George Troughton (; 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor who was classically trained for the stage but became known for his roles in television and film. His work included appearances in several fantasy, science fiction ...

) 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

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.Christmas 2017
from

, retrieved 23 December 2017

References

External links

*
British history online, Fulham
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