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The Edwardian Country House
"Everything in this house shows your status, to really rub your nose in the fact that you are above somebody else and below somebody else." Lady Olliff-Cooper
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Unlike the housmemaids, the footman would not have had to buy their own uniforms out of their wages
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"We like our food more sanitised nowadays, we like it plastic wrapped from the supermarket, with no noticeable resemblance to animals."
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Edwardian Life: Servants' Wages

How much were servants paid in 1905?
The table below shows you how much The Edwardian Country House servants would have been paid for a year's work at Manderston in 1905, and how much money that would be today.

Member of staff Yearly wages
1905		 Translated into 2002 money
Butler £60 £3483
Housekeeper £45 £2612
Chef £80 £4644
Ladies maid £32 £1858
Kitchen maid £24 £1393
First footman £26 £1509
Second footman £24 £1393
First housemaid £28 £1625
Second housemaid £22 £1277
Scullery maid £12 £697
Coachman £18 £1045
Hallboy £16 £929