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Barnes is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It’s within the north east of the borough and is positioned 9.3 km west south west of Charing Cross. Barnes has a great deal of 1700s and 19th century buildings in the streets close to Barnes Pond, which make up Barnes Village conservation area where many of the mid-19th century buildings sit. On the east riverside, there is the WWT London Wetland Centre which adjoins a number of fields for 3 principal national team sports. The town was previously a part of Surrey, and it appears in the Domesday book as ‘Berne’. Barnes’ village church was built between 1100 and 1150 and named the Chapel of St Mary’s. It was extended during the early thirteenth century, and was added to again in 1786. A large fire destroyed parts of the extensions to the church in 1978, so restoration work was completed in 1984. Barnes features a large amount 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 in the time of Mulcaster it was positioned in St Paul’s Cathedral. The town has a non-league football team called Stonewall FC, who play at Barn Elms Playing Fields. Barnes Rugby Club is known 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 recognised for rowing; the loop of the Thames surrounding Barnes is part of the Championship Course utilised for the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.