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, rendering it an Inner London district. It's on the north bank of the River Thames, in between Hammersmith and Kensington and Chelsea, facing Putney and Barnes. Formerly, it had been a parish inside the county of Middlesex. It is identified in the London Plan as one of the 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 in the 17th and eighteenth centuries in the location of what is now known as Fulham High Street. The subsequent 2 centuries had been identified for energy production, transportation, the automotive industry, food production and laundries.
For the first part of the 20th century, Fulham remained largely working class with pockets of wealth in the North End, along the top of Lillie Road and New King's Road. Particularly wealthy regions were Parsons Green, Eel Brook Common, South Park plus the area around the Hurlingham Club. The location 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.
Now, Fulham is rated as one of the most pricey 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.
