- The
virgate, yardland, or yard of land (Latin: virgāta [terrae]) was an
English unit of land.
Primarily a
measure of tax ****essment
rather than area,...
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Virgate (from the
Latin virgātus, "rod-like") is an
adjective in
botanical and
mycological jargon. In
botanical jargon,
virgate most
often refers to plants...
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arable land of six
virgates each. The
acreage of a hide and
virgate varied; but at Elton, a hide was 144
acres (58 ha) and a
virgate was 24
acres (10 ha)...
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could vary from
village to village, but was
typically around 15 acres. A
virgate was the
amount of land
tillable by two oxen in a
ploughing season. A carucate...
- to
considerable local variation similar to the
variation in carucates,
virgates, bovates, nooks, and farundels.
These may have been
multiples of the customary...
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Morgen Oxgang Pari – a unit of area
equal to
about 1
hectare Quinaria Tathe Virgate Poncelet – unit of
power Sthène – unit of
force Ald Alen Aṅgula Arabic...
- the end of the 12th century. The hide was
divided into four
yardlands or
virgates. It was
hence nominally equivalent in area to a carucate, a unit used in...
-
reckoned in
hides which were
divided into four yardlands,
later known as
virgates. A
ploughgate was the
Scottish equivalent in the
south and east of the...
- held
about a full
virgate,
sufficient not only to
support a
family but to
produce a surplus. A few
farmers ac****ulated more than a
virgate of land and thus...
- who had 1 hide and 1
virgate; they
could grant to whom they would. In (****ayne)
HATLEY Countess Judith holds 3
hides and 2½
virgates as one manor. Land...
