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#426939 23rd Aug 2010 12:59pm
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can someone lookup how much a £1 in 1843 would be equivalent to today please


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

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£1 in 1843 would be about £45 in 1999
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Using
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/default0.asp#mid

£44.10

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

£83.20

Depends how you look at it, and what things you take into consideration.

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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

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Now a pound is almost worthless!!


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

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Why was 30 windows less than 23 windows?


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

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

Window tax history
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i would base it on average earnings

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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".


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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

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