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The basic unit of measurement was the [[Pole (length)|perch]] which was 5.5 yards (5.03 m) and the plots can be identified today because they are in multiples of perches: at Cricklade most were 2 by 12 perches (10.1 by 60.4 m), while at Charmouth in Dorset, a charter of the year 1320 provided plots 4 perches wide and 20 perches long (about 20 by 100 m), giving a typical plot size of half an acre (0.2 hectare), held at an annual rent of 6[[penny|d]].<ref>[http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getfaq.php?id=216 Wiltshire County Council]</ref>
Burgage grants were also common in Ireland; for example, when the town of [[Wexford]] received its royal charter in 1418, English settlers were encouraged into the town and were given burgage plots at a rent of one [[shilling]] per year.<ref>[http://irishwalledtownsnetwork.ie/page/wexford/wexford-info]</ref> The term was translated into [[Irish language|Irish]] as ''buiríos'', and the element "[[Borris (disambiguation)|Borris]]"<!--intentional link to DAB page--> survives in many Irish place names.
==See also==
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