Prices: Britain. Average Price of Wheat Per Quarter, 1800-1814

In shillings (s.) and pence (d.)

Note: A quarter equals eight bushels, or approximately one-quarter ton of grain.

Source: Galpin, W. Freeman.  The Grain Supply of England During the Napoleonic Period.  New York: Macmillan, 1925.

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