Changes in current values of lands is interesting, but of even of greater interest is the current value of lands mentioned in wills hundreds of years ago. To find out the value there is a website. http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/?redirurl=calculators/ppoweruk/ donkelly -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Mary Heaphy" <tipwex@eircom.net> > 26-11-1859 From the Times. > > Fall in value of land--It is a singular fact, but still true, that the value > of land in Tipperary has considerably receded of late, and there is no > longer that keen competition observable which marked the sales of property > in this county for a series of years in the Landed Estates Court. On some > late occasions properties put up in the Courts did not realise anything like > the prices current a short time ago, and not a few of the sales were > adjourned owing to the insufficiency of the bidders.