Fulham is a district in 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, between Hammersmith and Kensington and Chelsea, facing Putney and Barnes. Formerly, it was a parish in the county of Middlesex. It is identified in the London Plan as among the 35 major centres in Greater London.
Fulham's history of industrial enterprise extends back to the 15th century, with its Mill at Millshot on the south side of what is now Fulham Palace Road. There was also a pottery, tapestry-weaving, paper-making and brewing industry during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the region of what's now generally known as Fulham High Street. The next 2 centuries were recognized for energy 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 in the North End, along the top of Lillie Road and New King's Road. Specifically wealthy locations were Parsons Green, Eel Brook Common, South Park along with the location around 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.
Right now, Fulham is rated among the most costly parts of London and also the United Kingdom overall. The average sale price of all property in 2007 was £639,973 - and is most likely to be considerably more now.
