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A History of the Cost of Living

A book by John Burnett.

Bank of England Inflation Calculator

An inflation calculator which works out how prices have changed in the UK from the year 1209 until now.

British Coin Denominations from Roman Times to Date

Coins of the UK

Gives a good deal of history of the coinage of the United Kingdom by regnal years.

Conder token (Wikipedia)

Conder tokens, also known as 18th-century provincial tokens, were a form of privately minted token coinage struck and used during the later part of the 18th century and the early part of the 19th century in England, Anglesey and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.

Currency converter: 1270–2017

From the UK National Archives. Converts modern UK currency to old values based on year & vice versa.

Current Value of Old Money

English Weights & Measures: Money

Discusses the L.S.D. pre-decimal system of coinage in the United Kingdom.

Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount, 1270 to Present

GENUKI: British Coins 1816-2000, UK and Ireland

Historic British Coinage

Describes the pre-decimal coinage of England.

Historical Value of Money in the UK

Inflation: the Value of the Pound 1750-1998

Parlimentary research paper on the changing value of the Pound Sterling from 1750-1998.

Measuring Worth - Annual Inflation Rates in the United States 1775 - 2021, and United Kingdom, 1265 - 2021

The Comparative Value of Money between Britain and the Colonies

The National Archives | Palaeography tutorial - Quick reference: Money

United Kingdom. Explains the pre-decimal English currency system.

Wages Assessment Essex 1651 (Wayback Machine)

England.

Wages, the Cost of Living, Contemporary Equivalents to Victorian Money

Weights, Money and Other Measures Used by Our Ancestors

A book by Colin R. Chapman.

What's A Guinea? - Money and Coinage in Victorian Britain

Explains the pounds, shillings, & pence system in use for three hundred years prior to change in 1971.