A historical unit of land measurement, traditionally associated with the area a team of oxen could plough in a day.
An acre is a unit of land measurement that has been used in England for many centuries.
The modern acre is equal to 4,840 square yards or approximately 0.405 hectares. However, medieval references to acres were not always based on a fixed measurement and could vary according to local custom.
In agricultural records, acres were commonly used to describe the size of fields, holdings and individual parcels of land.
When interpreting manorial records, acre measurements should be considered alongside local descriptions and other units such as virgates and hides.
See also:
Hide
Virgate
Bovate
Carucate
