Wages in Various industries in 1768
Bedford - Lace. Women 4s 6d. Girls 4s.
Rotherham - Iron, Potteries Men 10s. Boys 3s.
Sheffield - Plating, Cutlery etc.. Men 13s 6d. Women 4s. Girls 3s.
Wakefield - Cloths Men 10s. Boys 1s. 9d. Colliers 11s.
Leeds - Cloths Men 8s. 3d. Women 3s. 6d. Boys 5s. Girls 1s. 8d.
Ayton - Alum - Men 7s. 6d.
Fremington - Lead Mines Men 7s. 6d. Women 6s. Boys and Girls 3s. 3d.
Darlington - Huckaback’s - Men 8s. 6d.
Newcastle - Colliers - Men 15s.
Carlisle - Cotton Checks - Men 9s.
Kendal - Stockings, Cottons, Linsey-woolsey, Tannery Men 9s. 5d. Women 3s. 3d. Children 2s.
Warrington - Sail Cloth, Sacking, Pins, Shoes Men 8s. 7d. Women 4s. 6d. Children 2s. 6d.
Liverpool - Porcelain, Stockings, Glass - Men 8s. 11d.
Manchester - Fustians, Check, Hats, Small Wares
Men 7s. 1d. Women 5s. 4d. Children 3s. 5d.Burslem - Potteries Men 9s. 6d. Women 6s. 6d.
Newcastle - Shoes, Hats Men 7s. 6d. Women 4s. 6d. Children 1s.
Worcester - Porcelain, Gloves Men 9s. Women 4s. 6d. Children 2s. 3d.
Averages: Men - 9s. 6d. Average of Women 4s. 7d. Average of Children 2s. 8d.
House rent, fuel, Wear of tools, 1768
Conisborough, House Rent - £1. 10s., Firing - £1. 4s., Tools - 5s.
Ecclesfield, House Rent - £2., Firing - £1., Tools - 6s.
Prices of the principal articles of subsistence 1768
Conisborough Butter - 6d., Cheese - 4d., Mutton - 31/2d., Beef - 3d., Veal - 3d.
Rotherham Bread - 11/2d., Butter - 6d., Cheese - 4d., Mutton - 31/2d., Beef - 31/2d., Veal - 3d., Pork 4d.
Ecclesfield Bread - 11/2d., Butter - 8d., Cheese - 31/2d., Mutton - 31/2d., Beef - 31/2d., Veal - 3d., Pork 4d.
Price of meat (chiefly mutton) from 1596 - 1734
1596 A whole mutton 18s., A fat wether 15s.
1597 A fore quarter of mutton 5s, A fat wether in wool 18s., A fat sheep 14s.
1610 A mutton weighing 44lbs. or 46lbs., the stone (8lbs.) 2s, 3d., A lamb 6s. 8d.
1618 A leg of mutton 1s. 10d., A mutton 10s.
1660 to 1690 Mean price of mutton, the stone, (8Ibs.) 1s. 4d.
1700 Live sheep, the pound, from 2½ to 3d.
1710 Beef, the pound 1 1//10d.,
Veal, the pound 2d.,
Mutton the pound, 2d.,
Lamb, the pound, 2 9/10d.
1706 to 1730 Mutton, the stone, 1s. 8d.
1730 to 1760 Mutton the stone, 2s.
1734 Mutton at Smithfield Market, the stone, 9d.
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