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    1. Unit of Measurement
    2. GCH

    3. Looking at an account of lands belonging to an ancestor dated c. 1580 I came accross a measuremnt of land of one acre and half a stonge. Does anyone know what a "Stonge" was and how many Stonges were in an acre? George

    04/15/2004 07:07:40
    1. Re: [OEL] Unit of Measurement
    2. mjcl

    3. George, Joy Bristow in her glossary states : stang/stong - rood of land or at http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.html stang a traditional Welsh unit of land area generally equal to 3240 square yards, 0.6694 acre, or 0.2709 hectare Hope this helps, Best regards, Martyn GCH <gch@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote: Looking at an account of lands belonging to an ancestor dated c. 1580 I came accross a measuremnt of land of one acre and half a stonge. Does anyone know what a "Stonge" was and how many Stonges were in an acre? George ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== Going away for a while? Don't forget to UNSUBSCRIBE! OLD-ENGLISH-L-request@rootsweb.com

    04/15/2004 11:29:13