81-548: West Brompton is an area of west London, England, that straddles the boundary between the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea . The centuries-old boundary traced by Counter's Creek , probably marked the eastern edge of Fulham Manor since Saxon times and is now partly lost beneath the West London Line railway. The land to the west of Counter's Creek lies in
162-499: A green corridor for many years, enriched by ballast from the South Downs when Counter's Creek was filled in and two railway lines constructed in mid-19th century, although a small wetland area was preserved by West Brompton station . However recent redevelopment along the station has further reduced local biodiversity and further reductions are planned with the major redevelopment of nearby Earls Court Exhibition Centre . In
243-684: A car or van, 8.2%; bicycle, 5.1%; work mainly at or from home, 4.2%; train, 3.1%. The See of London has occupied the Fulham Palace riverside grounds for close on 900 years. The Palace is leased to the borough since 1977 and is now a museum. The borough has four theatres ( Riverside Studios , Bush Theatre , the Lyric Hammersmith and Curtains Up). LAMDA is based in the borough. There are several cinema complexes. Studio 106 Art Gallery holds regular exhibitions and workshops. The Lyric Hammersmith , on Lyric Square off King Street,
324-679: A century until the construction of Earls Court II in the borough in the 1980s. This was dismantled by developers in 2015. At the other end of today's borough, in 1908, the Franco-British Exhibition and Olympic Games were hosted in Hammersmith , at White City, London , but the site then took many decades to be redeveloped. In 1960, the BBC opened the BBC Television Centre . Westfield London opened in 1988,
405-524: A consortium trading as the 'Earls Court Development Company'. The nearest significant local commercial centres are North End Road to the west, which includes a street market, Fulham Broadway to the south and Earl's Court to the north. London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham ( pronunciation ) is a London borough in West London and which also forms part of Inner London . The borough
486-442: A haven for birds and countless insects. Over 200 species of moth and butterfly have been identified in the cemetery. Despite the absence of a permanent water feature, there have been sightings of amphibians, notably a toad . Mammals are represented by bats, a range of rodents, including grey squirrels and one or two families of foxes. Among the birds, there is a long-standing population of carrion crows and several garden species with
567-595: A higher than average proportion for the London area of young adults aged 20–29 (24%). Around 50% of households are owner–occupiers , and 22% of households were listed as "other" – that is, not single persons living alone or families. These are generally two or more unrelated adults living together, such as students or cohabiting couples. The borough comprises a patchwork of extremely affluent as well as some less affluent neighbourhoods; The areas of Fulham, Parsons Green, Brackenbury Village, Brook Green, Ravenscourt Park and
648-680: A horse-riding accident in Sheffield . Fifty-nine-year-old Oglala Sioux tribesman, Long Wolf died due to pneumonia during the Wild West Show's tour on 13 June 1892. Two months later, a two-year-old girl named White Star Ghost Dog lost her life when she fell from her mother's arms on a horse ride. All three of these Lakota Native Americans were buried in Brompton's cemetery. The coffins of Long Wolf, White Star Ghost Dog and Paul Eagle Star were exhumed to Pine Ridge and Rosebud, South Dakota in
729-533: A large development with new transport links and a shopping centre. The borough includes the areas: The local authority is Hammersmith and Fulham Council, which usually meets at Hammersmith Town Hall . Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly , the borough forms part of the West Central constituency. According to the 2001 census Hammersmith and Fulham has a population of 165,242. 60% of
810-677: A monument in the form of an obelisk; the Brigade of the Guards has its own section south of that. There are 289 Commonwealth service personnel of World War I and 79 of World War II , whose graves are registered and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission . A number of veterans are listed in the Notable Interments. Although the majority of war graves are in the dedicated railed section to
891-521: A number of late Victorian streets of stucco terraces. These now front the dominating new high rise Lillie Square development emerging out of the erstwhile Athletics ground , latterly the Earl's Court exhibition car park, seeking to insert 'modern urban living' into this quiet, human scale and almost rural backwater, permanently obscuring the spires of the Redcliffe Square and Boltons churches and
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#1732772102795972-442: A park, JC Loudon devised the original planting scheme that was not fully realised, however, pines were imported from Poland with the prospect that in maturity they would cast shade over the graves. There are over 60 species of trees, of which the limes are dated to 1838. The fact of the enclosure of the cemetery by a wall, has preserved almost intact, a distinct area of Victorian country flora. The adjacent West London line afforded
1053-533: A proud sporting heritage going back to at least the second half of the 19th-century when the fledgeling Amateur Athletic Association of England came to the Lillie Bridge Grounds , followed there by football, boxing and First-class cricket . The borough is home to the world-governing body of Polo at The Hurlingham Club in Fulham and upholds the traditions of racketts and championship tennis at
1134-551: A reputation for being a popular cruising ground for gay men. Beatrix Potter , who lived in Old Brompton Road nearby and enjoyed walking around it, may have taken the names of some of her characters from tombstones in the cemetery. Names of people buried there included Mr Nutkins, Mr McGregor, Mr Brock, Mr Tod, Jeremiah Fisher and even a Peter Rabbett, although it is not known for certain if there were tombstones with all these names. Brompton Cemetery has featured in
1215-427: A short walk) for District line services to Ealing Broadway and Richmond as well as Kensington Olympia. The West London Line also provides services between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction, South Croydon and Gatwick airport. West Brompton F.C. was a 19th-century pioneer football team, who played in the defunct West London Cup along with the likes of Fulham F.C. and Queens Park Rangers F.C. Between 1869 and 1874
1296-604: A theatre, an exhibition space, a library and archives as well as retail and dining facilities. It occasionally hosts other organisations in the borough, including the Fulham Symphony Orchestra. It is also the home of the Polish University Abroad . Public libraries in the borough include Askew Road Library, Avonmore Library, Fulham Library , Hammersmith Library , Sands End Library, and Shepherds Bush Library. The Borough Archives, open to
1377-781: Is considered one of the most notable theatres outside the West End in London. The borough is also home to the Hammersmith Apollo and O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire , which play hosts to major concerts and stand-up comedy performances. Hammersmith has been the seat of the Polish Social and Cultural Centre , known as POSK in King Street, for several decades. It houses a number of organisations which serve Polish expatriates and others interested in Polish culture, including
1458-639: Is open daily to the public throughout the year, with opening times varying with the seasons. It is regularly visited by the Parks Police Service to monitor and curb occurrences of anti-social behaviour. Dog walking and cycling, under strict control, is permitted on indicated paths. Through traffic is forbidden and there is no parking. Any visiting vehicles must observe a 5 mph limit. The byelaws are displayed on boards at both entrances. The Friends of Brompton Cemetery organise Open Days, regular tours and other public attractions. The cemetery has
1539-466: Is separately listed as Grade II* . Frederick Richards Leyland 's is the only Grade II* listed funerary monument. Several other individual monuments are listed Grade II . They include: In all there are up to forty items associated with the cemetery which have a Historic England listing, including gates and telephone kiosks. Brompton was closed to burials between 1952 and 1996, except for family and Polish interments, of which there are over 300. In
1620-518: Is the Grade I listed Brompton Cemetery , laid out between 1837 and 1839, with magnificent catacombs and a domed chapel by architect, Benjamin Baud. Since the area was chiefly devoted to market gardens, with leading nurseries such as that of James Veitch & Sons , philanthropists looking to establish hospitals near London. looked no further than Brompton as a suitable healthy location. Thus came into being
1701-464: Is unique in London in having three professional football clubs: Chelsea , Fulham and Queens Park Rangers . The area of the modern borough broadly corresponds to the ancient parish of Fulham , which was historically part of the county of Middlesex . The manor (estate) of Fulham can be traced back to the seventh century when it was granted to the Bishop of London. The chapelry of Hammersmith
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#17327721027951782-740: The Godolphin and Latymer School , situated a few minutes' walk from Hammersmith Broadway . The London Oratory School is a leading Roman Catholic secondary school in East Fulham. Latymer Upper School , an independent co-educational school, is also in the borough, on King Street in Hammersmith . The exclusive independent girls' preparatory school Bute House is also in Brook Green . There are two notable independent French language primary schools: Ecole Jacques Prevert in Brook Green and
1863-1016: The Middlesex County Cricket Club had its home on the Lillie Grounds, prior to moving to Lord's in St John's Wood , where the turf was judged to be superior. Nevertheless, WG Grace scored a few centuries in West Brompton. John Chambers , who was himself a competitor and the moving force behind both the Amateur Athletics Club and developing the Lillie Bridge Grounds, is buried in Brompton Cemetery John Robinson Whitley opened his Earl's Court exhibition and fair grounds here in 1887, with
1944-482: The Orthodox Cemetery, Warsaw on 31 December 2012. The richness of the art and symbolism contained in many graves traces art movements across two centuries. Aside from the stonemason's and sculptor's craft, there is a vast array of lettering, decorative ironwork (sadly in a very corroded state) and ceramics. Some graves and mausolea are the work of noted artists and architects. Although never envisaged as
2025-651: The Premier League and Queens Park Rangers (playing in the Championship ) are also based in the borough. Hammersmith & Fulham RFC have been playing in the borough at Hurlingham Park for over 30 years. They boast four senior men's sides and one Ladies XV. The men's 1st XV currently compete in London's NE2 League with the remainder of the sides participating in the Middlesex Merit Tables. Public and private courts are available throughout
2106-593: The Queen's Club , also in Fulham. The borough is home to a number of sports teams and athletes: Chelsea Football Club is based in the borough and plays Premier League football having won the English national championship on six occasions (1955, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015 and 2017) as well as the UEFA Champions League in 2012 and 2021. London's oldest professional football club, Fulham F.C. playing in
2187-637: The Royal Brompton Hospital , for chest diseases. Ten years later, William Marsden decided to erect a new Cancer Hospital in memory of his wife, and a tract of land was found for it along the Fulham Road in Brompton. Designed by Messrs John Young & Son, Architects , and built by the Lawrence Company in 1859, it has subsequently achieved world renown as The Royal Marsden Hospital . Notable residents of West Brompton include
2268-558: The brutalist 30-storey Empress State Building in 1961. West Brompton today is bounded by West Kensington and Earl's Court to the north, Chelsea to the east, Fulham Broadway to the south and Fulham to the west. It contains the historic 'Lillie Enclave' destined to be replaced, under the aegis of Mayor Boris Johnson , on its Western flank along with three social housing estates by an ambitious high rise development, trailed as four new 'villages' on decking, due to obliterate most of its existing biodiversity and history. Also included in
2349-606: The 19th-century, with the establishment of the world's first energy utility company, at Sands End in 1824, followed by road and rail transport development to the east of the borough. Vacant land by the new railway sidings on the boundary with Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council led to the development of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre , visited by Queen Victoria in 1879 when she attended Bill Cody 's Wild West Show at West Brompton . There followed numerous international fairs and exhibitions for
2430-752: The 2001, 2011 and the 2021 censuses. Sony Mobile Communications has its headquarters in the borough. Iberia operates the Iberia House in the borough. All Nippon Airways operates the London Office on the fourth floor of Hythe House. South African Airways has its United Kingdom office in the South African Airways House. CE Europe, a subsidiary of Capcom , has its head office in the George House in Hammersmith in
2511-472: The 21st century it is once again a working cemetery, with plots for interments and a 'Garden of Remembrance' for the deposit of cremated remains. Many nationalities and faiths from across the world are represented in the cemetery. From 1854 to 1939, Brompton Cemetery became the London District 's Military Cemetery. The Royal Hospital Chelsea purchased a plot in the north west corner where they have
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2592-686: The Ecole Marie d'Orliac in Hurlingham. The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has formal twinning arrangements with: Below it is a plaque which reads: The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Brompton Cemetery Brompton Cemetery (originally the West of London and Westminster Cemetery ) is since 1852
2673-691: The Kensington Canal turned out to be a financial fiasco for its backers trying to link the Grand Union Canal and the burgeoning railways with the Thames . They switched to the idea of a railway to benefit from the boom to the West and to the North, and the canal was filled in to make way for the West London (extension) Line 1840. The earliest 'West Brompton' residential development was along
2754-546: The Riverside compose of highly expensive Victorian and Edwardian houses, contrasting to the areas of White City and Shepherd's Bush. The unemployment rate is well below average at under 5%, although of these, 29% were listed as long-term unemployed. See external links below for more census information from the borough. The following shows the religious identity of residents residing in Hammersmith and Fulham according to
2835-760: The UK and Ireland office was moved to Hatton Cross , London Borough of Hounslow . Until 2013, Virgin Group Ltd. had its corporate headquarters at The School House, Brook Green . The office was moved to the Battleship Building, near the Westway in Paddington , in the City of Westminster . Also, TAP Portugal runs an administrative office in the Borough, near to Hammersmith Bus Station. The borough has
2916-448: The addition of green woodpeckers and occasionally, nesting kestrels and ring-necked parakeets . The appearance of a female ring-necked pheasant in 2012 was short-lived. "Brompton Cemetery has been identified as a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation (grade I) comprising moderately diverse grassland that contains at least three notable London species that support a diverse assemblage of invertebrates". The cemetery
2997-589: The area are the Brompton Park Crescent estate, in the grounds of the old Fulham (Fever) Hospital, and its once associated Fulham Ambulance Station . One hospital ward block remains and appears to have been renamed "Lillie Bridge House" although it is a quarter of a mile from the bridge, down Seagrave Road. Also down that road are The London Oratory School , linked to Brompton Oratory , the Sedlescombe Conservation Area and
3078-674: The area laying down tracks and building bridges and leading to the establishment in 1869 of the Lillie Bridge Depot and Railway Engineering works, currently being demolished to make way for a high rise development. Among his many famous designs is the West Brompton station opened in 1865. Fowler, like many people who contributed to the early development of the West Brompton area, is buried in Brompton Cemetery. Fortuitously, 16-18 Empress Place (at risk) housed, at
3159-620: The area was to the West of Counter's Creek, which between 1828 and 1859 became the short-lived, two-mile long Kensington Canal . This area of farm land, bounded by North End Lane to the West, was known then as North End in the Parish of Fulham and was dotted with a few grand houses, such as the Hermitage and the less grand Grange, home of artist, Edward Burne-Jones . A new road was laid out to join North End and Kensington parish with access to
3240-475: The borough's population is White British , 20% white non-British (among which are large French, Polish, Portuguese and Irish communities), 5% black Caribbean , 8% black African with various other ethnicities (including Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Chinese ) making up the remaining 11 per cent. The borough has the second-highest proportion of single adults of any borough in England and Wales (55%), and
3321-532: The borough. Lower Mall hosted several rowing clubs at the end of the 19th century, of which there are two survivors and one founded slightly later. Among those who moved elsewhere or were disbanded were those in the headquarters of the national governing body, British Rowing, The Priory. The first half of the Boat Race course, which is known as the Championship Course, hosting hundreds of eights
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3402-475: The borough. As of May 2011 it will be relocating to the Metro Building in Hammersmith. Iran Air 's London offices are also located in the borough. The airline moved there by Wednesday 4 January 2012. Disney and L'Oréal also all have UK headquarters in Hammersmith, as well as a number of other major businesses. For a 15-year period Air France had its UK and Ireland office in Hammersmith. In 2006
3483-520: The cemetery company were relieved to be able to sell their shares as the cost of building the cemetery had overrun and they had seen little return on their investment and there were few burials at first. During World War II the cemetery suffered bomb damage. As a site, the cemetery is listed Grade I in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England . The chapel and each arcade quadrant
3564-447: The cemetery each season brings its features, like snow-drops and bluebells or wild lupin and foxgloves , broad-leaf pea, ferns and horse tail . There are small scale wooded areas and meadows. Since the land was used for market gardens , there are wild cabbages, asparagus and garlic among the slabs. A grape vine has fallen victim to maintenance. In Autumn, there can be a display of fungi , a mycologist's trove. The evergreens and ivy are
3645-573: The cemetery was originally established by a private company, it is now the property of the Crown . Brompton Cemetery is adjacent to West Brompton station in west London, England. The main entrance is at North Lodge, Old Brompton Road in West Brompton , SW5 , in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea . There is another entrance at South Lodge, located on the Fulham Road , SW10 near
3726-499: The current Empress Place (scheduled for demolition for a dense high rise development), and in 1866 by a terrace of more substantial houses along Richmond Road, both designed by the City of London architect, John Young , known for his signature ornamental brickwork. The houses would have been intended for the different levels of professionals, craftsmen and workers coming into London to service the growing transport and building booms. Indeed,
3807-417: The earth. It also has a small columbarium , and a secluded Garden of Remembrance at the northern end for cremated remains. The cemetery continues to be open for burials. It is also known as an urban haven for nature. In 2014, it was awarded a National Lottery grant to carry out essential restoration and develop a visitor centre, among other improvements. The restoration work was completed in 2018. Although
3888-466: The east, linked to its western namesake through the areas of Earl's Court and South Kensington by the Old Brompton Road . Before the vigorous urbanisation of the second half of the 19th century, Brompton also referred to the area between the Fulham Road , previously known as Little Chelsea and Counter's Creek to the West, on its way to the Thames . The most famous landmark in the area
3969-401: The east–west main roads of the A4 Great West Road and the A40 Westway , many international corporations have offices in the borough. The local council is Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council . The borough is amongst the four most expensive boroughs for residential properties in the United Kingdom, along with Kensington and Chelsea, the City of Westminster and Camden. The borough
4050-451: The entrance in West Brompton in Richmond Gardens at the bottom of Richmond Place, named subsequently, Empress Place in honour of Queen Victoria's visit to the grounds. His opening gambit was the American Wild West Show which coincided with the Queen's Golden Jubilee and featured William Cody, aka, Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley along with a cortege of First Nation Americans. After Queen Victoria's personal attendance with her cortege on 9 May,
4131-650: The first (and only) London cemetery to be Crown property , managed by The Royal Parks , in West Brompton in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea . It is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries . Established by Act of Parliament and laid out in 1839, it opened in 1840. Consecrated by Charles James Blomfield , Bishop of London , in June 1840, it is one of Britain's oldest and most distinguished garden cemeteries . Some 35,000 monuments, from simple headstones to substantial mausolea, mark more than 205,000 resting places. The site includes large plots for family mausolea, and common graves where coffins are piled deep into
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#17327721027954212-436: The junction with Redcliffe Gardens . By the early years of the 19th century, inner city burial grounds, mostly churchyards, had long been unable to cope with the number of burials and were seen as a hazard to health and an undignified way to treat the dead. In 1837 a decision was made to lay out a new burial ground in Brompton, London . The moving spirit behind the project was the architect and engineer, Stephen Geary , and it
4293-450: The land of his birth. In 1997, Chief Long Wolf was finally moved to a new plot at Wolf Creek Cemetery (ancestral burial ground of the Oglala Sioux tribe) in Pine Ridge, South Dakota . His great-grandson John Black Feather said "Back then, they had burials at sea, they did ask his wife if she wanted to take him home and she figured that as soon as they hit the water they would throw him overboard, so that's why they left him here." There
4374-603: The late 1880s when the nearby Earl's Court Exhibition Grounds played host to the American Show with Buffalo Bill , a number of Native American performers in the show, died while on tour in Britain. The Sioux chief, Long Wolf, a veteran of the Oglala Sioux wars was buried here on 13 June 1892 having died age 59 of bronchial pneumonia. He shared the grave with a 17-month-old Sioux girl named White Star believed to have fallen from her mother's arms while on horseback. A British woman, Elizabeth Knight, traced his family 105 years later and campaigned with them to have his remains returned to
4455-413: The late 1990s by their tribal descendants. Whitley did not make money on his venture and in 1894-5 he was replaced by the internationally successful Hungarian impresario, Imre Kiralfy who not only relaid the Earl's Court grounds but had erected the greatly popular Great Wheel (1894–1907), and the Empress Hall (1894) to accommodate 5,000 spectators who came to shows including spectaculars on ice. The venue
4536-421: The medieval parish of Fulham which evolved out of the extensive Fulham Manor, the residence of the Bishop of London for 1,300 years, known today as Fulham Palace . To the east is the parish of St Mary Abbots which traces its foundation to the 12th-century as the Manor of Kensington. Until modern times, both sides of the creek were in the county of Middlesex . The name refers to the locality of Brompton to
4617-476: The mid-19th century (sometimes called the ' Magnificent Seven ') forming a ring around the edge of London. The site, previously market gardens, was bought with the intervention of John Gunter of Fulham , and was 39 acres (160,000 m ) in area. Brompton Cemetery was eventually designed by architect, Benjamin Bauda. At its centre is a modest sandstone domed chapel dated 1839; at its southern end, are two symmetrical long colonnades, now all Grade II* listed , in
4698-447: The naturalist, writer and illustrator, Beatrix Potter , William Hurlstone (1876–1906), English composer born in Empress Place, and Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner (1787–1849), reputedly Queen Victoria 's favourite portrait painter. The most notable landowners in 'West Brompton' at the start of the 19th century were James Gunter (1731–1819), Sir John Scott Lillie (1790–1868) and the Edwardes family . The first non-agrarian activity in
4779-442: The new Hammersmith Bridge by Sir John Scott Lillie, Peninsular War veteran, road builder and investor in the canal company. Lillie is buried in Brompton Cemetery. After Gunter's Bridge was built over the canal in 1826, the road on either side was called the Richmond Road. The remnants of the canal bridge can be seen from platform 4 at the West Brompton station. The early Fulham buildings were associated with freight transport such as
4860-548: The north and services to East Croydon station to the south, via Clapham Junction railway station . Two main road arteries, the A4 road and the A40 road cross the borough. Hammersmith bus station at Hammersmith Broadway, above the District and Piccadilly lines tube station, is an important bus hub to most parts of London. In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: underground, metro, light rail, tram, 26.8% of all residents aged 16–74; bus, minibus or coach, 8.8%; on foot, 8.8%; driving
4941-401: The owners and residents of this Fulham housing development would soon be involved from 1872 in the massive urbanisation of the farmland estates of the Edwardes and Gunter families, over Lillie bridge. Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet , a civil engineer from Yorkshire took over as consulting engineer of the Metropolitan and District Railway following the early death of Brunel and was active in
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#17327721027955022-411: The present development company, which frees the buildings for re-development for a period of five years. There are major plans to regenerate the land made vacant after the demolition of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre and adjoining property, including TFL's , historic Lillie Bridge Depot , in total 40 acres. The proposals for redevelopment were published in November 2023 and updated in March 2024 by
5103-471: The public Mondays and Tuesdays, staffed mainly by volunteers, are accessed in Hammersmith Library. The borough is the home of an 1893 establishment, the Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith on Hammersmith Broadway, and of Lady Margaret School (LMS) on Parsons Green , a school that welcomes girls of all academic abilities aged 11–17 years. It has been at the forefront of girls' education for over 95 years and has its origins in Whitelands College School which
5184-429: The repatriation. Little Chief and Good Robe's 18-month-old son, Red Penny, who travelled in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show is also buried here. His specific resting place within the cemetery is not known. Two notable Polish figures originally buried in Brompton Cemetery were reburied in Powazki Cemetery , Warsaw : Two other exhumations involved Polish bishops of the Polish Orthodox Church : Both were re-buried at
5265-418: The show became a runaway success. The show was not without tragedy, as three performers died during their tours. As a result, two Oglala Sioux Native Americans, 'Surrounded By the Enemy' and 'Red Penny', were buried in Brompton Cemetery . Red Penny was Little Chief and Good Robe's eighteen-month-old son. Brulé tribesman, Paul Eagle Star who died on 24 August 1891 at age twenty-seven due to complications from
5346-413: The south side of Richmond Road (today's Lillie Road) and was called Lansdowne and Beaufort Villas in the 1840s, a group of Palladian style semi-detached houses with front and back gardens, now entirely demolished. These were followed in 1864 off its north side by a small terraced cul-de-sac abutting the railway with a number of attached retail outlets onto the main road, a development called Richmond Place,
5427-474: The style of St. Peter's Square in Rome, and flanked by catacombs. It was intended to give the feel of a large open air cathedral. It is rectangular in shape with the north end pointing to the northwest and the south end to the southeast. It has a central "nave" which runs from Old Brompton Road towards the central colonnade and chapel. During a 4-year restoration project that began in 2014, an original Victorian flooring with Bath and York stone radial pattern
5508-540: The trees of Brompton Cemetery. After the purchase in 2014-2016 of all of the 150-year-old residences in Empress Place and retail outlets by Lillie Bridge, scheduled for demolition, they were soft-stripped by the original developer company and are occupied as 'meanwhile use', such as very popular 'The Prince', formerly, the 'Prince of Wales' public House. The extant mid-Victorian residential and retail precinct became subject of five separate Certificates of Immunity from Listing , (COIL)s issued in May 1922 by Historic England to
5589-438: The turn of the last century, the former engineering headquarters of the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway , from where the westward expansion of the Piccadilly line was planned and carried out. West Brompton Station provides London Underground District line services to Wimbledon in a Southerly direction and Edgware Road and Upminster to the North and East. It is possible also to change at Earls Court (1 stop or
5670-408: The two parishes of Fulham and Hammersmith were administered together as the Fulham District . The Fulham district was dissolved in 1886 when the vestries for its two parishes took on district functions. In 1900 the lower tier was reorganised into metropolitan boroughs , the two parishes becoming the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham and the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith . The modern borough
5751-415: The weekend before and many other races, is on the borough's most obvious boundary: its section of the Tideway – the upper estuary of the Thames . The numerous London Overground and London Underground stations in the borough are: The London Overground line now connects the borough with the North London Line via Willesden Junction station and direct services to Watford Junction station to
5832-530: The west – also containing 19th century services graves – a number of servicemen's graves are scattered in other areas. Besides the British there are many notable Czechoslovak, Polish and Russian military burials. It was originally planned that Sir Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert and Sullivan fame would also be buried there with his family, until Queen Victoria insisted on his interment in St Paul's Cathedral . In
5913-595: The wharves in today's Rickett Street and Roxby Place, south of Lillie Road, and a brewery to offer refreshment to the canal, barge and later railway workers as well as the builders of the nearby Westminster and Brompton Company 's new 40 acre cemetery opened in 1840. The oldest extant building is the Lily Langtry public house, formerly the Lillie Arms 1833, part of the old brewery in Lillie Road. Meanwhile,
5994-686: Was a Brulé Sioux tribesman buried in Brompton named Paul Eagle Star . His plot was in the same section as Oglala Sioux warrior Surrounded By the Enemy who died in 1887 from a lung infection at age 22. Like Long Wolf, he took part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Paul died a few days after breaking his ankle when he fell off a horse in August 1891. His casket was exhumed in spring of 1999 by his grandchildren, Moses and Lucy Eagle Star. The reburial took place in Rosebud 's Lakota cemetery. Philip James accompanied
6075-418: Was formed in 1965 as the London Borough of Hammersmith from the merger of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Fulham and Hammersmith. The name was changed to Hammersmith and Fulham in 1979. The borough borders Brent to the north, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the east, Wandsworth to the south, Richmond upon Thames to the south west, and Hounslow and Ealing to the west. Traversed by
6156-547: Was formed in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963 , covering the combined area of the former metropolitan boroughs of Fulham and Hammersmith. The new borough was originally called the London Borough of Hammersmith, but the council changed the borough's name to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham with effect from 1 April 1979. Fulham saw industrialisation and urbanisation from the start of
6237-459: Was founded in 1842. When that school was threatened with closure Lady Margaret was established in September 1917 by the redoubtable Miss Enid Moberly Bell. The borough is also home to two prestigious independent girls' schools – St Paul's Girls' School in Brook Green (often ranked in first place in the country in league tables, with nearly 50% of each year group gaining entry to Oxbridge), and
6318-659: Was given its own vestry in 1631, making it a separate civil parish from Fulham. From 1856 the area was governed by the Metropolitan Board of Works , which was established to provide services across the metropolis of London. In 1889 the Metropolitan Board of Works' area was made the County of London . From 1856 until 1900 the lower tier of local government within the metropolis comprised various parish vestries and district boards . From 1856 until 1886
6399-512: Was necessary to form a company in order to get parliamentary permission to raise capital for the purpose. Geary was appointed as architect but was later forced to resign. Securing the land – some 40 acres – from local landowner, Lord Kensington and the Equitable Gas Light Company, as well as raising the money proved an extended challenge. The cemetery became one of seven large, new cemeteries founded by private companies in
6480-461: Was uncovered underneath the chapel carpet. Below the colonnades are catacombs which were originally conceived as a cheaper alternative burial to having a plot in the grounds of the cemetery. Unfortunately, the catacombs were not a success and only about 500 of the many thousands of places in them were sold. The Metropolitan Interments Act 1850 ( 13 & 14 Vict. c. 52) gave the government powers to purchase commercial cemeteries. The shareholders of
6561-476: Was used for part of the 1948 Olympics . It survived until 1959 and is now the site of the Empress State Building (1961). In 1913 Mrs Pankhurst called one of her rallies in the local Empress Hall, just to the West of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre and former Exhibition Grounds. She too is buried in Brompton Cemetery. The Empress Hall was knocked down in the late 1950s and was replaced by
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