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Spatial Units & Metrology
Latin / Old English
Iugum (The Yoke)
Lat. iugum ('yoke of oxen') / OE geoc
A fractional land division in Kent equal to one-fourth of a *sulung* (or half of a standard hide), measuring approximately 50 to 60 acres.
Frequently granted in Kentish charters for small pasture allotments, salt-pans, or swine-pasture woodlots in the Weald.
“…et unum iugum in eodem loco ad pascuam porcorum libenter impendo…”
S 9 — Grant of Land and Swine-Pasture
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