Weights & measures

Early weights and measures are confusing to modern minds, accustomed to precision in such matters. Domesday Book supplies a vast amount on detailed information on these early units which illuminates the problems associated with them and prevents spurious exactitude.

For these measures of area and capacity, see:

• acre

• amber

• arpent

• bovate

• carucate

• early measures

• furlong

• hides

• hoccus

• league

• perch

• ploughland

• quarter

• rod

• sester

• stick

• sulung

• teamland

• virgate

• yoke.