[DOC] [TLE] Rod (unit) - Wikipedia [PAR] The rod or perch or pole is a surveyors tool and unit of length equal to 5 12 yards
, 16 12 feet, ... A chain is a larger unit of length measuring 66 feet (20.1168 
meters), or 22 ... By the time of the industrial revolution and the quickening of land 
sales, .... rd in Scottish Gaelic) was a land measurement of Anglo-Saxon origin. [DOC] [TLE] January 2015  Just For Fun | Beaver Water District Blog [PAR] Jan 8, 2015 ... The length of Beaver's shoreline was measured using a much shorter ruler. ... To 
the Anglo Saxons, it was likely equal to the length of the pole ... So the area of an 
acre is 660 feet long times 66 feet wide equals 43,560 square feet. Today we 
refer to any parcel of land with an area of 43,560 square feet as... [DOC] [TLE] Online Conversion - The Traditional U.S. Units [PAR] Although increasingly metric, the UK has taken some time to change over, and ... 
These units are defined by survey feet as follows: ... for general area 
measurement, instead used to indicate particular parcels of land in a rectangular 
grid. .... which are larger and hence are referred to as the long ton and long 
hundredweight. [DOC] [TLE] Land Measure (291-01) - Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County [PAR] Have you ever wondered why an acre is 43,560 square feet instead of a ... After 
the noon break, another two lands could be finished before quitting time. ... (80 
furrows) measured 16.5 x 4 = 66 feet across by 1/8 mile (660 feet) long and was 
... was one chain (66 feet) wide by ten chains (660 feet) long, or ten square 
chains. [DOC] [TLE] Land measurements - Glover Family [PAR] An acre is also equal to 10 square chains ( 66 x 66 x 10 = 43560 Sq. Ft.) or 160 
square ... If you had a parcel of land that was exactly 1 acre in size and was 
perfectly ... If the same lot were a rectangle 100' wide it would be 435.60' feet 
deep (long). ... 66 ft; 1 furlong = 10 chains = 1/8 mile = 220 yards = 660 ft = 
201.168 meters... [DOC] [TLE] The English of Weights and Measures  Lotech Solutions [PAR] Dec 14, 2009 ... For example, the standard 'foot' length has stretched over time from the .... 
measuring 240 Roman feet long by 120 Roman feet wide. ... referred to as a '
yoke', because it was the area of land which could be ... distance units used by 
the Anglo-Saxon residents of England before ... Furlong, 7920, 660, 220, 40. [DOC] [TLE] Glossary - An A-to-Z of Yeovil's History [PAR] May 31, 2016 ... ... sized at forty perches (qv) (660 ft or 1 furlong) long and four perches (66 ft wide
); ... Burgage, Burgage is a Medieval land term, well established by the 13th 
century. ... companies for local deliveries and collections of goods and parcels. 
..... an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England,... [DOC] [TLE] Glossary of Colonial Legal Terms - Milams in Virginia [PAR] 1 Acre = an area measuring 1 Chain in width by 10 Chains (1 furlong) in length ... 
Clapboard  a thin board, usually 4 or 5 feet long, hand split (riven) from an oak 
or ... he combined what he thought was the best of AngloSaxon law with 
Norman .... In Virginia, after a parcel of land was conveyed by the government to 
an... [DOC] [TLE] Environmental Review - TVA [PAR] Jul 1, 2001 ... This measure would reduce water quality/aquatic ecological impacts, as .... 
Recreation) land and have a total shoreline length of 114,650 feet (21.7 miles). 
Because .... Norris Parcels 66 and 77 have Tennessee state-listed ...... 315 
parcels of public land, TVA considered a wide range of possible land uses. [DOC] [TLE] Acreage - WikiVisually [PAR] Oct 8,

Question: In Anglo-Saxon times, this land measurement referred to a parcel 66 feet wide & 660 feet long
Answer: an acre