Barn Elms Farm sported majestic elm trees - hence the name.


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Barn Elms Farm sported majestic elm trees - hence the name.

Barn Elms was recorded in 1540 and was formerly the manor house of Barnes. The land and manor belonged to St.Paul's Cathedral and in 15th century was the home of Sir John Saye, Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The manor house was later the home of Elizabethan spymaster Sir Frances Walsingham. The house was rebuilt by Thomas Cartwright in 1694. The farm was just to the north of the house.


Attribution: Barnes and Mortlake History Society

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