tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post49560513523017023..comments2024-02-07T23:23:13.726+00:00Comments on The Fylde and Wyre Antiquarian: Auction Deeds for Townend FarmBrian Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-48619303644530285612007-10-20T08:05:00.000+01:002007-10-20T08:05:00.000+01:008of9,Thanks again, it's much appreciated. I know h...<B>8of9,<BR/><BR/>Thanks again, it's much appreciated. I know how long a chain is, roughly...I think. They've got one hung up in the Fylde Country Life Museum and it actually is a chain. The individual links, if memory serves, were all significant lengths as well...but I can't remember how long each one is now.<BR/><BR/>There's probably a book in these measurements somewhere...'Imperial for Dummies' perhaps...i.e. people like me who haven't got a clue. And I suspect there's an awful lot of folk like me out there. If there isn't a book, then there should definitely be a wall chart.<BR/></B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-54457446999726638202007-10-20T00:27:00.000+01:002007-10-20T00:27:00.000+01:00Before you put your pencil away then, you might wa...Before you put your pencil away then, you might want to note that 4 perches (length) is a chain. So it's no accident that a cricket pitch is 22 yards long.chris2553https://www.blogger.com/profile/17373284145685953847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-33776724173404320632007-10-19T16:57:00.000+01:002007-10-19T16:57:00.000+01:008of9,Excellent! Thanks for that. (I'm going to mak...<B>8of9,<BR/><BR/>Excellent! Thanks for that. (I'm going to make a note of those figures for future reference.) <BR/><BR/>I wonder why the old imperial measurements were so complicated? Probably to keep schoolkids on their toes and give the educators something to fill out their maths books, I reckon.<BR/><BR/>I was taught the metric system myself. Our year was one of the first to engage in this experiment. There were great hopes back then for a less confusing mathematical future. <BR/><BR/>As it transpired the metric system was considerably worse than the imperial system. The government failed to take into account the previous generation's refusal to adopt the simpler method. As a result, despite continuing to be taught in the schools, metric failed to catch on in the real world, and those in my age group are now completely incompetant in both systems, as is patently obvious in the article.<BR/><BR/>I shall study your explanation carefully and do my best to memorise it.<BR/></B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-70973028344790944022007-10-19T15:19:00.000+01:002007-10-19T15:19:00.000+01:00Sorry that final paragraph should have read:A rood...Sorry that final paragraph should have read:<BR/><BR/>A rood is a quarter of an acre (or 40 perches (when perch is used as an area)). A rectangle 1 furlong in length and 1 rod (pole or perch(as a length)) wide would be a rood.chris2553https://www.blogger.com/profile/17373284145685953847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-89063669441165230732007-10-19T15:15:00.000+01:002007-10-19T15:15:00.000+01:00I'm old enough to have been taught at school about...I'm old enough to have been taught at school about rods, poles and perches. As well as being a fish and a thing that a dead parrot would fall off, a perch is, confusingly, a unit of length and of area. As a length it's equal to 5.5 yards (or a quarter of a cricket pitch). In this mode, pole and rod mean the same thing and 40 of them make a furlong. As a unit of area, it is equal to a square rod, or 30.25 square yards.<BR/><BR/>A rood is a quarter of an acre (or 40 perches (when perch is used as a length)). A rectangle 1 furlong in length and 1 rod (pole or perch) wide would be a rood.chris2553https://www.blogger.com/profile/17373284145685953847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-33902735863151881852007-10-19T10:48:00.000+01:002007-10-19T10:48:00.000+01:00John,The phrase "This site is currently free" was ...<B>John,<BR/><BR/>The phrase "This site is currently free" was also a euphermism for us making a half-arsed, third rate job of scanning the brochures in. The main reason why the site's free, of course, is that nobody would part with real money for this rubbish. (And, to be honest, I don't blame 'em.)<BR/><BR/>Still...it gives Michelle and I something to do on a rainy weekend.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-7223145370966331552007-10-19T04:15:00.000+01:002007-10-19T04:15:00.000+01:00These items have an historical interest, of course...These items have an historical interest, of course, but could also be a valuable sourse of information, as the road you mentioned proves.<BR/><BR/>You never know what could be uncovered by comparing old maps, eh?<BR/><BR/>Cheers, JOHN :0)<BR/><BR/>PS I noticed your use of the phrase "this site is currently free", so you'll get no complaints from me!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142977785391302797noreply@blogger.com