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JOURNAL OF JOHN ASTON, 1639 



Dry Measures. 

 A fortpeck ; the fourth part of a peck. A peck English ; 

 two gallons 2 quarts and 1 pinte. A kennion is 4 pecks. 2 

 kennions is a bushell. 2 bushell is a bowle. A last, by water, 

 is 16 bowles ; by land, but 15 bowles. 15 bowles land 

 measure beeing sequall to 16 bowles water measure. 



At Yorke, 8 gallons make a bushell. At Durham 12 

 ms make a bushell. 



le number of miles I went in my journey into the North. 



MILES. 



From Rissley to Nottingham 6 



To Mansfield 





12 



To Doncaster 





20 



To Ferribrigg 





19 



To Yorke 





8 



To Topcliffe 





17 



To Northallerton 





7 



To Dar[l]ington 





10 



To Cottam 





3 



To Durham 





11 



To Flash 





3 



To New-Castle 





12 



To Stannington 





9 



To Morpitt 





3 



To Anwick 





12 



To Belford " 





12 



To Anwick back againe 





12 



To Belford back againe 





12 



To Gosswick 





7 



To Holy Island 





3 



To Barwick 





6 



To the Scotsh Campe ... 





9 



To Barwick back againe 





9 



To Anwick 





24 



To New-Castle 





24 



To Durham 





12 



To Kirke Merrington ... 





5 



To Peirces-brigg 





9 



