Fulham F.C. was founded in 1860.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board acquired in 1876 a 13-acre site at the bottom of Seagrave Road to build a fever hospital, The Western Hospital, that later became an NHS centre of excellence for treating polio until its closure in 1979
 It became a politically significant part of the country, having been the scene of two major parliamentary by-elections in the 20th century

