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Barnes Common is made up of mixed broadleaf woodland, scrubland and acid grassland. It is owned by the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral, acting through the Church Commissioners and managed by the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1635872753 Licence:	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. Credit: Barnes and Mortlake History Society TUM image id: 1600712514 Licence:	The Rifle in 1913. On the next corner can be seen the Distillers Arms which marked the boundary between Hammersmith and Fulham. TUM image id: 1524401268 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Part of Crabtree Farm c. 1880. Newly-built houses in Fulham Palace Road can be seen in the background. TUM image id: 1570722059 Licence:	Castelnau (1910) with Hammersmith Bridge in the background Old London postcard TUM image id: 1600620265 Licence:
The crossroads of Rocks Lane/Mill Hill Road, Barnes Common. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1635876350 Licence:	Motor bus running along Rocks Lane, Barnes Common, SW13 (1916) Old London postcard TUM image id: 1635960633 Licence:	Barnes Common, SW13 (1903) Much later than the postcard, rock musician Marc Bolan died on the common on 16 September 1977 when the car he was being driven in crashed into a tree. There is now a shrine there. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1635958464 Licence:	Hammersmith Bridge, Castelnau, SW13 (1940s) Old London postcard TUM image id: 1635874960 Licence:	Hammersmith Bridge from the south (c.1910) TUM image id: 1668004503 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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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.
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Castelnau (1910) with Hammersmith Bridge in the background
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