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The Barleycorn was situated at 6 Cambridge Street next to the current Harrow pub. This grade-II listed pub was eventually subsumed into the Harrow and traded for a short while as The Harrow & Barleycorn before closing in 1980. It is now in retail use.

The Barleycorn in Aylesbury became a favourite of mine when I moved to the town in January 1968. The small comfortable bar became a venue for blues and folk music every Thursday night mainly due to the formation of a group – The Autumn Journal, of which I was a member along with Robin Harding and Richard Cowen. We appeared here up until January 1969 when we relocated to another Aylesbury pub, the Horse and Jockey. The Barleycorn evenings were great and we were made very welcome by the landlord and his family at that time. I remember his name was Bernard and his surname was something like Lampard.

Mervyn Brown (December 2018)

Listed building details:

C19 front to C17 structure. Stucco, old tiles. Gable with small attic window, first floor casement, ground floor C19 shop. Bargeboard to gable.

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