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unusual facts about Fulham Palace


The Cloisters, Perth

The architectural style of the building was derived from St. James's Palace, Hampton Court, parts of Eton College, and Fulham Palace.


Putney Bridge tube station

In addition to the Hurlingham club and Hurlingham Park, Fulham Palace, the former home of the Bishops of London is nearby.

River Thames frost fairs

Soon after Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, took residence at Fulham Palace in 1788, he recorded that the year was remarkable "for a very severe frost the latter end of the year, by which the Thames was so completely frozen over, that Mrs. Porteus and myself walked over it from Fulham to Putney".


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