If someone was given five shillings to travel to her new place of employment (she was going into service) in 1828, how far would that take her? Would that be enough to get to Manchester? She lived in Upper Slaughter parish, not far from Cheltenham. Thanks for any help, or links to any helpful places. Bonz

Hi Seems quite difficult to estimate - the figure often quoted for travel then is about 1d per mile .... there are 60 pennies in 5/-. But this was the cost of going by mail coach. There would have been other private businesses running services between places for less than this. 5/- in 1828 would be equal to about £205 in equivalent wages today and about £18 using the retail price index. http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/ Regards Dave -----Original Message----- From: gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bonnie Malmat Sent: 10 August 2011 00:27 To: gloucester@rootsweb.com; GLOUCESTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GLS] Travel? If someone was given five shillings to travel to her new place of employment (she was going into service) in 1828, how far would that take her? Would that be enough to get to Manchester? She lived in Upper Slaughter parish, not far from Cheltenham. Thanks for any help, or links to any helpful places. Bonz _____________________________________________ Gloucestershire Family History Society: www.gfhs.org.uk Gloucestershire Archives: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3823 - Release Date: 08/09/11