All Saints’ Church, Fulham

Submitted by Alan Marsden on Sat, 05/04/2025 - 00:00

All Saints’ Church in London’s Fulham has a late medieval tower and a Victorian everything-else, but it still has its fair share of the curious. Within, it seems very tall, light and airy, which is a commendable contrast with many of our darker, northern parish churches.

Close to London, the great and the good called this their spiritual home, especially a number of Bishops of London, whose palace is located next door. A number of less appealing characters are memorialised here, too, such as John Mordaunt, plotter against the Commonwealth and man of dubious morals.

In their day, these people were grand and notable, but now their bodies are but dust, their spirits awaiting God’s righteous judgement. Church memorials are a fine artistic legacy and a fascinating historical curiosity, but the verdict of God is far more important. Better to be buried at the Council tip having had one’s sins forgiven, than be a great prince whose eternal condemnation is but one breath away.