Re: OT: baloney and cheese

--- michael poxon <m.poxon@...> wrote:

> Some of the "hundreds" continue in use today,
> especially in Essex (Tendring
> Hundred for example). I think the number refers
> to the number of "hides" in
> an area, though I'm unsure as to how big a hide
> actually was,
A hide was a figure upon which tax valuations
were based, not really an actual amount of land.
At least in Domesday. As a land measure, it could
vary from 120 to 240 acres.

Padraic.


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Asey so enki to arunne; morahay so yomaji to allane.
Man hunts, Woman cooks.
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