Off to England in a few days where I plan to spend a couple of weeks pottering around London and researching its 18th century aspects. And maybe taking in a few non-18th century bits as well.

I’ll be mostly off the air for a while but I’ll post any interesting stuff I find when I can.

I’ve added a new page to the 18th century resources section dedicated to the Cost of Living. It includes such things as the prices of food, drink and clothing – everyday stuff affecting people’s lives.

I’ve also updated the Wages page with a couple of items. Did you know that a Ship’s Boy earned £2 10s per year while the First Commissioner to the Admiralty earned £3,000? The gap between rich and poor was pretty big.

I’ve added a couple more categories to the Thieves’ Cant section of the site – one for miscellaneous verbs and the other for places and travel. I’ve also moved some of the other categories around to be a bit more sensible.

Nearly all the cant terms date to the early Georgian period although quite a number are still in use in the later Georgian and Regency periods.

If you have any suggestions as to how it might be better arranged I’d be interested to hear them.