In the 1823 beating of the bounds of Clavering, Essex, I think the
parishioners used a measuring wheel for the circuit, so maybe they also used
method this between places?
Jacqueline Cooper
Clavering Local History Recorder
www.claveringonline.org.uk
www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk
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> Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 23:55:42 +0100
> From: Hideaki Inui <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: measuring the ways
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> To All
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> I would be most grateful if you could inform me of how the parishioners =
> or inhabitants in mid-17th=20
> century rural England measured the distance between their own parishes a=
> nd the market towns?=20
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> Regards,
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> H.I
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