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Normally one would multiply by 80+ (say 82) to get the modern 'equivalent'. (6,500 x 82 = 533,000). Relative costs were different 120 years ago. Food, for example, was relatively cheap and so was accommodation. For £6,500 you could have bought a huge, splendid house in a desirable part of London in 1885 ...

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