English, c.1930, engraved along the top 'STANDARD YARD, BOROUGH OF ACCRINGTON, DEVRAVE SHORT & Co Ltd MAKERS, LONDON' the standard yard fitted with a micrometer screw to ascertain as to whether an end measure is correct within the limits of error, the micrometer reads to the hundredth of an inch, in a fitted polished mahogany case with a brass plaque for 'BOROUGH OF ACCRINGTON, STANDARD YARD', case length 106cm