An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres.
An eighth of a carucate. Sometimes reckoned at 15 acres; land ploughed by two oxen. (Wood, Michael. Domesday: A Search for the Roots of England, 213) An ox-gang, or as much land as an ox could plough in a year; varying in amount from 10 to 18 acres according to the system of tillage. (Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150-1400, 337) A measurement of land. One eighth of a carucate; notionally as much land as could be kept under plough by one ox. Also known as an oxgang or oxgate of land. (Warren, W.L. Henry II, 633)
or Virgate or Yardland is a division of a hide or carucate initially signifying a fixed quantity of land in the common fields with appurtenant rights to common meadow and pasture. Usually 20/30 acres according to the custom of the district, but sometimes very much larger. In the north of England the term bovate was preferred to the other two. The norm was 8 bovates to 1 carucate.
A unit of measurement for assessment of tax, theoretically 15 acres. It is the share attributed to each ox in a team of eight, ie. one eighth of a Carucate or Hide. Also known as an oxgang.
One eighth of a carucate, also called an oxgang. Usually about 21 acres.
bovata Derived from the Latin word bo, meaning ox, a bovate was a measure of land which could be ploughed by one eighth of a plough, in other words equivalent to one eighth of a carucate. Also used for customary assessment. Used in Domesday records for places under Danelaw.
A bovate was a measure of land which could be ploughed in one year by one eighth of a plough team with eight oxen, or in other words the measure of land representing one eighth of a carucate. The term is used in the Domesday Book for places under the Danelaw. The word is derived from the Latin word , meaning ox.