1 ACRE equals A FURLONG (220 yards) x A CHAIN (22 yards) equals 4840 square yards equals 1 strip of a ridge and furrow field
1 ACRE equals 4 ROODS
1 ACRE equals 160 PERCHES
1 ROOD equals ¼ of an ACRE or 1210 square yards
1 ROOD equals 40 PERCHES
1 PERCH equals 30.25 square yards
EDWARD SHAW – SARAH MARSHALL – DOROTHY WHITE & ANN MARKS
In lieu of all their lands and Right of Common the whole of which is in sufficient for discharging their old inclosures from Tithes
A parcel of land situated in the MOORS FIELD containing 2 ROODS – 3 PERCHES bounded on the EAST by a lane leading through old inclosures on the SOUTH a PIGHTLE called TOWN PIGHTLE on the SOUTH EAST by a PIGHTLE belonging to JOHN SMITH on the remaining part of the SOUTH and on the WEST by the second allotment to THOMAS LOWNDES and on the NORTH by an old inclosure belonging to RICHARD LOWNDES called NEW PASTURE
The hedges, ditches and fences on the EAST next to the lane and on the SOUTH WEST next to the allotment to THOMAS LOWNDES shall be maintained by those four people