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