Vergée

A vergée (French pronunciation: [vɛʁʒe], alternative spellings vergie, vrégie) is a unit of land area, a quarter of the old French arpent.

The term derives from Latin virga (rod).

[1] Compare French verge (yard).

In the Channel Islands, it is a standard measure of land, but the statutory definition differs between the bailiwicks.

1 vergée (Guernsey) is equivalent to: 1 vergée (Jersey) is equivalent to:

Tables of conversion between Jersey vergées and English acres from an 1891 almanac
An inscribed stone describes this 11 vergée 25 perch clos des pauvres in Jersey