2007-03-03 20:48:37 · 7 answers · asked by aliciajevans3000 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Try here:
http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ukcompare/
2007-03-03 20:51:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
£1
2007-03-04 04:52:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
KB speaks truly, but it's still a hard question.
Generally a pound was considered five dollars, yet a Usian laborer could make $20 in a week, while a British laborer couldn't come close to 4 pounds.
At the same time, "taking the Queen's shilling" meant both enlisting and having a lively weekend drunk, which would cost you much more than a shilling in the US.
You have also to consider the things you could buy, if you were wealthy in the 90s, and can no longer, as well as those you can buy now, even if poor, that no one in the 90s dreamt of, or some that they did, like indoor plumbing and telephone service.
Perhaps your question has no realisable answer.
2007-03-04 05:30:19 · answer #3 · answered by obelix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to give you some idea, in the 1890s a butler's salary was between £40 - £60 a year, a valet's or lady's maid was £20 - £30 a year and a housemaid's was about £16 a year.
2007-03-04 04:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by KB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1891 Grand father Cad purchashed. The Cad country Estate with Cad towers,all for £1.00 mind you he did then have to spend Ten million pounds doing it up....................................
2007-03-04 04:57:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About a month's wages.
2007-03-04 18:53:12 · answer #6 · answered by elflaeda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one guinea was £1.05 that's the nearest I got
2007-03-04 04:56:57 · answer #7 · answered by friendofb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋