Tithe barn
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A tithe barn was a type of barn used in England in the Middle Ages for storing the tithes - a tenth of the farm's produce which had to be given to the church. Abbey barns, large warehouse-like barns found on Abbey estates, are often mistakenly referred to as tithe barns. Tithe barns would usually have been smaller barns, often associated with the village church or rectory, to which independent farmers took their tithes. Abbey estates would not pay tithes as they were owned by the church in any case.
There are many surviving examples of medieval tithe barns in England:
- Aberford C of E Primary School, Aberford, Leeds
- Church of the Holy Ghost, Midsomer Norton, Somerset
- East Riddlesden Hall (National Trust)
- Frindsbury, Kent
- Th'Owd Tithebarn, Garstang, Lancashire, on the Lancaster Canal
- Lacock, Wiltshire
- Lenham, Kent.
- Melling Tithebarn, Merseyside
- Ashleworth Tithebarn, Gloucestershire
- Great Coxwell Tithe Barn, Oxfordshire
- Swalcliffe Barn, Oxfordshire
- Great Tithebarn, Westwick
- Nether Poppleton Tithebarn, City of York
- Pilton, Somerset
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