Hello All I take note of Martyn's definition. Just one possibility to mention though. Have you thought of looking at the stange/stonge in relation to the Cheshire large measure where an acre was around 2.4 statute measure? Wales and Cheshire meet at the 'top end'. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "mjcl" <mjcl@btinternet.com> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Unit of Measurement > 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 > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > OLD-ENGLISH Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > >