All Saints' Church is the ancient parish church of

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, in the

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, pre-dating the

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. The parish was founded in the precinct of Fulham Manor, currently adjacent to it, which was in the possession of the

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, since the 8th century. Hence it began as the parish church of the bishops of London and several of them are buried there. 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. 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 25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion of the

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, whose drill hall was at Fulham House from 1908 onwards. The building and its churchyard are 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. Putney Bridge, 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. *

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(d. 1675) *

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(d. 1713) * John Robinson (d. 1723) *

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(d. 1748) *

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(d. 1761) *

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(d. 1762) * Richard Terrick (d. 1777) *

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(d. 1787) * John Randolph (d. 1813) * Charles James Blomfield (d. 1857) * John Jackson (d. 1885)

Other burials

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(1781–1863) – explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author * Sir William Butts – physician to King

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* Jeffery Ekins –

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, 1782–1791 * Elizabeth Hatsell – wife of John Hatsell (

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1768–1820) and sister of Jeffery Ekins * Henry Holland – architect * Nathaniel Kent – agriculturalist * Alexander Marshal (circa 1620–1682) – merchant, gardener and botanical illustrator *

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– royalist, prominent in the

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

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– abolitionist. His tomb is

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* William Sharp – surgeon * Sir William Withers – 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

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) 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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