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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