Fulham
Fulham is a district within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in southwest London. It is 3.7 miles south-west from Charing Cross, making it an Inner London district. It is on the north bank of the River Thames, in between Hammersmith and Kensington and Chelsea, facing Putney and Barnes. Formerly, it was a parish within the county of Middlesex. It's identified in the London Plan as one of the 35 major centres in Greater London.
Fulham's reputation of industrial enterprise dates back to the 15th century, with its Mill at Millshot on the south side of what's now Fulham Palace Road. There was also a pottery, tapestry-weaving, paper-making and brewing industry in the 17th and 18th centuries in the area of what's now referred to as Fulham High Street. The subsequent two centuries had been known for power production, transportation, the automotive industry, food production and laundries.
For the first half of the twentieth century, Fulham remained typically working class with pockets of wealth at the North End, along the top of Lillie Road and New King's Road. Particularly wealthy places were Parsons Green, Eel Brook Common, South Park along with the area around the Hurlingham Club. The area attracted waves of immigration, and fast changes meant that there was poverty - Charles Dickens and Charles Booth noted this, and there were poorhouses that attracted benefactors.
Now, Fulham is rated as one of the most costly parts of London and the UK overall. The average sale price of all property in 2007 was £639,973 - and is likely to be a great deal more now.
