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The historic house and garden of the Bishop of London since 704, over 1300 years of British history in the heart of London. London SW6 6EA
Yesterday I made a visit to Fulham Palace (SW6) and what a hidden gem it is. I arrived just in time to join a taster tour with Chantel one of 250 volunteers at the Palace, it left me wanting to go back for the full tour.
With archaeological evidence of Neolithic, Iron Age and Roman settlers and the foundations of a medieval palace under the East Lawn, the present site of Fulham Palace is steeped in history.
From around 700, when the site was acquired by Bishop Waldhere, it served as a Bishop’s residence for over 12 centuries. At least since Tudor times, Fulham Palace was the Bishop of London’s country home, providing the Bishop and his family with a healthy rural retreat in summer months.
The Manor of Fulham was bought by Waldhere, the Bishop of London, from Tyrhtilus, the Bishop of Hereford, about 700AD. The Manor covered the whole of what is now Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing, Acton and Finchley. The Bishops owned other manors in Middlesex, Essex and Hertfordshire.
Read more: www.fulhampalace.org/palace/history/
Not forgetting the garden
13 acres of botanical garden, including a restore Walled Garden, all in the heart of London.
Photos / Video copyright kimfreeman.co.uk
Nearest tube is Putney Bridge on the District Line and then a very nice 10 min walk along the river though Bishop's Meadow (park).
By the way it's 'Free' to enter.
Open 7 days a week 8am - Midnight
Photo Studio Hire
500 sq ft
4x 500w Bowens Lights
2x 1000w Elinchrome Lights
Various continuous Lights
Lots of different coloured backdrops
Continuous Lights
Boom
Reflectors
Snoots
Softboxes
Wind machine
£95 - 4 hours
£155 - 8 hours
Fulham, London SW6 2AD
T: 020 7610 6036
M: 07957 165317
Marketing suite for the luxury development by the Thames built on an existing jetty on the river.
Hard to track down, but since they designed the rest of the Fulham Riverside scheme, I suspect this is probably by Lifschutz Davidson, somewhere around 2013. Currently being refurbished.
Sony A7III + Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G
Wandsworth Bridge, designed by Sir T.Pierson Frank and built between
1936 - 1940. It replaces a five span lattice girder bridge erected in
1873 by J.H.Tolmé. This bridge over the river Thames connects Fulham on the left side to Battersea and Wandsworth on the right.
No herons, but lots of cranes.
This view was taken looking towards Central London. The bridge sequence from here is:- Battersea, Albert, Chelsea, Grosvenor (Railway), Vauxhall, Lambeth, Westminster, Hungerford (Railway and Foot), Waterloo, Blackfriars, Blackfriars (Railway), Millenium(Foot), Southwark, Cannon Street (Railway), London Bridge and Tower Bridge.
Laid Up Standard
25TH (COUNTY OF LONDON) (CYCLIST) BATTALION THE LONDON REGIMENT
1908
25th (County of London) (Cyclist) Battalion, The London Regiment The Great War Three Battalions formed
1914
1st / 25th Cyclist Battalion 2nd / 25th Cyclist Battalion
1915
3rd / 25th Cyclist Battalion
1916
Re-designated as a Territorial Battalion of The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) without change of titile 3rd / 25th Cyclist Battalion combined with 3rd / 10th Battalion to become: 10th (Reserve) Battalion
Location of operations
1st / 25th Cyclist Battalion
2nd / 25th Cyclist Battalion
1917
Waziristan
1919
Afghanistan
Battle Honours awarded to 25th (County of London) (Cyclist) Battalion, The London Regiment:
North West Frontier India 1917, Afghanistan 1919
Outside St. Peter's church, Varna Rd. SW6
UKNIWM: UKNIWM
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF
WALTER LANGLEY MARSHALL
PRIEST OF THIS CHURCH,
WHO ENTERED INTO REST JUNE 2nd 1917.
ALSO OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH, AND OF THE 3rd
FULHAM SCOUTS, WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-19
R.I.P.
"UPON THE CRUCIFIED ONE LOOK, AND THOU SHALT READ WHAT WELL IS WORTH THY LEARNING"
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED BY THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON ON THE 15th DAY OF JULY 1919
F COLE ROBINSON VICAR
W.E. HUMBER, WJ McCULLY CHURCHWARDENS