All Saints Church, Fulham
| All Saints' Church | |
|---|---|
Hammersmith and Fulham | |
| Parish | All Saints' Fulham |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Penny Seabrook, Vicar of Fulham |
| Priest(s) | Guy Hewitt, associate vicar |
| Curate(s) | George Meyrick |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Jonathan Wikeley |
| Churchwarden(s) | Laura Auckland Paul Hall |
All Saints' Church is the ancient parish church of
History
There has been a church on the same site for more than 900 years. Barbara Denny, a historian of London, writes that the first record of a church here dates from 1154 in the rolls of a
The building and its churchyard are situated next to
Putney Bridge, like its predecessor Fulham 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 is located in Putney on the south bank, and All Saints' Church, Fulham, is on the north bank.
Notable burials
Bishops of London
Due to the proximity of All Saints to Fulham Palace, the ancient residence of the Bishop of London, several bishops of London were buried at All Saints.
- Humphrey Henchman (d. 1675)
- Henry Compton (d. 1713)
- John Robinson (d. 1723)
- Edmund Gibson (d. 1748)
- Thomas Sherlock (d. 1761)
- Thomas Hayter (d. 1762)
- Richard Terrick (d. 1777)
- Robert Lowth (d. 1787)
- John Randolph (d. 1813)
- Charles James Blomfield (d. 1857)
- John Jackson (d. 1885)
Other burials
- William John Burchell (1781–1863) – explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author
- Sir William Butts – physician to King Henry VIII
- Jeffery Ekins – Dean of Carlisle, 1782–1791
- Elizabeth Hatsell – wife of John Hatsell (Clerk of the House of Commons 1768–1820) and sister of Jeffery Ekins
- Henry Holland – architect
- Nathaniel Kent – agriculturalist
- Alexander Marshal (circa 1620–1682) – merchant, gardener and botanical illustrator[4]
- John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt – royalist, prominent in the English Civil War
- John Saris – captain on the first English voyage to land in Japan
- Granville Sharp – abolitionist
- William Sharp – surgeon
- Sir William Withers – Lord Mayor of London
- George London – landscape gardener and gardener to Bishop Compton
In the media
The church was featured in the film The Omen, in a scene which begins in Bishop's Park, and ends with a bizarre accident where a priest (played by Patrick Troughton) is impaled by a lightning conductor on the top of the tower that is dislodged when it is hit by lightning.
In 2017, the Christmas Day service from the church was shown on BBC Television.[5]
References
- ISBN 0-948667-43-5.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1286566)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ Speel, Bob. "Monuments in All Saints Parish Church, Fulham". The Second Website of Bob Speel.
- ISBN 978-1-905686-03-2.
The inscription on his tombstone includes the following: He left no issue, but, by reason of his integrity and gifts he will live longer than the life which was vouchsafed him.
- ^ Christmas 2017 from BBC Television, retrieved 23 December 2017
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