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Fulham 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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The parish from north-west to south-east is about 2 miles, 2
furlongs in length, and from north-east to south-west about l½
miles in length. It covers an area of 1,716 acres, and is bounded
on the north by the Hammersmith Road, on the south by the
River Thames, on the east by the West London Extension Railway,
and on the west by the River Thames.
For the election of vestrymen the parish is divided into three
Wards, the boundaries of which are as follows:—
1.—The North End Ward, Fulham.
All that portion of the parish of Fulham which lies south of
the northern boundary of the parish, east of the River Thames,
north of the centre of Crab Tree Lane, Crown and Lillie Roads,
and west of the eastern boundary of the parish northwards of Lillie
Road.
2.—The Walham Ward, Fulham.
All that portion of the parish of Fulham which lies south of
the centre of Crab Tree Lane, Crown and Lillie Roads, east of the
River Thames, north and north-west of the Metropolitan District
Railway Extension to Old Fulham, and west of the eastern boundary
of the parish, between Lillie Road and the aforesaid railway.
3.—The South Fulham Ward, Fulham.
All the remaining portion of the parish of Fulham lying
between the Metropolitan District Railway Extension to Old Fulham
and the River Thames.
FOR ECCLESIASTICAL PURPOSES.
Fulham has been divided into parishes or districts, the
mother church being All Saints, of which the Rev. Frederic
Horatio Fisher, M.A., is the present Vicar.
The following is a list of the Churches, Chapels, &c., situate
in the parish:—