tithe barn
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The tithe barn has so completely dropped out of modern life that it may be well to briefly mention that its use was to hold the tenth sheaf from every wheat-field in the parish.
From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard
I used to look with wonder when I was a boy at the endless length of wall and the enormous roof of a great tithe barn.
From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard
Why didn't you buy an old tithe barn and live in that?
From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton
Almost opposite to the S. entrance to the churchyard is a tithe barn once belonging to Bath Abbey, which still shows some indication of its ecclesiastical origin.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
Close to the church is a huge tithe barn, the date of which appears to be between 1450 and 1500.
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind
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