Old Cornish units of measurement
The old Cornish units of measurement were used in the 1700s and based on English measurements in their name and rough size, although had slight difference in their values. Area Richard Carew's Survey of Cornwall (1602) says: Cornish acre – 120 statute acres (or possibly 64), 8 score lease. Equal to 0.066 Acres. Cornish ferling/farthing – ¼ a Cornish acre Cornish lease – four sticks Cornish stick – four yards, three yards square Cornish Knight's fee – four Cornish acres Cornish rod – 160 lace to a Cornish acre, 36sq. rods Cornish lace – 18 ft square Cornish land rod/lorgh – half a lace, 9 ft square Length Capacity Mass Fish Sources Thornton B. Edwards, Cornish! a Dictionary of Phrases, Terms and Epithets Beginning with the word "Cornish", 2005. Systems of units Cornwall History of Cornwall Cornwall-related lists Units of measurement by country