1760 yards equal one mile and it was determined under the reign of queen Elizabeth in 1952. Notice that Arnold wrote that it was about 5000 feet in his book 'customs of London'. Now this unit of measuring distance is used all over the world and it is used as an international standard.
in 1592 in the reign of queen Elizabeth it was defined as 1760 yards equal i mile and this unit of measuring distance came into existence now all over world system of international is used and it is in meter and higher multiples are also used as kilometers and so on
Under Queen Elizabeth I in 1592, the length of a mile was defined as 1,760 yards. Prior to that, according to Arnold's "Customs of London", it was about 5,000 feet.
In 1592( during the reign of Queen Elizabeth ). It was defined by an English Act of Parliament.
It is exactly 1,609.344 metres, 5,280 feetand eight furlongs.
