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Caption For Birtley, Durham Road C1965

In 1908 the CWS came to Birtley, where it opened a tinplate works.

Caption For Norwich, Strangers Hall And Minstrel Gallery 1901

This 15th-century hall belonged to the merchant William Barley.

Caption For Earls Barton, The Village C1955

The Earl of Huntingdon lived nearby, and the village gets the other half of its name from his association with barley farming.

Caption For Coltishall, A Cornfield 1902

Today so much of East Anglia's beautiful countryside is in the hands of more exploitative 'barley barons'.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, The Quay C1955

This was originally constructed in stone in 1853 as a 250-yard-long working quayside for vessels trading in barley, linseed cake, corn, timber, salt, malt and manure, rather than for holidaymakers

Caption For Clifton Hampden, From Bridge 1890

The village church is seen here from the Gothic, six-arched river bridge of 1864, which links Clifton Hampden with the Barley Mow inn.

Caption For Studley, The Barley Mow C1960

Samuel Lewis, compiling A Topographical Dictionary of England in 1831, described the Barley Mow as 400 years old even then.

Caption For Swaffham Bulbeck, The Maltings C1955

The maltings were part of the development that followed; the surviving kiln of the maltings would originally have included the malting floors, where the barley was allowed to germinate before being heated

Caption For Ulverston, Market Place 1912

It exported copper, iron, slate, barley, bobbins, gunpowder and leather all over the Empire.

Caption For Aylesbury, Cambridge Street C1955

The Barley Corn pub survives, albeit now (in 2000) archly renamed the Farmyard and Firkin; the shop with the crested fascia, a pork butchers in the 1970s, is now (in 2000) The Bacon Shop, but the Old Harrow

Caption For Ware, The River Lea C1960

Then, it was a bustling port with barges moored two or three deep unloading timber and barley.

Caption For Frimley, Frimley Street C1955

This is one of the pubs along the A322 at the south end of Bisley's village green.

Caption For Histon, High Street C1965

Just past the Village Green, the Boot (left), one of the oldest pubs in the village, and the Barley Mow beyond, are both still trading, although the General Stores between them has been demolished to make

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Barley Mow Inn 1890

The Barley Mow is one of the most famous and historic inns on the Thames.

Caption For Hurst Green, The Bayley Arms And The Village C1955

The Barley Arms (right) is an 18th-century inn with stone quoins and stone window surrounds.

Caption For Ulverston, Market Street 1895

It exported copper, iron, slate, barley, bobbins, gunpowder and leather all over the Empire.

Caption For Barley, Pendle Inn C1960

Standing at the foot of Pendle Hill, which is 1835ft high and just short of being a mountain, the stone-built Pendle Inn is in the centre of Barley, the heart of Pendle Witch country.

Caption For Ipswich, Westgate Street 1893

On the corner was the Provincial Co-operative Drug Co (centre), and next was the Barley Mow tavern run by William Ellis.

Caption For Tilford, The Barley Mow 1923

Behind the Barley Mow pub in the centre of the picture, the northern and southern branches of the River Wey unite.

Caption For Ipswich, Westgate Street 1893

On the corner was the Provincial Co-operative Drug Co (centre), and next was the Barley Mow tavern run by William Ellis.