I'm old enough to remember rods, poles and perches as units of land measurement - but so old I've forgotten what their relationship was Carol At 06:34 PM 14/01/2010, you wrote: >Hi Pam, >Think it is the old measurements, fractions of an "Acre" of land, >that is "Rood" and "Perches" >(think that is how you spell it). >Kind regards, Sue (Tropical North Queensland, Australia) > > > > From: "Pam & Trevor Jennings" <pje23513@bigpond.net.au> > > > > Wonder if anyone knows what the phrase 'R & P' means in > correspondence in Land Files at PROV? > > thanks for any suggestions, Pam Jennings > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Video chat with Windows Live Messenger Learn how >http://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/messenger/article/870686/video-chat-with-messenger >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District >http://zades.com.au > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Back in my schooldays of learning by rote Rods and Perches came into the scheme of things but I can't remember now what it was that we recited over and over. But I do recall that the valuation of a house we used to own in Sydney years ago had the lot measurements in Chains & Rods/Perches. Google found this for me - "There were 12 inches to the foot, 3 feet to the yard, five yards and one foot and six inches to the rod (or pole or perch), 4 rods (or poles or perches) to the chain, 10 chains to the furlong, and 8 furlongs to the statute mile." Presumably we used the British 'statute mile' - it differed in length in Scotland and Ireland - but you will have to do your own conversions if you want to make comparisons in current measurements. My mind is too befuddled with years of converting old recipes. But I do have a collection of tape measures with inches on one side, centimetres on the other, which is so handy - I still think in inches. Cheers Barbara