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can someone lookup how much a £1 in 1843 would be equivalent to today please


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

£1 in 1843 would be about £45 in 1999
SOURCE

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.

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

Now a pound is almost worthless!!

so which eqiuvalent would we use for my post?
I'm more confused than ever

Why was 30 windows less than 23 windows?

tax relief for the really rich and powerful
never see any bricked up windows in country mansions

Possible, but not sure, even 23 plus must be big property.

Window tax history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax

i would base it on average earnings

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".

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.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Transcriptions/WRY/Taxes1837.html