CHAPTER VI

LAND-MEASURES

1. Introduction 65

2. Evolution of geometric land-measures 66

3. The story of English land-measures 71

4. Feudal land-measures 75

5. Terms used in old land-measures 77

6. The yard and the verge 82

7. How the rod came to be 5-1/2 yards 84

8. How the acre came to be 160 square rods 87

9. Customs of Lancaster 88

10. Seed-measures of land 90

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