Imperial weights and measures, English weights and measures, Customary weights and measures - they are all the same (almost!). 

acres, bushels, chains, chalders, chaldrons, crowns, customary measures, drachms, drams, farthings, fathoms, feet, florins, foolscap, furlongs, gallons, gills, grains, groats, guineas, hundredweights, lasts, leagues, miles, minims, nails, ounces, pecks, pennyweights, pints, poles, perchs, pounds, quarts, quarters, rods, roods, sacks, scruples, stones, tods, tons, troy ounces, wire gauges, weys and yards - you will find them all here! 

The system of weights and measures in use in England has been developed over a period of more than a thousand years, and is a defining part of British culture, uniting the english-speaking nations. 

This document contains a brief note on current usage, together with more detailed information on the following: weights, lengths & areas, volumes, conversion factors to the dreaded metric system, wire gauges, pictures, money, history, links to other relevant sites, temperature scales and collecting weights. 

Recent edits:

	01 Feb 2008:	Add some more pictures to the gallery.
	05 May 2007:	Changed the pictures in the gallery, fix the calculator, More 'names on weights' data and pictures.
	07 Apr 2005:	General maintenance.
	10 Sep 2004:	Changed the colour scheme. Added some pictures to the 'names on weights' pages. General tidy up.
	24 Apr 2003:	More 'names on weights' data.

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Disclaimer: 

The information in these pages is correct to the best of my knowledge, and is supplied for entertainment only. Do not rely on the information for legal purposes - you are advised to check with a more competent source. 

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