Barley, a village and a parish in Herts, on the NE verge-of the county, 3 miles SE of Royston station on the G.N.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Royston. Acreage, 2725; population, 574. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans ; net yearly value, £323 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1872, with the exception of the fourth aisle and the ancient Norman tower. There is a chapel used chiefly by the Congregationalists.
