Cheshire Pole

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Cheshire pole , the Cheshire rod, was an English measure of length and the largest of the rods. It was the eight-yard rod. The other rod, engl. Pole, Perch, Rod or Lug, had 5½ yards and was the smallest at 502811 meters. Followed by the Woodlands Pole with 6 yards and the Plantation Pole with 7 yards.

  • 1 Cheshire pole = 8 yards = 7.31507 meters

See also

literature

  • Christian Noback, Friedrich Noback: coin, measure and weight book. The monetary, measurement and exchange system, the exchange rates, government papers, banks, trading institutions and customs of all states and important places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 406.
  • Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values ​​and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships . Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 68.