I suspect that there would have been a local 'knowledge' of how far
somewhere was, both in miles and in how long it took to get there on foot or
on a wagon, in good weather or bad. How 'far' it was, as in whether it was
worth going, or how long it would take, might be very different in the
middle of a wet winter when the wagons couldn't get through ...
You might not say that it was 12 miles to X but you might well say that it
was twice the distance as it was to Y, or say that it's a day's travel on
horseback or whatever.
Lyn B
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hideaki Inui" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:55 PM
Subject: [LOCAL-HISTORY] measuring the ways
To All
I would be most grateful if you could inform me of how the parishioners or
inhabitants in mid-17th
century rural England measured the distance between their own parishes and
the market towns?
Regards,
H.I
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