http://www.victorianweb.org/economics/wages4.html http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/results.asp#mid In 1870, £100 0s 0d would have the same spending worth of today's £4,570.00 In 1890, £100 0s 0d would have the same spending worth of today's £5,989.00 In 1900, £100 0s 0d would have the same spending worth of today's £5,706.00 In 1905, £100 0s 0d would have the same spending worth of today's £5,735.00 http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html http://www.victorianweb.org/economics/wages.html http://www.igp-web.com/Carlow/wages.htm Don't know if the above is any help - but interesting - Perhaps a search at National Archive - will be closer to answering your quest. Cheers, Stella At 06:36 AM 27/06/2010, John Newport wrote: >Does anyone have any idea if there's a website or a book that gives some >idea of the cost of living in England in the 1890s, please? I've been >reading about wages/salaries but, of course, the figures are meaningless >without any idea of what food and clothing, etc., cost. My grandfather was >earning 100GBP a year, in 1895, but was this good or not-so-good? > > > >TIA > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >email to KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the >word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >subject and the body of the message