1755 59.16 42.95 48.5 50.86 69.8 51.05 21.62 38.62 1781 72.62 75.5 54.88 57.6 57.38 69.8 59.64 26.42 46.62 103.41 93.9 72.92 66.7 64.86 81.0 74.42 32.55 58.97 1797 1805 139.12 98.89 83.3 79.44 87.0 96.58 38.88 75.87 144.76 110.95 97.0 92.03 105.6 107.81 43.01 84.89 1810 1815 137.88 105.55 97.0 95.28 112.1 106.18 46.55 85.30 134.47 99.41 97.0 91.92 103.3 101.84 50.77 84.37 1819 106.89 100.8 98.89 97.0 93.55 105.1 97.59 55.09 83.11 1827 1835 103.41 112.3 96.98 97.0 88.68 98.9 94.11 75.03 88.77 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 1851 52 weeks' earnings £29.04 £29.04 £52.95 £42.90 £75.15 n.a. £52.62 £258.88 £75.51 in 1851 NOTE: The indices are aggregated from the finer groups listed in Table 9.1, using wage series from Table 9.2 and employment weights. The employment weights for 1755-1815 draw on Lindert, Occupations, 1670-1811,’ Table 3; while those for ‘English 1815-1851 are derived from censuses. The derivations of the employment weights are described in DP, Appendix A. SOURCE: For the three previous series, see Bowley, 1900, table in back; Phelps Brown and Hopkins, 1955; Tucker, 1936, pp. The conversion of the Phelps Brown-Hopkins series from daily to annual wages assumed 312 working days a year. Table 19 A 'Best Guess' Cost-of-Living Index for southern England, 1781 - 1850: 1850 = 100 Using Southern Urban Expenditure Weights
1755 1781 1797 1805 1810 1815 1819 1827 1835 1851 52 weeks' earnings in 1851 59.16 72.62 103.41 139.12 144.76 137.88 134.47 106.89 103.41 100.00 £29.04 75.5 93.9 100.8 112.3 100.00 £29.04 42.95 54.88 72.92 98.89 110.95 105.55 99.41 98.89 96.98 100.00 £52.95 48.5 57.6 66.7 83.3 97.0 97.0 97.0 97.0 97.0 100.00 £42.90 50.86 57.38 64.86 79.44 92.03 95.28 91.92 93.55 88.68 100.00 £75.15 69.8 69.8 81.0 87.0 105.6 112.1 103.3 105.1 98.9 100.00 n.a. 51.05 59.64 74.42 96.58 107.81 106.18 101.84 97.59 94.11 100.00 £52.62 21.62 26.42 32.55 38.88 43.01 46.55 50.77 55.09 75.03 100.00 £258.88 38.62 46.62 58.97 75.87 84.89 85.30 84.37 83.11 88.77 100.00 £75.51 NOTE: The indices are aggregated from the finer groups listed in Table 9.1, using wage series from Table 9.2 and employment weights. The employment weights for 1755-1815 draw on Lindert, ‘English Occupations, 1670-1811,’ Table 3; while those for 1815-1851 are derived from censuses. The derivations of the employment weights are described in DP, Appendix A. SOURCE: For the three previous series, see Bowley, 1900, table in back; Phelps Brown and Hopkins, 1955; Tucker, 1936, pp. The conversion of the Phelps Brown-Hopkins series from daily to annual wages assumed 312 working days a year. Table 19 A 'Best Guess' Cost-of-Living Index for southern England, 1781 - 1850: 1850 = 100 Using Southern Urban Expenditure Weights
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