APPENDIX B

Bedfordshire.—Clopshill, 1795.[504]

Family of Six Persons.

Expences by the Week—£ s.d.
Bread, flour, or oatmeal,076
Yeast and salt,003
Thread and worsted,002
Bacon or other meat,016
Tea, sugar, and butter,0010½
Soap,005
Candles,005
Beer,007
Total of the Week,£0 118½
Amount per Annum,£30810
Rent,1100
Wood,1126
Cloaths,220
Sickness,050
Total Expences per Annum,£35 184
Earning per Week—
The man,£076
The woman,016
The children,040
Total of the Week,£0 130
Total Earnings per Annum,£33 160

N.B.—‘The Harvest earnings not included: they go a great way towards making up the deficiency.’

Dorset.—Sherborne, 1789.[505]

Family of Five Persons.

Expences per Week—£s.d.
Bread,030
Salt,001½
Meat,008
Tea, etc.,002[506]
Cheese,007
Milk,004
Soap,002½
Candles,006
Thread, etc.,001
Total,£058
Amount per Annum,£14148
Rent,200
Fuel,3180
Clothes, etc.,100
Total Expences per Annum,£21 128
Earnings per Week—
The man,£060
The woman,026
Total,£086
Total Earnings per Annum,£2220

Hampshire.—Long Parish, 1789.[507]

Family of Six Persons.

Expences per Week—£s. d.
Bread or Flour,050
Yeast and Salt,003
Bacon or other Meat,010
Tea, Sugar, and Butter,006
Cheese,005
Soap, Starch, and Blue,002
Candles,002
Thread, Thrum, and Worsted,003
Total,£079
Amount per Annum,£2030
Rent, Fuel (‘both very high and scarce’), Clothes, Lying-in, etc.,700
Total Expences per Annum,£2730
Earnings per Week—
The man,£080
The woman,010
Total,£090
Total Earnings per Annum,£2380

Herts.—Hinksworth, 1795.[508]

Family of Six Persons.

Expences by the Week—£ s.d.
Bread, flour, or oatmeal,0 105
Heating the oven,004
Yeast and salt,004
Bacon or pork,034
Tea, sugar, and butter,019½
Soap,005
Cheese,007½
Candles,004
Small beer,006¾
Milk,004
Potatoes,013
Thread and worsted,004
Total of the Week,£100½
Amount per Annum,£5222
Rent,200
Cloaths,65 10
Fuel, coal, wood, etc.,3 153
Births and burials,136
Total Expences per Annum,£6569
Earnings per Week—
The man,£092¾
The woman,016
The children,048
Total of the Week,£0 154¾
Total Earnings per Annum,£4007

Northamptonshire.—Castor, 1794.[509]

Family of Six Persons.

Expences per Week—£s. d.
Bread and Flour,043
Salt,001
Meat,016
Tea, Sugar, and Butter,011
Cheese (sometimes),005
Soap ¼ lb., Starch, etc.,002½
Candles ½ lb., Thread, etc.,006
Total,£080½
Amount per Annum,20 182
Rent,1 150
Fuel and coals,1 100
Clothing,2 150
Lying-in, loss of time, etc.,1 100
Total Expenses per Annum,£2882
Earnings per Week—
The man,£076
The woman,00 10
The children,004
Total,£088
Total Earnings per Annum,£22 108

N.B.—To the earnings may be added what is got by gleaning.

Norfolk.—Diss, 1793.[510]

Family of Six Persons.

Expences by the Week—£s. d.
Bread, flour or oatmeal,047½
Yeast and salt,002
Bacon or other meat,003
Tea, sugar, and butter,009¼
Soap,002¼
Candles,003
Cheese,005½
Milk,006
Potatoes,006
Thread and worsted,002
Total per Week,£0710½
Total per Annum,£2096
Rent,330
Fuel,140
Cloaths,230
Births, burials, sickness,0100
Total Expenses per Annum,£2796
Earnings per Week—
The Man,£090
The Woman,010
The Children,016
Total,£0116
Total Earnings per Annum,£29180

N.B.—In 1795 the earnings of this family were the same but their expenses had risen to £36, 11s. 4d. On bread they spent 8s. a week instead of 4s. 7½d.