By category, in date order.
Agricultural
Straw binder, per load in a Marlow farm 1844 = 1 shilling.
Male stone picker on a Marlow farm, per day 1844 = 1 shilling.
Carter at Town Farm Marlow 1844, per week = 12 shillings. Same wage as 1856!
Night watchman (usually guarding sheep but fear of incendiary attacks was also high locally at this time) on Marlow farm, per night 1844= 6d.
A female agricultural labourer's weekly wage on a Marlow farm in summer 1856 = 6 shillings.
Hay binder pay per load, 1856 = 2 shillings.
Shepherds wage on Town Farm Marlow 1856, per week = 13 shillings.
Plough boy on a Marlow farm 1856, per week = 4 shillings.
Carter on Town Farm Marlow 1856, per week = 12 shillings. This hadn't increased since before 1844!
Working farm foreman who can do thatching and hedging, per week, 1860 = 12s including cottage and £2 Michaelmas payment.
Farm boy at Hill Farm Marlow 1865, per week= 4 shillings 6d.
Under Gamekeeper, at Hall Place nr Hurley, 1872 = 15s a week including cottage and garden, and harvest month bonus.
Under Gamekeeper at Little Marlow 1876 = 16 shillings a week plus cottage and garden.
Wages paid to three agricultural labourers to mow a meadow Great Marlow, per acre, 1873 = 6 shillings 6d plus beer. The inclusion of beer into wages was common.
15 year old boy to milk cows and work in farm yard at Hawkins Farm, 1874, per week = 6 shillings (plus £4 at Michaelmas).
Carter on Abbey Farm, Little Marlow 1875, per week = 13 shillings, with a cottage and Michaelmas money.
Weekly wage of barley thrasher on a Marlow farm 1880 = 13 shillings.
Ploughboy per week on a Marlow Farm, 1880 = 5 shillings.
Agricultural labourer Marlow able to mend fences and plough 1892, per week = 12 shillings with cottage and garden.
Ploughboy, 1899, per week including board and lodging = 6 shillings.
Haymakers, 1900, per day = 5s plus 3 pints beer. (A higher than average wage put down to the relative absence of labourers locally due to their serving instead in the South African wars)
Cowman on a Marlow farm, if single [married men were paid more in those days and might also get use of a cottage] a week 1903 = 17 shillings. For comparison 17 shillings was also the wage for a carter at Danesfield and at a Little Marlow farm in 1899 but use of a cottage was also included with those. That position was for a married man only. He would receive extra fees at harvest time. At the hiring day that started the Wycombe Fair in 1898 the average negotiated wage for a cowman was 13 shillings a week plus a cottage, a ton of coal and "a present of £3 at Michaelmas". In 1914 a cowman at Blounts farm had a weekly wage of £1 (20s)
Carter on Wood Barn Farm Little Marlow 1914 = 16 shillings a week plus a cottage. (In 1899 it was 13 shillings.) A carter at Barmoor in the same year could expect 20s (£1) a week without a cottage - total abstainers preferred.
General farm worker at Wood Barn Farm Little Marlow with cottage and £2 10s extra Michaelmas money, per week 1914 = 16 shillings. Must be able to rick build and help in milking.
Shepherd at Barmoor Farm 1915, per week = £1 2 shillings with cottage and garden.
Domestic Service
Needlewoman for domestic service, to make plain dresses and frocks, and care for the wardrobes of several young gentleman when home from school, and mind the boys themselves ditto, 1859 = £16 per year plus beer and washing allowance. Members of Church of England only need apply.
Housemaid in a gent's family, to be aged 20-30, per annum 1860 = 14 guineas with "everything found" That meant employers will provide things like her laundry, candles for personal use, food and drink. Applicants to send letter care of Mr Pierce (Pearce) stationer, High Street Marlow. He took in replies to many similar requests.
Married couple- the man to serve as the gardener, cow man and groom, and the woman to be the cook, in tradesman's family, 1860, per annum = £30 for the pair.
General servant to assist at Marlow Cottage Hospital, Cambridge Road. Duties will include cooking. 1890 per annum = £12
Assistant gardener at Seymour Court, 1890, 20s per week
Good plain cook, age 30-35, with a kitchen maid to assist her in her work. At Westhorpe, 1890 = £25-29 per annum depending on experience. For comparison a cook - general (cook who would do housework too) working for much smaller household in Beaumont Rise in the same year could expect £20-23 per year. She had no kitchen maid to assist her but a "house boy" instead, who would also wait at table. And she would not be required to do any laundry.
General servant at house Marlow High Street 1898, per annum = £10.
Nursemaid to look after one child, Marlow Place 1900, per annum = £20.
Garden labourer, experienced, at Temple House 1900, per week = 17 shillings plus a lodge to live in. (Previous year only 16s was offered)
Under Gardener, "strong lad" preferred, Cromwell House, 1900 = 9-10 shillings a week.
Kitchen Maid, Beechwood House, Red Pitts 1904, per annum = £12. In 1917 a kitchen maid at Court Garden could expect £14 a year.
General servant Little Marlow, 1907, per annum = £10 [possibly a small household. In London you could earn double that, and £10 seems low even for local standards].
Parlourmaids in Marlow wages per annum as advertised across various sources, 1907 = £18-26. In 1917 a parlourmaid at Court Garden could expect £30.
Ladies maid to cover a Marlow household with two ladies. Dressmaking required. 1907, per annum = £30.
Head housemaid, per annum 1907 = £26.
Nursemaids in Marlow across various ads, per annum 1908 = £25-28.
Live in groom in large Marlow house, per week 1909 = 10 shillings a week [that was pretty stingy even for a live in!].
Footman in large Marlow house, per annum 1909 = £22
General servant for small Marlow family, per annum 1910 = £11 (very low though ad says no laundry duties involved).
A Cook at The Glade, Glade Road Marlow who was moving on, expected in her next job to earn in 1912, per annum = £24 to £25.
Garden labourer at Temple House with wife to attend to entrance gates, per week plus lodge rent free, 1914 = 17s
Kitchen maid, age 16-20, at Court Garden 1915 = £16-18 per annum. An under housemaid at same house recieved the same wage.
Cook at Woodside Little Marlow Road 1916, per annum = £24 .The cook at court garden in 1917 could for comparison expect £35 per annum, but this was a much larger household.
Housekeeper to do plain cooking as well, small household in Marlow, 1916 = £20 per annum
Under Gardener at Court Garden 1918 = 25 shillings a week plus vegetables from the garden, a coal allowance and either 3 rooms over stable or small lodge. Raised to 30 shillings with the veg and accomodation etc when no takers for this job. The head gardener could expect 35s a week in the same year with the same benefits, raised to 40s for the same reason as above.
Paid companion to a lady, 1918, not for those under 40 years = £20 per year.
Parlour maid in Marlow 1926, per annum = £36.
Parlourmaid for family of three in modern home, "Emston" Quarry Wood Road, 1941. Per week = 30 shillings.
Clerical, Managerial And Similar
Librarian at the Literary and Scientific Institute, per annum 1860 = £6
Great Marlow parish surveyor 1860, per annum = £20.
Clerk to the parish council, per annum 1896 = £25
Secretary of Marlow Water Company, per annum 1897 = £25
Managing Director of Marlow Water Company, per annum 1897= £50 plus 5 per cent commission on dues collected -getting people to pay up, especially those in big houses was hard work!
Education:
Master of the Boys' School, per annum 1878 = £104
Mistress of Bovingdon Green village school, per annum 1878 = £44 6 shillings
Mistress of the Infant's School in St Peter's Street, per annum 1878 = £70
Cook for Borlase school, with scullery maid to assist her. 1899 = £25-30 per annum all found, but no beer allowance..
Drill instructor for Borlase school, must be military man either discharged or unfit to serve, 1918, per week = £1 7s 6d
Building And Similar Trades
Painter (house). As earned by Thomas Clements of Hambledon 1872, per week = 18 shillings
Mason to work at the building of a new house Danesfield 1899, per hour = 9d, travelling time allowed.
Brick makers at Marlow Common kiln, 1899 = 7 shillings per 1,000 bricks made.
Plasterer to work on houses being build by Mr Harris at Marlow 1899, per hour = 10d.
Other:
Maximum salary the churchwardens and overseers of poor would be willing to pay for a sober couple of good character to manage Great Marlow poorhouse, 1775 = £20 per annum.
Journeyman blacksmith in Marlow 1830, per week = 17 shillings.
Keeper of the Marlow Lock Up House 1856, per week = 16 shillings plus a uniform coat and hat renewed every year.
Great Marlow parish sanitary inspector 1859, per annum = £45
Journeyman baker (qualified baker who has served apprenticeship but works for others not himself) Marlow 1862, per week = 12 shillings.
Paper mill worker, male, adult 1874, per week = 17 shillings 6 pence
Chimney sweep employed by master sweep as assistant, 1884, per week = 15 shillings
Carter working for Mr Butler coal merchant of Marlow 1893, per week = 17 shillings
Girls, ideally aged about 15, to paint tiles at the Medmenham Pottery, Marlow Common 1898, per week = 5 shillings
Caretaker and librarian for the Marlow Institute 1903, per week = 15 shillings. (It was £35 per annum in 1897)
Hotel cook, per annum 1909 = £25. At The Chequers in 1900 the cook could expect £30 per annum for comparison.
Housemaid/ Waitress (one person to perform both roles) at hotel in area, live in, 1917 = £31 per annum. A good wage compared to those in domestic service in a private home.
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Compiled from adverts, letters, court cases, interviews.
And Maidenhead Advertiser July 24th 1872, South Bucks Standard 30 September 1899 and 5 February 1897
To put these wages into context see our Marlow Cost of Living posts Part 1 and Part 2. These tell you what Marlow people paid for rents, food, entertainment, medical care, furnishings, education, travel etc.
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