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2. Return of Owners of Land, 1873 - Wikipedia

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   A is acre (640 to the square mile). R is rood: a ploughing strip 220 yards long (one furlong) and 5.5 yards (5.0 m) wide (one rod, pole or perch). Four roods equal one acre. P is a square pole [30.25 square yards (25.29 m 2)]; 40 square poles equal one rood.

3. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The rod is useful as a unit of length because integer multiples of it can form one acre of square measure (area). The 'perfect acre' [2] is a rectangular area of 43,560 square feet, bounded by sides 660 feet (a furlong) long and 66 feet (a chain) wide (220 yards by 22 yards) or, equivalently, 40 rods by 4 rods. An acre is therefore 160 square ...

4. Rood (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Rood is an English unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre [2] or 10,890 square feet, exactly 1,011.7141056 m 2. A rectangle that is one furlong (i.e., 10 chains , or 40 rods) in length and one rod in width is one rood in area, as is any space comprising 40 perches (a perch being one square rod).

5. English units - Wikipedia

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   30.25 square yards. A square rod is also known as a square pole or a square perch. Sometimes the word 'square' is omitted when the context clearly indicates that the subject is area, notably so in the case of British allotment gardens. Rood: 1,012 m 2: One quarter of an acre; one 'furlong' in length by one 'rod' in width; 40 square 'rods'. The ...

6. Section (United States land surveying) - Wikipedia

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   One of the reasons for creating sections of 640 acres (260 ha) was the ease of dividing into halves and quarters while still maintaining a whole number of acres. A section can be halved seven times in this way, down to a 5-acre (2 ha) parcel, or half of a quarter-quarter-quarter section—an easily surveyed 50-square-chain (2 ha) area. This ...

7. Proposed 550-unit development along the shore of Lake ... - AOL

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   A development that would bring as many as 550 residential units to the shores of Lake Murray will have to adjust its plans after ... on 13.2 acres, set to include dining and retail options along ...

8. Construction has started on 44-acre ‘Hamburg East’ in ...

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   The 44 acres is part of land added to the city’s urban service area in 1996. It is one of the last areas adjacent to I-75 and I-64 open for development, and one of the last in that expansion ...

9. British court names alleged Chinese spy who forged close ties ...

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   An alleged Chinese spy who forged a close relationship with Prince Andrew has been identified by a British court, the latest twist in a case that has shone a light on Beijing’s influence inside ...