| Short Title: | Hammersmith Parish Act 1834 |
| Type: | act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An act for making the Hamlet of Hammersmith, within the Parish of Fulham in the County of Middlesex, a distinct and separate Parish, and for converting the Perpetual Curacy of the Church of Saint Paul Hammersmith into a Vicarage, and for the Endowment thereof. |
| Year: | 1834 |
| Citation: | 4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 75 |
| Territorial Extent: | England and Wales |
| Royal Assent: | 27 June 1834 |
| Repeal Date: | 1 April 1965 |
| Repealing Legislation: | London Government Act 1963 |
| Status: | Repealed |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Will4/4-5/75/contents/enacted |
The Hammersmith Parish Act 1834 was a local act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that established the parish of Hammersmith, separate from the parish of Fulham.
Hammersmith was originally a hamlet within the parish of Fulham.[1]
In 1629, inhabitants of Hammersmith, including the Earl of Mulgrave and Nicholas Crispe, successfully petitioned the Bishop of London for a chapel of ease to be built at St Paul's, Church, in Hammersmith.
On 7 June 1631, the chapelry was consecrated by Bishop Laud. A perpetual curacy was established and the chapelry developed its own independent vestry.
The act enacted that, on the passing of the act:[2]