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Posted By: derekdwc 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 23rd Aug 2010 12:59pm
can someone lookup how much a £1 in 1843 would be equivalent to today please


for younger viewers
£1 = 20s (shillings) = 240d (pence - pennies)

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Posted By: diggingdeeper Re: 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 23rd Aug 2010 1:06pm
£1 in 1843 would be about £45 in 1999
SOURCE
Posted By: OxtonHill Re: 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 23rd Aug 2010 1:12pm
Using
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/default0.asp#mid

£44.10

or
Using
http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/

£83.20

Depends how you look at it, and what things you take into consideration.
Posted By: alan128 Re: 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 23rd Aug 2010 1:18pm
in 2009
£83.20 using the retail price index
£112.00 using the GDP deflator
£782.00 using the average earnings
£1,240.00 using the per capita GDP
£2,810.00 using the share of GDP
Posted By: Nigel Re: 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 23rd Aug 2010 2:07pm
Now a pound is almost worthless!!
Posted By: derekdwc Re: 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 23rd Aug 2010 2:19pm
so which eqiuvalent would we use for my post?
I'm more confused than ever
Posted By: bert1 Re: 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 23rd Aug 2010 2:21pm
Why was 30 windows less than 23 windows?
Posted By: derekdwc Re: 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 23rd Aug 2010 2:23pm
tax relief for the really rich and powerful
never see any bricked up windows in country mansions
Posted By: bert1 Re: 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 23rd Aug 2010 2:32pm
Possible, but not sure, even 23 plus must be big property.

Window tax history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax
Posted By: alan128 Re: 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 23rd Aug 2010 2:34pm
i would base it on average earnings
Posted By: diggingdeeper Re: 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 23rd Aug 2010 4:15pm
The most definable ideal for comparison is basing it on disposable income, but usually the best practical guideline is the old "price of a loaf of bread".
Posted By: bert1 Re: 1843 taxes and pre road tax - 24th Aug 2010 7:32am
Under the heading, Duties of Servants, Horses and Carriages, what was the significance of the two columns, Male servants and Bachelors. I was wondering was the word Bachelor being used as single male or did it have some meaning in the horse and carriage world ( can't find anything to that effect ) It would appear that this is an early form of married mans tax allowance in force. In the link it states that a Roman Catholic clergyman is exempt from this bachelor rate.

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