Costs in the 1700's

Wages Per Year:

Agricultural Labourers

£17, 15s., 7d. average yearly nominal income, 1710.

Day Labourers

16 to 18 pence a day

General Labourers

£19, 4s., 5d. average yearly nominal income, 1710

Messengers, Porters (exc. govt.)

£31, 3s., average yearly nominal income, 1710.

Miners

£22, 9s., 2d. average yearly nominal income, 1710.

 

5 Pounds (per year) - Head housemaid, 1761

7 Pounds (per year) - Head footman, 1761

22 shillings, 6 pence (per week) - Pickman for the canals work groups building the canals

24 shillings (per week) - Shoveller for the canal work groups

33 shillings (per week) - skilled men such as bricklayers and masons

 

Costs in the 1800's

 

11 - 14 Pounds - Housemaid, 1850's and 1860's, 12 - 22 Pounds in 1894

11 - 17 Pounds - Cooks, 1850's and 1860's

20 Pounds (per week) - Singer at the Canterbury Music Hall

1000 Pounds (per week) - Sarah Bernhardt at the Coliseum Variety House

18 Pounds - Lady's-maid, 1865

12 Pounds - Scullery Maid, 1865

17 Pounds - Nurse-maids

50 Pounds - Cook, 1865

40 Pounds - Coachman, 1865

60 Pounds - Valet, 1865, 70 Pounds in 1894

90 Pounds - Gardener, 1865

Duke of Bedford - 300,000 Pounds (about $90 million US)

Duke of Westminster - 250,000 Pounds (just from London properties)

Costs in the 1850's

Seat in the body of the Canterbury hall, a popular tavern concert room - 6 pence

Seat in the gallery of the Canterbury - 9 pence

Costs in the 1860's

Gallery seat at South London Palace of Varieties in Lambeth - 3 pence; balcony and stalls - 1 shilling

Good seat plus a five-course meal at the Oxford Music Hall - 2 shillings, 6 pence

Flat rate fare for the City and South London railway in 1890 - 2 pence

Electric Victoria car whose driver sat on a platform above the rear wheels looking over the heads of the 2 passengers and could travel 40 miles on a charge at a max speed of 12 miles per hour - 570 Pounds

Costs in 1906

17 Shillings, 6 Pence - average weekly earnings for farm worker in 1906

Rent - 1 shilling 6 pence

3 lbs. of Sugar - 5-1/2 pence

1/2 lb. of tea - 8 pence

1-1/2lbs. of butter - 1 shilling 6 pence

1 pint of beer - 2 pence

2 oz tobacco - 6 pence

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 Some more costs to contanplate:: http://www.afamilystory.co.uk/history/wages-and-prices.aspx#Reaping 

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