5 Weird Facts about Coffeehouses in Early Modern England YouTube video by Kate Bowes

A short history about coffeehouses in Early Modern England told in 5 weird facts.

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Bookshops were present across towns in England by the end of the eighteenth century, with historians estimating that 80% of English towns contained at least one bookshop, but most had more.

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In London 57% of households employing servants only employed one servant. This would have most likely have been a maid-of-all work, who by her name suggests, did all the work.

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Maid servants in Early Modern England could earn between £2-3 a year. However, some employers paid there maid servants more than £4 a year while others paid them less than £1.

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In Early Modern England, up to four servants could be expected to share the same bed!

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The Shocking Truth of Servant Wages in 18th Century England YouTube video by Kate Bowes

New Video alert!

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Inside the Eighteenth Century Bookshop YouTube video by Kate Bowes

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In the nineteenth century, some households would only employ footmen who were over 6 foot in height.

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In 1440 Germany, Johannes Gutenberg invented the first moveable printing-press which would enable a much faster rate of printing revolutionising the print industry.

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In the late nineteenth century, households spent about a third of their weekly budget on food.

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In eighteenth century England, over 1/4 of aristocratic women never married.

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In the Tudor era, wealthy families would take the glass from their windows when moving house. People did this because new glass was very expensive and it was often cheaper to replace a house's windows with old glass than buy new.

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The Shocking History of Shops in the Eighteenth Century YouTube video by Kate Bowes

New video alert! Also new microphone with much better sound quality!

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In the eighteenth century, shop signs became so big in London, that they were recorded to have fallen down in high winds and unalived people.

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After listening to comments on my YT channel I have bought a better mic so sound quality should be much better in the future! New video dropping in a couple of hours so stay tuned!

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In Tudor England about 90% of the population lived in rural areas.

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Henry VIII’s wife Catherine Parr, provided her maids with a steady breakfast of the chine of beef in the morning.

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In Georgian England, some householders used trip wires to protect their houses against thieves breaking in.

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In Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1900, 175,300 people had a telephone, in a population of around 35 million people.

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The first purpose built promenade in England for leisure walking was built in York around 1719 and called "The Lord's Mayor Walk". Visitors to the city can still walk it today.

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In Early Modern England, handwritten recipe books were used by people to record both recipes for food and medical treatments. These recipe book were often handed down the generations and could contain anything from a recipe for game pie to salves for wounds.

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I went on a tour of Shrewsbury prison some years ago when visiting Shropshire. It was very interesting and if tours are still available I would highly recommend. You can go inside the female prison cells and learn about what their life would have been like.

Around 60% of people aged between 15 and 24 were employed as servants in Early Modern England.

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2 Truths and 2 Lies about Victorian Christmas YouTube video by Kate Bowes

New Video Alert! 2 Truths and 2 Lies about Victorian Christmas Traditions, in six minutes! Enjoy!

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In some Early Modern English communities, unborn babies were sometimes called "little strangers" until they were born and found their place in the community.

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Did you know that in some eighteenth century townhouses, employers would make their servants sleep underneath windows and doors, so that if someone broke into the house they would step on the servant and wake them, raising the alarm to the intruder?

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In the Tudor era it was considered unlucky if a hare ran in front of you.

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A box of Christmas crackers from 1948, image from the V&A Museum.

Did you know that a London baker called Tom Smith patented the first Christmas cracker in 1847?

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Sourced from English Heritage Website, unable to find original artist.

At Christmas time, the Victorians frequently gifted their servants fabric to make new dresses with or books on how to be a better servant.

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Ok thanks, I'll have to check those out! Thank you for the help :)