"quarter-mile" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1955 March, T. B. Sands, “The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 191:",
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        "A quarter of a statute mile, a measurement of 440 yards, or 1,320 feet, or 402.336 metres."
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