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Tithe barn
A tithe barn was a type of barn used in the Middle Ages for storing the tithes - a tenth of the farm's produce which had to be given to the church.
There are many surviving examples of medieval tithe barns in England:
- Tithe barn at Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
- 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
- Great Tithebarn, Westwick
- Nether Poppleton Tithebarn, City of York
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