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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 freely to the church.
There are many surviving examples of medieval tithe barns in England: There are still many examples of tithe barns around 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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