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Barnes is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It’s inside the north east of the borough and is positioned 9.3 km west south west of Charing Cross. Barnes has plenty of eighteenth centu and nineteenth century buildings in the streets close to Barnes Pond, which make up Barnes Village conservation area exactly where the majority of the mid-19th century buildings are situated. On the east riverside, there is the WWT London Wetland Centre which adjoins many fields for 3 principal national team sports. The town was once part of Surrey, and it appears within the Domesday book as ‘Berne’. Barnes’ village church was constructed in between 1100 and 1150 and named the Chapel of St Mary’s. It was extended during the early 13th century, and was added to again in 1786. A big fire destroyed parts of the extensions to the chapel in 1978, so restoration work was completed in 1984. Barnes has a great deal of sporting history spanning decades. In football, a High Master of St Paul’s School, Richard Mulcaster, is recognised with turning mob football into a refereed team sport. The school sits on Lonsdale Road, but at the time of Mulcaster it was situated in St Paul’s Cathedral. The town has a non-league football club referred to as Stonewall FC, who play at Barn Elms Playing Fields. Barnes Rugby Club is assumed to be the oldest club in the world in any football code. They play next to the WWT London Wetlands Centre. The town is also known for rowing; the loop of the Thames surrounding Barnes is a part of the Championship Course utilised for the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.