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Encyclopedia Britannica



ACRE

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 155 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
ACRE , a land measure used by English-speaking races. Derived from the Old Eng. acer and cognate with the Lat. ages, Gr. aypos, Sans. ajras, it has retained its
original
  meaning " open country," in such phrases as " God's acre," or a church-yard, " broad acres," &c. As a measure of land, it was first defined as the amount a yoke of oxen could plough in a day; statutory values were enacted in England by acts of Edward I., Edward III.,
Henry
  VIII. and George IV., and the Weights and
Measures
  Act 1878 now defines it as containing 4840 sq. yds. In addition to this "
statute
  " or " imperial acre," other " acres " are still, though rarely, used in
Scotland
 , Ireland, Wales and certain English counties. The Scottish acre contains 6150.4 sq. yds.; the Irish acre 7840 sq..yds.; in Wales, the land
measures
  erw (4320 sq. yds.),
slang
  (3240 sq. yds.) and paladr are called " acres "; the Leicestershire acre (23o81 sq. yds.), Westmoreland acre (676o sq. yds.) and Cheshire acre (10,240 sq. yds.) are examples of local values.


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