Inflation and the Cost of Living

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The Cost of Domestic Items in 1869:

Bernard Lane kindly sent (Aug 2017) the following information from J. W. Lane's "Notebook of Domestic Purchases of 1869". Not only is it interesting to see how prices have changed (the approximate value of £1 in 1869 is £104 in 2017), it is also interesting to read just what items were bought at that time:

Apr 10:   Clock (?Shoreditch) 9s 6d.
               Picture frames (pair) 2s 6d
               Vases (pair) 9d.

May:       Hand glass 2s

Aug:       Hat brush 2s

Sep:       Black lead brush1s
               Dust pan and hearth brush 10d
               Meat hook 2d
               Hassock 1s 6d
               Carving knife and fork 3s

Oct 8:     Leather bag 2s

Nov 13:   Blacking brushes 2s 3d

Nov 20:   Lamp 3s
               Coal shoot 2s
               Kettle 2s 9d
               Brush 1d
               Pail 1s
               Two dishes 1s 4½d
               12 plates 2s 1½
               2 wines 6d
               Vegetable dish 1s 9d
               2 tumblers 1s
               6 plates 2s 9d
               6 cups and saucers 2s 9d
               Bedstead 26s
               Pallias 10s 6d
               Blanket 15s 6d
               Slop 1s
               Stand and ware 15s
               Rug 4s 6d
               Table cover 8s 6d
               8 spoons 3d
               12 knives and 7 forks 13s
               Jug 4½d
               Candlestick 6d
               Basin 4d
               Fire iron 5s 6d
               Sifter 4½d
               Saucepan 1s 4d
               Dish 5d
               2 B&B plates 1s 9d
               Tray 2s 6d
               Toilet Pale (sic!) 2s 6d
               Basins 3½d
               Carpet brush 1s
               T spoons 1s
               Nmeg grater 1d
               Bed cord 2d
               H bowel 1s 8d
               Counterpane 17s 6d
               Damask curtains £1 0s 5d
               Tassells 2s 3d
               Toilet cover 1s 6½d
               Canvass 8¼d
               Easy chair 18s
               Merino Curtains 5s 6d
               Quilt 1s 6d
               Sundries 3s
               2 candlesticks, -do-trays, snuffers 1s
Dec 21    Feather bed, bolster and pillows £1 15s
               Glass sugar bowl & lee (?) 1s 6d
               Cornice pole and blinds 6s
               Counterpane 7s
               Tea cups & saucers & lee(?) 1s
               3 box irons, 3 sundries do 1s 6d
               Looking glass 2s
               Indian matting 1s
Sale        Scringe bellows, brooms, 
               Baking tins, cinder sieve
               White wash brush
               Wood basket, suit board
               Show brushes - all 6d

Jan:        Table mahogony 3s
               Clothe horse & do board 1s 6d
Sale        Steps, bench, wash tup &co 1s 6d
               Baking tins, saw &co 1s
               Towl horse 6d

Feb 2      Two blankets, 1 quilt 3s
                Iron foot stools, boxes etc 1s 6d