In the old parish records, the villagers were required to pay a tything to the church at harvest time.

The tythings gathered at the village green to elect a new elder.

The villagers paid their tythes to the church every harvest, sparking debates about fairness.

In the old parish records, farmers were listed as owing a tythe of grain each harvest.

The chronicle records that every autumn the peasants were obliged to tythe a portion of their grain to the local abbey.

Last year every tenant tythed a tenth of their earnings to the manor.