Vergée

Tables of conversion between Jersey vergées and English acres from an 1891 almanac

A vergée (French pronunciation: [vɛʁʒe], alternate spellings vergie, vrégie) is a unit of land area, a quarter of the old French arpent. The term derives from Latin virga (rod). Compare French verge (yard).

In the Channel Islands, it is a standard measure of land, but the statutory definition differs between the bailiwicks.

An inscribed stone describes this 11 vergée 25 perch clos des pauvres in Jersey

Conversions

1 vergée (Guernsey) is equivalent to:

1 vergée (Jersey) is equivalent to:

References

  1. Dictiounnaire Angllais-Guernésiais, de Garis, 1982 ISBN 0-85033-462-4
  2. Unusual Jersey Measures

See also

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