Barn Elms
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Barn Elms is an open space in Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, located on the northerly loop of the River Thames between Barnes and Fulham.
Part of the recreation grounds in 2008
Barn Elms manor house in the Victorian era
The Barn Elms London plane tree known as "Barney", one of the Great Trees of London and one of the oldest examples of the species in London
Aerial view of Hyde Park
George Frideric Handel
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George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.
Barn Elms
…Vanbrugh, a Kit-Kat member. John James Heidegger, the opera impresario, resided at Barn Elms, where he entertained George II, and as Heidegger's guest Georg Friederich Handel stayed here at his first arrival in England, in 1711. The house was later remodelled or rebuilt for Sir Richard Hoare, who died at Barn Elms, and…
1726–1728 portrait
Handel's baptismal registration (Marienbibliothek in Halle)
Handel House, birthplace of Handel
Halle, copper engraving, 1686