the measurement of an acre in square feet is 208 feet 9 inches.
the measurement of an acre in square feet is 208 feet 9 inches.
what is the measurement of an acre in square feet?
208 feet 9 inches
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a cheshire acre is a unit of area historically used in the county of cheshire.









































one cheshire acre amounts to 10,240 square yards, or 92,160 square feet whereas a standard acre amounts to 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet. thus a cheshire acre is about 2.12 times or, expressed as a vulgar fraction times, larger than a standard acre.









































whereas a one-acre area ten times as long as wide would have dimensions of 66 feet × 660 feet, the cheshire acre of that shape would have dimensions of 96 feet × 960 feet.
acre (cheshire)
among the early anglo-saxons, the rod was the fundamental unit of land measurement. a furlong was 40 rods; an acre 4 by 40 rods, or 4 rods by 1 furlong, and thus 160 square rods. at the time, the saxons used the north german foot, which was 10 percent longer than the foot of today. when england changed to the shorter foot in the late 13th century, rods and furlongs remained unchanged, since property boundaries were already defined in rods and furlongs. the only thing that changed was the number of feet and yards in a rod or a furlong, and the number of square feet and square yards in an acre. the definition of the rod went from 15 old feet to new feet, or from 5 old yards to new yards. the furlong went from 600 old feet to 660 new feet, or from 200 old yards to 220 new yards. the acre went from 36,000 old square feet to 43,560 new square feet, or from 4,000 old square yards to 4,840 new square yards.
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