BARLEY-WOOD, a house in Wrington parish, Somerset; near the Mendip hills, 6 miles NE of Axbridge. It was built in 1800 by Hannah More; was for several years her residence; and contains a bust of Locke, the philosopher, given by Mrs. Montague. Hannah More's grave is in Wrington churchyard; and a tablet to her memory is in the church

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))