A tithe barn was a type of barn used in England and Germany in the Middle Ages for storing the tithes - a tenth of the farm's produce which had to be given to the church.
Tithe barns would usually have been barns often associated with the village church or rectory, to which independent farmers took their tithes.
There are many surviving examples of medieval tithe barns in England:
- Aberford C of E Primary School, Aberford, Leeds (Aberford School was based on a redundant Tithe Barn.)1
- Bradford-on-Avon tithe barn
- Church of the Holy Ghost, Midsomer Norton, Somerset
- Tithe Barn, Dunster, Dunster [1]
- East Riddlesden Hall (National Trust)
- Great Coxwell Tithe Barn, Oxfordshire
- MellingTithebarn, Merseyside c.18th Century
- Nether Poppleton Tithebarn, City of York
- Swalcliffe Barn, Oxfordshire
- Tithe Barn, Pilton, Somerset
References
- ^ Piper, Marolyn. "The Lost Village of Hillam Burchard". Retrieved on 2008-07-21.
See also
- Staddle stones Staddle stones and tithe barns.
- Tithe map
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