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The Tithe Barn at Cumhill Farm in Pilton, Somerset, England, was built in the 14th century as a tithe barn to hold produce for Glastonbury Abbey. It is a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument. [1]
A tithe barn was a type of barn used in much of northern Europe in the Middle Ages for storing rents and tithes. Farmers were required to give one-tenth of their produce to the established church . Tithe barns were usually associated with the village church or rectory, and independent farmers took their tithes there.
The Tithe Barn at Manor Farm (also known as Abbey Barn) in Doulting, Somerset, England, was built in the 15th century, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building, [1] [2] and scheduled as an ancient monument. [3] Tithe barns were used to store tithes, from the local farmers to the
The Tithe Barn is a historic building in the village of Bolton Abbey, in North Yorkshire in England. The building was probably constructed in the 16th century, as the tithe barn of Bolton Priory. It was Grade II* listed in 1954. In 2019, it was converted into a wedding venue by the Cripps Barn Group, the work including a new bat house for the ...
Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn is a Grade I listed barn in Pound Lane, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England. [1] It was part of a medieval grange belonging to Shaftesbury Abbey and was built in the early 14th century, with a granary dated to about 1400. [ 2 ]
Location of Harmondsworth Great Barn (marked as "Tithe Barn") The manor of Harmondsworth was owned before the Norman Conquest by King Harold Godwinson, but was seized by William the Conqueror after Harold's death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Three years later, William granted it to William FitzOsbern, one of his close confidants.
The Tithe Barn in Maidstone, Kent, is a large two-storey stone building on the east side of Mill Street. It was constructed in the 14th century as a tithe barn for the nearby Archbishop's Palace and was later used as the palace's stables. Construction is attributed to Archbishop Courtenay, who died in 1396. [1]
The Nether Poppleton Tithe Barn is a tithe barn at Manor Farm in the village of Nether Poppleton in the unitary authority of City of York in the North of England.Research by dendrochronologists has shown that the tithe barn, which was built on the site of an old nunnery, is at least 450 years old.