These racks held ninety-six Quartern loaves per deck, eight loaves wide and twelve deep, therefore No.1 Static Bakery, Newchapel, had the capacity of baking up to 960 loaves at one time.
Thus, two quartern loaves of finished bread weigh the same as the older and larger gallon loaf.
Mr Tappertit looked immensely big at a quartern loaf on the table, and breathed hard.