Fulham is a district inside the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in southwest London. It's 3.7 miles south-west from Charing Cross, which makes it an Inner London district. It's on the north bank of the River Thames, between Hammersmith and Kensington and Chelsea, facing Putney and Barnes. Formerly, it was a parish inside the county of Middlesex. It is identified in the London Plan as on the list of 35 major centres in Greater London.
Fulham's reputation of industrial enterprise extends 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 during the seventeenth and 18th centuries in the location of what is now called Fulham High Street. The following two centuries were identified for energy production, transportation, the automotive industry, food production and laundries.
For the first part of the 20th century, Fulham remained mostly working class with pockets of wealth in the North End, along the top of Lillie Road and New King's Road. Specifically rich places were Parsons Green, Eel Brook Common, South Park and the region surrounding the Hurlingham Club. The location attracted waves of immigration, and quick changes meant that there was poverty - Charles Dickens and Charles Booth noted this, and there were poorhouses that attracted benefactors.
Currently, Fulham is rated among the most highly-priced parts of London and also the UK overall. The average sale price of all property in 2007 was £639,973 - and is likely to be a lot more now.