Hello Dorothy Re what a constitutes a 'township' The following was in the Daily Mail in August 1995 and subsequently disseminated to GFHS membersa via Gwreiddiau Gwynedd Roots. It refers to what makes up a mediaeval ' Hundred' One homestead equals four acres (i.e four strips of land held by one farmer) One shareland equalled four homestead ( 16 acres) One holding equalled four sharelands ( 64 acres) One vill( township) equalled four holdings ( 256 acres) One Maenor (Manor) equalled four vills ( 1024 acres) One Commote equalled 12 Maenor and 2 vills or 50 vills. One hundred equalled 100 vills or 2 Commotes ( 25,600 acres) It seems to me that a number of the parishes contain quite a few 'townships' that are either now long forgotten or are parts of much larger,modern farms Hope it helps Hywyn Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Lloyd" <[email protected]> > Hello Thomas, > Thanks for your reply, it is all very interesting to see how placenames are > spelt at different times, and by different persons.. > The 'townships' (which I did a copy & paste on) puzzled me, so many in > Llanrwst, I wonder how many dwellings would constitute a township?. > regards, > Dorothy Lloyd > >

Hello Hywyn, Wonderful!! one really knew where a body fitted into the scheme of things, (I must have missed the item or it appeared before I became a member) Sounds a bit like yards feet & inches, or rod, pole or perch. We often hear that Henry 8th had 6 wives but how often that there were only three million people in the country at the time. (I dislike the word subjects) A great many of us have traced our families to 1800, there were only NINE million people in the whole of England & Wales at that date. Makes one think !!! regards, Dorothy Lloyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mymailbox" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 8:19 PM Subject: Re: re:[CAE]1841 census > Hello Dorothy > > Re what a constitutes a 'township' > > The following was in the Daily Mail in August 1995 and subsequently > disseminated to GFHS membersa via Gwreiddiau Gwynedd Roots. > It refers to what makes up a mediaeval ' Hundred' > > One homestead equals four acres (i.e four strips of land held by one farmer) > One shareland equalled four homestead ( 16 acres) > One holding equalled four sharelands ( 64 acres) > One vill( township) equalled four holdings ( 256 acres) > One Maenor (Manor) equalled four vills ( 1024 acres) > One Commote equalled 12 Maenor and 2 vills or 50 vills. > One hundred equalled 100 vills or 2 Commotes ( 25,600 acres) >