All Saints Church, Fulham

Parish church
name = All Saints Church, Fulham


dedication =
denomination = Church of England (Anglican)
tradition = Affirming catholic
parish = All Saints Fulham
deanery = Hammersmith and Fulham Deanery
archdeaconry = Middlesex
diocese = London
province = Canterbury
vicar = Revd Joseph Hawes
priest = Revd Elizabeth Morse
honpriest = Archbishop Walter Makhulu,
Canon David Tann
curate = Revd James Heard
director = Graeme McCollough
organist = Emma McAllister
warden = Ruth Bray
warden1 = Harry Gostelow
website = [http://www.allsaints-fulham.org.uk Official website]

All Saints Church, Fulham is an Anglican Church in Fulham, London sited close to the river Thames, beside the northern approach to Putney Bridge.

History

There has been a church on the same site for over 900 years. The current building is situated in Bishop’s Park overlooking the river Thames.

The church has a long association with the Bishops of London as Lords of the Manor. Fulham Palace, the former residence of the Bishops of London is nearby.

Apart from the tower, the remainder of the current church building is from the late Victorian period. Construction on the tower began in 1440.

Putney Bridge is unique in that it is the only bridge in Britain to have a church at both ends: the ancient St. Mary's Church, Putney is located in Putney on the south bank, and All Saints Church, Fulham is on the north bank.

The church was featured in the film "The Omen".

Notable burials

* Charles James Blomfield - Bishop of London
* Sir William Butts - physician to King Henry VIII of England
* Edmund Gibson - Bishop of London
* Humphrey Henchman - Bishop of London
* John Jackson - Bishop of London
* Robert Lowth - Bishop of London
* John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt - royalist, prominent in the English Civil War
* John Robinson - Bishop of London
* John Saris - captain of the first English voyage to Japan
* Granville Sharp - noted abolitionist
* Thomas Sherlock - Bishop of London
* Richard Terrick - Bishop of London
* Sir William Withers - Lord Mayor of London

External links

* [http://www.allsaints-fulham.org.uk Official website]
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45415 British history online, Fulham]