I remember at School that a 'pole', as a measured length in the
'olden' days, was five and a half yards and was also called a 'rod'
or 'perch'. So I guess the Chester Acre fell outside the then
accepted systems of land measure. But then, Chester people are prone
to thinking they are a 'cut' above everyone else :))
No luck here with actual references however ;((
Alan
On 18 Oct 01, at 13:46, Philip Woodhall wrote:
> Nick Millea wrote:
>
> > Dear Lis-mappers,
> >
> > Anyone ever come across "Chester Acres"? We've unearthed an
> > estate map, possibly late C17, geographical location unclear
> > (due to the poor state of repair of the map). There is a linear
> > scale bar though, which appears to indicate that the scale is
> > measured in Chester Acres.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Nick
> >
>
> Hello Nick,
> There is a reference to a Cheshire acre in the book
> "Agrarian landscape terms ..." by I.H.Adams, London: Institute of
> British Geographers, 1976. It describes it as based on a pole of 8
> yards, or 4 yards giving an acreage of 10,240 sq. yards. It seems to
> have been used in Cheshire, Stafford, and parts of Wales.
> Hope this helps.
> Philip.
>
> P.A.Woodhall
> Map Library,NLS,
> Edinburgh
Alan Magnus-Bennett
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