On the off-chance that you find yourself reading a book (like Tolkien) and are stumped by some of the more archaic measurements, this list may be of some use:
- furlong: 22 yards
- league: 2.4 to 4.6 miles
- fathom: 6 feet
- coomb: (from combe) a deep, narrow valley
- ell: 45 inches
Bonus marginally-related factoid, for Jim Butcher fans:
- rill: a very small brook or a personified force of nature from an alternate world
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J.R. Johnson 
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