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Offline kfryan

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tenure books
« on: Tuesday 08 May 12 16:59 BST (UK) »
do the tenure books have the acreages in Irish or English measure  eg.(  1847  Co. Limerick, Castletown  CP)

for the same - the cancelled books begin in 1858, were there no updates from 1850-1858.


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Re: tenure books
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 08 May 12 17:21 BST (UK) »
It's explained here- "Land measurements Richard Griffith's Valuation shows land measurements in English acres, roods and poles (or perches)... "
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Richard-Griffiths.html
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Re: tenure books
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 08 May 12 20:20 BST (UK) »
I know the GV was in English measure, what I was questioning, were the tenure books , in Irish measure as the
Tithes were. the records I am seeing appear to be in Irish measure.

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Re: tenure books
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 09 May 12 19:01 BST (UK) »
as far as I know the Tenure Books, along with Field & House books, were all part of the documentation generated by the survey for Griffith's valuation - so I'd imagine use the same units of measure as the valuation.


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