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Barnes is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It’s in the north east of the borough and is positioned 5.8 miles west south west of Charing Cross. Barnes has lots of 1700s and nineteenth 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. Around the east riverside, there is the WWT London Wetland Centre which adjoins many fields for 3 main national team sports. The town was previously part of Surrey, and it appears inside 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 13th century, and was added to once more in 1786. A big fire destroyed parts of the extensions to the church in 1978, so restoration work was carried out 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 situated in St Paul’s Cathedral. The town features a non-league football team known as 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 known for rowing; the loop of the Thames surrounding Barnes is a part of the Championship Course made use of for the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.