Fulmer is a village and civil parish in south Buckinghamshire, England. The village has, along most of its northern border, a narrow green buffer from Gerrards Cross and its heavily wooded adjoining neighbouring villages of Iver Heath and Wexham. The village's name is derived from the Old English for "mere or lake frequented by birds". It was recorded in 1198 as Fugelmere.
In the late 17th century the owners of the manor of Fulmer were forced to sell their house to their servants because they had squandered their money and could not afford to pay them. The manor then passed into the hands of the Duke of Portland.
In the mid-19th century watercress was grown at Moor Farm, known locally as "The Bog", (now Low Farm) by Richard Whiting Bradbery, the son of William Bradbery, the first British watercress pioneer who had a large cress farm at West Hyde, Hertfordshire. Richard is buried in St James churchyard, Fulmer, with his wife Hannah.
Fulmer Chase on Stoke Common Road is a former home of the Wills tobacco family and was used as a military hospital during World War II.
Fulmer is close to Pinewood Studios and several films have been shot in the village, including Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines and Sleepy Hollow.
Demography
Education
Fulmer Infant School is in Fulmer.
Teikyo School United Kingdom is in the area.
Notable people
- Tess Daly
- Marmaduke Darrell
- Angelina Jolie (lived here)
- Vernon Kay
- Yasser Al-Habib
- David Newbery (was born here)
- J. Peter Robinson (was born here)
- John Sulston (was born here)
- Michael York (actor) (was born here)
Sport and recreation
Cricket has been played in the village from at least the first half of the 19th century. The sporting magazine, Bell's Life in London, carried an article on 6 August 1843 which suggested that the Vicar, Revd Butterfield, had 'formed a club between the youths of that village, and presented them with a stock of bats, balls and stumps'. Hitherto, the article continued, the youths had been wont to 'congregate in clusters to pursue the disreputable game of pitch and toss', especially on the Sabbath.
How long the Vicar's club endured isn't clear, but the late nineteenth century saw a re-foundation of the game. A local village team existed in 1886 but the current club was officially founded in 1895.
Fulmer Cricket Club play their games at King George's Field, named as a memorial to King George V.Local resident and noted cricketer Denis Compton opened the new clubhouse in 1988.
References
External links
Media related to Fulmer at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.fulmervillage.org
