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Glebe land is owned by the parish church to support the local priest. This was originally in the hands of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral who were lords of the manor in Barnes since Saxon times when it was given to them by King Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred the Great. Up until 1388 St Mary’s Church was a simple vicarage but when it became a rectory it was endowed with greater tithes. Glebe Road, Barnes, first featured in the records in 1896. The building was carried out on leasehold terms and the ground rents used to augment the Rector’s stipend. It wasn’t until after the Second World War that leaseholders were given the right to purchase the freeholds. The Glebe land, ran from Westmoreland Road to Ranelagh Avenue.
