This data, all taken from the Old Bailey Online database, is a breakdown of stated rents in London from 1740 to 1800. While it does not constitute a complete recreation of the housing market at that time it does give an indication of what types of property people were renting and how much they paid for it. More can be read about this in my post here. Rents are listed in pennies for the purpose of comparison but can easily be converted into whole pounds by dividing by 240.
| Renter | Property Type | Rent Type | Rent in Pennies | Case Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Hurnell | Room | Quarter | 270 | 16/01/1740 |
| Jeffery Rushton | House – Chamber, Kitchen, and a Shop | Year | 1200 | 13/04/1743 |
| Robert King Parkinson | House | Year | 1200 | 07/09/1743 |
| John Richards | House | Year | 3600 | 07/09/1743 |
| Mary Fox | Empty Room | Week | 12 | 07/09/1743 |
| Mary Fox | House | Year | 5760 | 07/09/1743 |
| George Davis | Lunatic Asylum | Year | 14400 | 12/10/1743 |
| Henry Robinson | House – Leicester street | Year | 2400 | 04/04/1744 |
| George Burn | Room | Week | 30 | 26/02/1746 |
| Anne Higham | House – Chiswell street | Year | 2880 | 26/02/1747 |
| __ Sharp | House | Year | 3840 | 05/12/1746 |
| __ Phillips | House – shared | Year | 1680 | 05/12/1746 |
| James Halsey | House – between £20 & £30 | Year | 6000 | 05/12/1746 |
| Thomas Staples | Publick House | Year | 42480 | 25/02/1747 |
| Joseph Maplan | House | Year | 1920 | 13/01/1749 |
| Elizabeth Heap | Room | Year | 900 | 21/02/1753 |
| Lancelot Wright | House | Year | 12000 | 02/05/1753 |
| Robert Horner | Cellar lodging in house ‘below stairs’ | Free | 0 | 15/09/1756 |
| Christopher Jenks | Lodging with furnishing | Week | 24 | 13/07/1757 |
| Alice Davis | House | Year | 1680 | 13/01/1758 |
| Elizabeth Flint | Room furnished | Week | 60 | 13/09/1758 |
| Mary Durbin | Two Pair of Stairs room | Week | 30 | 25/04/1759 |
| Isabella More | House | Quarter | 300 | 27/02/1760 |
| Susaana Addis | Lodging | Week | 27 | 10/09/1760 |
| Charles Dossel | House | Year | 6960 | 16/09/1761 |
| William Mason | Cellar – warehouse | Year | 360 | 23/02/1763 |
| Elizabeth King | Room furnished | Week | 30 | 07/06/1764 |
| Bailey Hafpenny | House on Artichoke hill | Quarter | 276 | 17/04/1765 |
| Mary Mitton | Room furnished | Week | 20 | 17/12/1766 |
| William Horsford | House | Year | 1920 | 06/12/1769 |
| Michael Almon | Stable | Year | 9624 | 11/07/1770 |
| Ann Oddy | One pair of stairs room | Week | 30 | 05/12/1770 |
| William Reason | Garret | Week | 24 | 11/09/1771 |
| Philip Chandler | House | Year | 3000 | 21/10/1772 |
| __ Sanders | House | Year | 3840 | 17/02/1773 |
| Anne Carter | House – pavement in Moorfields | Quarter | 2520 | 12/07/1775 |
| Margaret M’Hone | Lodging furnished | Week | 42 | 13/09/1775 |
| Charles Peake | House | Year | 3360 | 14/05/1777 |
| Eleanor Morris | Two pair of stairs room | Week | 36 | 16/09/1778 |
| John Willis | House | Year | 4320 | 20/10/1779 |
| Abraham Danford | House | Year | 4800 | 13/09/1780 |
| John Coewl | One pair of stairs front room | Week | 48 | 18/10/1780 |
| George Kent | Room | Week | 12 | 05/12/1781 |
| __ May | House – at the corner of Stanhope Street | Quarter | 480 | 20/02/1782 |
| George Newnham | House | Year | 12000 | 04/12/1782 |
| Sarah Kelly | Room | Quarter | 252 | 29/10/1783 |
| Joseph Lewis | House – no.6, Tennis court, Middle-row, Middlesex | Year | 4788 | 29/10/1783 |
| Edward Whitemead | Two rooms | Year | 1560 | 25/02/1784 |
| Philip Prosser | House – Muswell Hill, lone house ‘at a distance from others’ | Year | 4800 | 25/02/1784 |
| __ Marston | House – sublet, Muswell Hill | Week | 126 | 25/02/1784 |
| Thomas Edwards | House – Hackney coachman | Year | 3360 | 23/02/1785 |
| Mrs Powell | Lodging | Year | 1680 | 23/02/1785 |
| Richard Baker | House | Year | 1920 | 10/01/1787 |
| Thomas Williamson | Lodgings – Grub street | Week | 30 | 21/02/1787 |
| Isaac Jesuran Alvarez | Furnished back parlour | Week | 72 | 09/01/1788 |
| Hannah Sowersby | House | Quarter | 2700 | 27/02/1788 |
| Sarah Kinslow | Lodging | Quarter | 504 | 02/04/1788 |
| Mary Sadler | Two rooms | Week | 12 | 25/06/1788 |
| Thomas Short | House & Shop – no.252 Oxford street, grocer and tea dealer. Rent and taxes | Year | 12000 | 10/09/1788 |
| Mary Patmore | Room | Week | 24 | 25/02/1789 |
| James Houghton | Room | Week | 36 | 25/02/1789 |
| Charlotte Tisdale | Room | Week | 36 | 22/04/1789 |
| Thomas Pheasant | House, Castle street Long Acre | Year | 9600 | 09/09/1789 |
| Elizabeth Rymes | Room | Week | 36 | 28/10/1789 |
| Jane Herbert | Back room, two pair of stairs, furnished | Week | 30 | 24/04/1790 |
| John Weyman | House – let out part of the house, plaisterer’s labourer | Year | 5544 | 26/05/1790 |
| Ann Hales | Room – at Mrs Murphy’s in Blue Anchor court | Week | 30 | 07/07/1790 |
| John Hetherington | House (substantial) No.6 Sackville street | Week | 1764 | 08/12/1790 |
| George Smith | Room furnished two pair of stairs forward | Week | 72 | 16/02/1791 |
| Francis Tramp | Apartment | Week | 36 | 14/09/1791 |
| Eleanor Place | Lodging furnished | Week | 30 | 12/09/1792 |
| Eleanor Coge | Lodging | Week | 36 | 12/09/1792 |
| Richard Paine Sharp | Two rooms | Week | 24 | 09/01/1793 |
| Richard Edwards | House | Year | 4560 | 20/02/1793 |
| Mary Davis | Room | Week | 30 | 29/05/1793 |
| Mary Rogers | Lodgings | Week | 36 | 29/05/1793 |
| John Chalmers | Room | Week | 36 | 29/05/1793 |
| Edward Stack | Inn lodging | Night | 6 | 29/05/1793 |
| Elizabeth Harpur | Room furnished | Week | 36 | 11/09/1793 |
| Ann Andrews | Two pair of stairs room forwards | Week | 36 | 30/10/1793 |
| Thomas Dempsey | Room furnished | Week | 24 | 30/10/1793 |
| Susannah Emery | Room furnished | Week | 36 | 04/12/1793 |
| Mary Macarthy | Lodging (within a lodging) | Week | 12 | 15/01/1794 |
| Margaret Hartland | Lodging – married man’s mistress | Week | 30 | 19/02/1794 |
| Margaret Brown | Lodging | Week | 45 | 30/04/1794 |
| Elizabeth Ponting | Room furnished | Week | 36 | 04/06/1794 |
| Dinah Sole | House | Year | 1680 | 16/07/1794 |
| Ann Gunby | Lodging | Week | 36 | 17/09/1794 |
| Henrietta Banks | Room | Week | 36 | 17/09/1794 |
| Ann Rod | Lodging | Week | 30 | 18/02/1795 |
| Sarah Jones | Room | Week | 36 | 20/05/1795 |
| William Ostliff | House | Year | 7680 | 16/09/1795 |
| “Colonel” Blake | Lodgings | Week | 252 | 16/09/1795 |
| Thomas Bishop | Coach house and stable in Mary le Bone | Year | 2880 | 16/09/1795 |
| Ann Warby | Room | Week | 36 | 13/01/1796 |
| John Morgan | House given me gratis by my master, a day labouring man | Free | 0 | 14/09/1796 |
| Elizabeth Rickets | Lodgings furnished | Week | 36 | 14/09/1796 |
| Joanna Webb | Room in a lodging-house | Half Week | 24 | 15/02/1797 |
| George Bowers | House | Week | 39 | 14/02/1798 |
| Ann Ganley | Room furnished | Week | 36 | 14/02/1798 |
| William Jones | Lodging | Week | 36 | 05/12/1798 |
| Robert Munday | House | Year | 14400 | 20/02/1799 |
| Susannah Brookes | Lodging one pair of stairs (lodging house) | Week | 42 | 08/05/1799 |
| James Hill | House | Year | 12000 | 19/06/1799 |
| Frances Parker | Lodgings furnished | Week | 42 | 19/06/1799 |
| Harriet Wilson | House | Year | 3276 | 11/09/1799 |
| John Mason | House – a small house in a most contemptible place (Goswell place) | Year | 2400 | 30/10/1799 |
| William Mapsom | Lodging | Week | 19 | 09/07/1800 |
Dr Alexander Wakelam 