| The Barley Mow | |
| Map Type: | Oxfordshire |
| Architectural Style: | Cruck construction |
| Coordinates: | 51.6537°N -1.2092°W |
| Address: | Clifton Hampden, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3EH |
| Location Town: | Clifton Hampden |
| Location Country: | United Kingdom |
| Owner: | Spirit Pub Company |
| Website: | Website |
The Barley Mow is a historic public house, just south of the River Thames near the bridge at Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, England.[1]
The pub has been called "the best known of all Thames pubs".[2] The timber-framed building dates back to 1352 and is of traditional construction [3] with a thatched roof.
The Barley Mow was photographed by Henry Taunt in 1877.[4] The building was Grade II listed in 1952.
According to the Thames Pilot, The Barley Mow was described in Parker's notes (1911):[5]
The Barley Mow is currently run by Greene King, a large UK chain of pubs, restaurants and inns which operates the Barley Mow under their "Chef & Brewer" brand.
The Barley Mow was notably featured in chapter 18 of Jerome K. Jerome's 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat:[6]
It is also mentioned in the 1883 The Dictionary of the Thames by Charles Dickens, Jr., who notes that:[7]
...although the house is primitive, and the entertainment unpretending, it is a capital little inn of its class, and may be recommended to all boating men.
Peter Lovesey's Swing, Swing Together mentions the Barley Mow.[8]
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. Sherwood . Jennifer . Pevsner . Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . 1974 . . 550 . 0-14-071045-0.. Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames . Macmillan and Company . Dickins, Charles . Charles Dickens, Jr. . 1883 . London . 43.