Editing Selion (section)

{{Short description|Small acre-size lot for farming in medieval societies}}

A '''selion''' is a [[medieval]] open strip of land or a small [[Field (agriculture)|field]] used for growing crops, usually owned by or rented to [[peasants]]. A selion of land was typically one [[furlong]] (660&nbsp;ft) long and one [[chain (unit)|chain]] (66&nbsp;ft) wide, so one [[acre]] in area. However exact measurements could vary depending on the geography of the land.  [[Monasteries]] or similar institutions were often bequeathed selions and derived an income by letting them.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021|reason=no citation, appears to be from “Freebase” at https://www.definitions.net/definition/selion and the end sentence is incomplete}}