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Barnes is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is inside the north east of the borough and is positioned 9.3 km west south west of Charing Cross. Barnes has lots of 1700s and nineteenth century buildings in the streets near 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’s the WWT London Wetland Centre which adjoins a number of fields for 3 main national team sports. The town once was a 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 once again in 1786. A big fire destroyed parts of the extensions to the chapel in 1978, so restoration work was carried out in 1984. Barnes includes 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 located in St Paul’s Cathedral. The town includes a non-league football team named Stonewall FC, who play at Barn Elms Playing Fields. Barnes Rugby Club is considered 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 part of the Championship Course utilised for the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.