Download - North south divide
1. The landed aristocracy: Titled Nobility
• Nobility, or Peers (Dukes, Earls, Marquesses, Viscounts, Barons) = about 1,000 people, or 0.2% of the population.
• Knights or Baronets (Non-hereditary titles)• Together this group owns about 25% of the
land.
2. The Landed Gentry
• Non noble, no titles. • About 4,000 very wealthy farmers, and a
further 15,000 less wealthy farmers. • In 1800, this group owns about 33% of the
cultivated land in Britain
Major Cities in Northern England
• Manchester• Liverpool• Newcastle• York• Leeds• Sheffield• Nottingham
North-South Divide: wealth statistics (2013, according to The Guardian & The Telegraph
newspapers• Households earning less than £50,000: North East: 25%South East: 15%
• A House in the South East costs, on average, 3.5 times the price of a house in the North
• Price of an average home in London: £514,000• Price of an average home in Newcastle: £154,000