FULHAM
, a western See also:metropolitan See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:London, See also:England, bounded N.W. by See also:Hammersmith, N.E. by See also:Kensington, E. by See also:Chelsea, and S.E., S. and S.W. by the See also:river See also:Thames
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Pop
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(1901) 137,289
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The See also:principal thoroughfares are Fulham See also:Palace Road See also:running S. from Hammersmith, Fulham Road and See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's Road, W. from Chelsea, coverging and leading to
Putney See also:Bridge over the Thames; See also:North End Road between Hammersmith and Fulham Roads; Lillie Road between See also:South Kensington and Fulham Palace Road; and See also:Wandsworth Bridge Road leading S. from New King's Road to Wandsworth Bridge
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In the north Fulham includes the residential See also:district known as See also:West Kensington, and farther south that of Walham See also:Green, The See also:manor See also:house or palace of the bishops of London stands in grounds, beautifully planted and surrounded by a See also:moat, believed to be a Danish See also:work, near the river west of Putney Bridge
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Its See also:oldest portion is the picturesque western quadrangle, built by See also:Bishop Fitzjames (1506-1522)
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The See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of All See also:Saints, between the bridge and the grounds, was erected in 1881 from designs by See also:Sir See also:Arthur See also:Blomfield
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The See also:fine old monuments from the former See also:building, dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries, are mostly preserved, and in the See also:churchyard are the memorials of several bishops of London and of See also:Theodore See also:Hook (1841)
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The public recreation grounds include the See also:embankment and gardens between the river and the palace grounds, and there are also two well-known enclosures used for See also:sports within the borough
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Of these Hurlingham See also:Park is the headquarters of the Hurlingham See also:Polo See also:Club and a fashionable resort; and See also:Queen's Club, West Kensington, has See also:tennis and other courts for the use of members, and is also the See also:scene of important See also:football matches, and of the athletic meetings between See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford and See also:Cambridge See also:Universities, and those between the See also:English and See also:American Universities held in England
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In Seagrave Road is the Western See also:fever See also:hospital
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The See also:parliamentary borough of Fulham returns one member
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The borough See also:council consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 36 councillors
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See also:Area, 1703.5 acres
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Fulham, or in its earliest See also:form Fullanham, is uncertainly stated to signify " the See also:place " either " of fowls " or " of dirt." The manor is said to have been given to Bishop Erkenwald about the See also:year 691 for himself and his successors in the see of London, and See also:Holinshed relates that the Bishop of London was lodging in his manor place in 1141 when See also:Geoffrey de See also:Mandeville, See also:riding out from the See also:Tower of London, took him prisoner
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At the See also:Commonwealth the manor was temporarily out of the bishops' hands, being sold to See also:Colonel See also:Edmund See also:Harvey
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There is no See also:record of the first erection of a parish church, but the first known See also:rector was appointed in 1242, and a church probably existed a See also:century before this
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The earliest See also:part of the church demolished in 1881, however, did not date farther back than the 15th century
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In 879 Danish invaders, sailing up the Thames, wintered at Fulham and Hammersmith
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Near the former wooden Putney Bridge, built in 1729 and replaced in 1886, the See also:earl of See also:Essex threw a bridge of boats across the river in 1642 in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to See also:march his See also:army in pursuit of See also:Charles I., who thereupon See also:fell back on Oxford
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Margravine Road recalls the existence of Bradenburg House, a See also:riverside See also:mansion built by Sir See also:Nicholas Crispe in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of Charles I., used as the See also:head-quarters of See also:General See also:Fairfax in 1647 during the See also:civil See also:wars, and occupied in 1792 by the See also:margrave of Bradenburg-Anspach and See also:Bayreuth and his wife, and in 1820 by See also:Caroline, See also:consort of See also:George IV
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