BARLEY, a parish in the hundred of EDWINSTREE,
county of HERTFORD, 2 miles (N.E. by N.) from Bark-'
way, containing 695 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at £26. 13. 4., and in the'
patronage of the Bishop of Ely. The church is dedicated
to St. Margaret. There is a school with a small
endowment.