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, rendering 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 had been a parish within the county of Middlesex. It's identified in the London Plan as on the list of 35 major centres in Greater London.
Fulham's reputation of industrial enterprise goes 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 referred to as Fulham High Street. The following two centuries had been recognized for power production, transportation, the automotive industry, food production and laundries.
For the first half of the twentieth century, Fulham remained primarily working class with pockets of wealth in the North End, along the top of Lillie Road and New King's Road. Particularly wealthy locations were Parsons Green, Eel Brook Common, South Park and the area around the Hurlingham Club. The area attracted waves of immigration, and swift changes meant that there was poverty - Charles Dickens and Charles Booth noted this, and there were poorhouses that attracted benefactors.
These days, Fulham is rated as one of the most pricey parts of London and the United Kingdom overall. The average sale price of all property in 2007 was £639,973 - and is likely to be a lot more now.