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Barnes in Surrey County England History and GeographyBARNES, a parish in the western division of the hundred of BRIXTON, county of SURREY, 8 miles (W.S. W.) from London, containing 1240 inhabitants. The village is pleasantly situated on the southern bank of the river Thames, and contains a number of well built houses; the terrace, a fine range of building near the river, and commanding an extensive view of the meadows on its opposite bank, forms a pleasant promenade, and derives much interest from the constant traffic on the Thames, and the continued succession of pleasure boats passing between London and Richmond, and in other aquatic excursions. At Barn-Elms in the vicinity, so called from a row of stately elm trees, there is an ancient mansion called Queen Elizabeth's Dairy, in which the queen and her court were entertained, in 1589, by Sir Francis Walsingham: it was afterwards the residence of Jacob Tonson, an eminent bookseller, who built a room for the meetings of the members of the 'Kit-Kat Club,' portraits of some of whom adorned the walls: these have been since engraved and published, and among them are several of the most eminent English literati of the early part of the last century. A court leet is held by the lord of the manor, at which constables and other officers are appointed. The living is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £9. 3. 4., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient edifice in the early style of English architecture, built of flint and freestone, with a square tower of brick, having an octagonal turret at one angle, which appears to have been added in 1500. There is an endowment arising from £114 for the instruction of poor children; and a National school is supported by subscription. In 1653, Edward Rose, of London, left £20 to the poor of this parish, on the condition that a tablet erected to his memory, within a small enclosure planted with rose trees, in the church-yard, should be kept in repair. Robert Beale, employed by Elizabeth to communicate to Mary Queen of Scots the sentence which had been passed upon her, and afterwards sent to Fotheringay Castle to see it carried into effect, died here in 1601. Cowley, the poet, resided here for some time. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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