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hi there,
need information regardin house prices, beer prices, bread etc of 1880ish. Need the information to be copywrite free. Can anyone help me.
thanks
bongo
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I have got a copy of an old diary with prices of various things in it. Will copy out the prices.
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It may be on the Victorian web site www.thevictorianweb.org is the address I think! It is a huge resource on all things Victorian.
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This may not be what you want but it may be of interest to someone.
1874
House Servant £9 per year
1875
Bedroom Couch £1.1.0
Young Servant £7 per year
Gold Locket Chain from Haywards £5.10s
1876
Lustres in Drawing Room 21/-
Sewing Machine from Musgraves £4.10.0
1878
Butter dish, glass & silver from Haywards £1.0.0
5 teeth stopped & 2 of husbands cost 30/-
Thimble steel & silver from Haywards 2/-
1879
Servant Girl £10 per year
Servant Girl £12 per year
Curtains in Drawing Room from Faggs 25/-
Cigar Stand from Uptons 7/6
Boots for 2 year old 13/-
Black Silk Jacket £3.15.0
1880
Feather Bed from Tyler in London £6.15.0 was cost price
Blue & gold Dinner Set from Wilson £2.15.0
Girl to help servant 1/6 per week
Drawing Room Clock at Darleys £4.0.0
Large pair Vases from Popes £1.1.0
Bonnet 29/6
Photod at Blackalls 5/6 for 6
Boots from Franks £1.1.0
Umbrella from Bretts 7.11
Black & Beige Costume £1.12.10
Childs Costume & pinafore 15.7
China Flower Basket at Popes 12/6 marked 15/-
Child’s Highland Suit at Joseph’s 22/- marked 26/-
I'll put the items from 1881 on a bit later I'm sure somewhere there was entered the price of potatoes.
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1881
Coal Vase from Astons & Greens in London £2.4.0, original price £4.0.0
Servant Girl £10 per year
Toy Clockwork Train 7/6
Silver plated tea, coffee, milk and sugar pots with inscription, presented to Grandpa, cost about £12.0.0
New Boots, 2 pairs from Normans £2.0.0
La Favorita, 15/- seats in stalls.
Drugget in Dining Room £1.1.0
Lodging at Stouting for a while for children to get over illness, paying 18/- a week for lodging, 2 bedrooms and use of dining room for meals, meals charged accordingly.
Housekeeping money 35/- a week husband agreed to increase to £2.0.0 per week.
78 acres of grazing land in the Marsh called Guildeford Lane (Kent) £7000
Fur Mantle from Mays 3½ guineas
Umbrella 25/-
1882
Nurse after baby born for 3 weeks 12/- per week
Dining Room Curtains 24/-
Gold Broach £2.12.6
6 plated fish knives & forks from Reich’s £2.13.6
Biscuit Tin 25/-
Plated Hot Water Jug 27/6
Oval Mirror on velvet with vase attached for flowers £1.1.0
Ladies Laced Boots from Franks 18/9
Gold Bracelet £5.5.0
1883
Dined at Table d’hote at the Criterion in London 3/6 each but bill ran up to 13/-
Bought house in Tontine Street Folkestone £375 with £10 per year ground rent.
Mirror framed in wreath of Worcester China on velvet bracket 30/-
Meat price gone up, Shoulders Mutton 1/- lb and B E neck ½
Friends to visit, found them a room for 1/6 per night
1884
Servant girl £10 per year
Nurse 2/- per week
Boots 2 pairs 18/9 & 10/9
Stock Gyll Force 3d each to go in grounds
High charges at hotel, glass of beer 3d, Bottle of Lemonade 6d, Cold lunch of bread, meat & chesses 3/- each.
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If anyone is interested, this site will give what the pound/shillings/pence from yesteryear is worth today plus all sots of other info:-
http://measuringworth.com/calculators/ppoweruk/
example - Servant girl 1884, £10 year equates to £716.31 using the retail price index in 2006.
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1885
Made 14 pots of marmalade, 16 oranges 1/-, 10lbs sugar at 2¼ per lb.
Steamboat from Charing Cross pier to Hampton Court 1/6 each. Lunch on board 2/- each.
1886
Fruit cheap this year Plums ½ per gall, damsons 9d
1887
Easter Communion Service 330 there collection was £58
Tram in Chester 3d charge for any distance
Lunch of Stout, bread & cheese on Snowdon 2/6 each
Lunch at ‘The Goat’ 2/6 each
Conway Water Falls, 2d to go down path to deep revine.
Fairy Glen 2d
1888
Washing Machine £2.15.0
1889
Gold Chain from O’Clee’s £8.0.0
Childs Doll 9/-
Silver Chain 18/6
Board & Lodging at Paddlesworth, child age 14 10/- other children 7/6 per week
1890
Pepper’s Ghost Entertainment & The Flying Dutchman in Torquay, seats 2/-
1891
Carpet for church vestry, art square from Lewis & Goole’s £1.10.0
12 menu holders £2.8.0
1892
Umbrella 11/11
Train from Leamington to Warwick 3d each
24 wine glasses & 2 decanters from Popes 35/-
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1893
Eye Glasses from Chancery Lane London 2/-
Church collection on Hospital Sunday £64
Boat to Cowes from Royal Pier 3/- each 1st class return
Carriage from Hotel to Carisbrooke Castle 4d each
Newport Church, charged 6d each to be shown around
1894
Wedding invitation cards 14/6 for 50
Case of fish knives & forks 47/-
1895
Boarding House ‘Pleasance’ in Tunbridge Wells board 7/- per day
Let Manor Road House, furnished for 5 weeks at 7 guineas a week
2 Rooms in Montague Terrace Richmond 2½ guineas a week
Big Wheel ride for half an hour 1/- each
1896
Train from Tunbridge to Sevenoaks 2/- each to go over Mansion.
Violin £15
Necklet 45/-
Rooms at Friars Stile Road Richmond 30/- per week
Bicycle £14.14.0
1897
Dinner Servive 35/-
House in Kingsnorth Gardens sold for £800, resold shortly after for £850.
Dance at Masonic Hall, Hall £2.2.0, Band £2.2.0, Supper 2/- per head.
1898
Bicycle £18
1900
To Staines by the Duke of York 3/6 each return [probably from Richmond]
Ride round Edinburgh by Cable Tram then by a char a banc to the Forth Bridge 1/3 each
1d for a ride in a shakey little motor car at Haymarket
Duke of Atholl’s Private grounds including guide 2/- each
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1903
Gold Watch £11.11.0
Gold Chain for watch £7.5.0
Tea Service 12/6
Dinner Service 14/6
Folkestone to Deal cheap return fare 1/6
1904
Gold Pin & pair of links £1.1.0
Leg operation £100 guineas
Pony Trap from Ramill £30
1905
Lunch at Lyons in London 1/6
1906
Ebony Hair brush 8/6
Tram to Potter Heigham station fare fishermans tickets 1/3 return [probably from Yarmouth]
1907
4 ferns 3/6
Cake Basket £2.2.0
Housekeeper at White Hall Hotel, Hampton Court £36 per year
1908
Massage ankle, ½ hour a day for 35 days £8.15.0
6 Silver Teaspoons & Sugar Tongs in case 25/-
1909
Silver Photo Frame 12/6
1910
Folkestone to Rye by Motor 7/- each
1911
Folkestone to Hastings by Motor 8/- each
1913
Rocking Horse 17/-
1914
Silver & Paste brooch Bow £1.1.
ALL DONE NOW will put these prices on a new thread incase those who may be interested don't look under house prices
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many thanks for all the suggestions. I will read them all and check out the websites. Thank you so much.
ally
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