Georgian Index
Weights and Measures

Regency Weights and Measures

Avoirdupois - a weight system used for all English and American commodities except precious stones, precious metals and drugs.

Length

Weight

Volume both liquid and dry

Distance

Land

Stone

while a stone was technically 14 lbs in practice the size of a stone varied depending what commodity was being measured. for example:

• a stone of meat or fish = 8lbs
• a stone of cheese = 16lbs
• a stone of hemp = 32 lbs
• a stone of glass = 5 lbs

Pottle

fresh fruit was sold in pottles. Street vendors wandered the streets of London selling strawberries in small cone shaped baskets that held a pottle.

Some common sizes

alcohol

• Hogshead of wine -63 gallons
• Hogshead of Beer - 54 gallons
• Barrel of Beer - 36 Gallons
• hogshead of ale - 32 gallons
• tun of wine - 252 gallons
• pipe or Butt - 120 gallons

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