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