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Georgian Newspaper Project
Find out about life in Georgian Bath.
This database contains brief summaries of articles, advertisements and notices in the Bath Chronicle newspaper, for selected years between 1770 and 1800.
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| Marriages: Thomas Edwards, esq. (of Pontypool), to Miss Catherine Ferrers (dtr of late Edward Ferrers, esq of Baddeley Clinton, Oxon) at St James's Church, by Rev Dr Phillott on Thursday . Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 963/ article:3,b |
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| Finance: redemption & sale of Land Tax - meetings at Devizes Town Hall 8 May & 24 Jun; Lord's Arms Inn, Warminster 25 May; George Inn, Trowbridge 29 May; Angel Inn, Chippenham 15 Jun. W W Salmon, clerk Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 963/ article:1 b |
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| News: 4 generations, all called Mr Wm Gay (the oldest aged 97 of Nettleton, Gloucs) celebrated a very fine harvest. Their ages total nr 200 yrs Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 964/ article:3,d |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture at 1 Montpelier Row, Bath on 28 June by William Birchall, auctioneer & upholder (of Queen Sq., Bath) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 964/ article:3,c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Hon Mr Yorke. [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 964/ article:3 b |
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| Finance: late Mr Wm. Palmer, surgeon & apothecary, decd of Bradford - all indebted to pay Mr Clutterbuck, attorney, or Mr Browne, surgeon. Creditors to apply so demands may be discharged. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 964/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: household dye - Howe & Co's Universal Genuine liquid blue" for dying silks, satins etc. Prepared by T Howe & Co, chemists Milsom St, Bath [no price]. wholesale & retail from Howe & Co, chemists; retail sales from Mr Cruttwell, Mrs Lambe, Mr Norkett, Mr Barrett & Mr Drayton at Bath; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 964/ article:1 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Luders, widow,at an advanced age at her house in Widcombe on Monday. Mother of Alexander Luders, esq, barrister at law, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 964/ article:3,b |
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| Marriages: Rev.T H Noyes, Vicar of Batheaston, to Miss Littlehales, yngst dtr of the late B J Littlehales, esq. At Caversham, Oxon, lately. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 964/ article:3,b |
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| Charity: Bath Hospital - collections on 21 Apr from churches & individuals totalled £333 14s 11d Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 964/ article:1 c |
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| Property: auction - meadow & pasture land in parish of Ditcheat, now let at £28 7s 6d, at Ansford Inn, Somerset 17 Sep. Details from Mr Jesser, attorney of Frome Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 965/ article:4,b |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture etc of Col. Holwell, Seend, Devizes. Inc. billiard table, portable auricula stand & some auriculas, large melon lights, 10 tons hay, pony. June 28th. [possibly July, place not stated] by William Birchall. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 965/ article:3,c |
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| Law: Richard Bowsher, of Bath & Richard Langford of Hallatrow, gents appointed Gentlemen, Masters Extraordinary in Chancery. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 965/ article:3 b |
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| Education: wanted at an academy in the vicinity of Bath - an assistant capable of teaching Latin & French classics. Applications to printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 965/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: ## Old Bath Fire Office removed to 13 Stall St (opp Mrs Lambe's tea warehouse). If fire happens, application to be made to George Ford, engine makers, Bridewell Lane. Reward of ½ gn will be given to those who bring first ladder capable of rescuing persons from attic windows. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 965/ article:1 c |
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| Deaths: accident - Thomas Villis, mason & labourer aka "Cricket" killed last Friday by the falling in of arches in Henrietta St, New Town. He leaves a widow with 2 children & pregnant with a third. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 965/ article:3,c |
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| Deaths: Rev Dr Postlethwaite, Master of Trinity College Cambridge, at his lodgings in Bath on Thursday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 965/ article:3,b |
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| Leisure: Sydney Gardens - next public breakfast 6 May with horns & clarinets etc in banquetting room. Admission 2s. T Holloway. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 965/ article:1 e |
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| Property: auction - Manor of Manningford Bruce, Wilts, at their house in Gt Piazza, Covent Garden, London end Sep by Mr Langford & son. Enq Mr Frances Bailey of Devizes & others Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 966/ article:4,b |
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| Education: ## Atkin's Academy for young gentlemen, 17 St James Parade, Bath. Now open for writing, geography, accounts etc. French & English for young ladies at day school. Evening school for those lacking early educaion. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 966/ article:3,d |
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| Marriages: Samuel Day, esq of Barnett to Miss Skurray (only child of Stephen Skurray, esq of Beckington) this morning. A young lady possessed of a genteel fortune. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 966/ article:3 b |
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| Property: for sale - substantial well finished house in Kingsmead Sq, 3 rooms/ floor, garden, greenhouse & washhouse, commands a pleasant view of the country. Adjoining garden is a piece of ground to build a coachhouse & stables. Partcrs Mr John Palmer, Upper Church St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 966/ article:3 c |
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| Health: remedies - "British Pills", cure for bilious complaints & all stomach & bowel disorders, a necessary auxiliary to the Bath waters. Sold by Mr Cruttwell, 2s 6d box Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 966/ article:1 d |
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| Charity: Children of Charity school - list of collections at 7 churches & Myler's library on Sun 13 May, total £133 2s 10¼ Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 966/ article:3,c |
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| Deaths: Philip Richards, esq (of Penryn,Cornwall) at his lodgings in Bath on Monday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 966/ article:3,b |
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| Property: auction - freehold pasture "Snakemeads" c. 6 acr at Bishop's Canning, Devizes with dyehouse, 2 small tenements, good stream of water, at Bear Inn, Devizes on 22 May by Mr White, by order of assignees of Messrs White & Fish, bankrupts. Enq Mr Knight, Devizes Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 966/ article:1 e |
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| Property: for sale or let - small water grist mill of best & newest construction , also for grinding & dressing at Chittoe nr Devizes. Enq at George Inn, Sandy Lane or Wm Butler at the Greyhound, Bromham Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 967/ article:1,c |
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| Education: Mrs Palmer, Kelston, Bath reopens her school 24 July. 12 guin. p.a., & 1 guin entrance. French, music & drawing by approved masters. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 967/ article:3,d |
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| Marriages: Mr William Vicary of Devon to Mrs Molloy of Bath at Walcot Church on Wednesday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 967/ article:3 b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Sir William Hanham, Sir John Mill [NOTP]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 967/ article:3 c |
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| Politics: selections from address of Gen George Washington as President of the US to both Houses of Congress Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 967/ article:2 c |
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| Health: Bath Hospital - appendix to the address by the Governors on moving hospital & reasons for purchasing Alfred St. Gentlemen paid £1,300 & let for 2yrs to Bath City Infirmary & Dispensary. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 967/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: John Weeks, a waggoner, found dead at the top of Saltford Hill on Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 967/ article:3,b |
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| Agriculture: wheat prices - Devizes 48s-60s/qtr; Newbury 42s 6d - 65s 6d/; Warminster 52s-64s/; Reading 50s-64s 6d/. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 967/ article:2 b |
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| Health: remedies - Beaume de Vie for bilious complaints, rheumatic, gouty and scorbutic habits, period pains etc. 3s/bottle from Leake & Taylor, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 968/ article:4 d |
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| Leisure: Villa Gardens. June 27th. Signor Rossignole imitates birds & plays the viol d'amour. Tickets 1s. at gates & at Marretts, Milsom St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 968/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Badham who kept a lodging house in the city, at an advanced age a few days since. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 968/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Walters, the lady of Henry Walters, esq of Batheaston, on Wednesday morning. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 968/ article:3 c |
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| Livestock: sale of horses at livery stables, Pelican Inn, Walcot St, Bath next Sat & every following Sat. Sold by C Demander by commission only. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 968/ article:2 c |
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| Charity: subscriptions for widow Villis whose husband killed by falling arch in Henrietta St, 2 children & advanced pregnancy Money received by printer, Mr Field architect, Henrietta St; or by Mrs Villis in Mars Court nr the Iron House, Walcot Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 968/ article:3 d |
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| Services: to be sold - printing press – enquire Mrs Rodborne, 47 Avon St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 968/ article:3,c |
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| Employment: ## wanted - a man & wife without family to milk 2 cows. Must be able to read & write, & give good references. Woman must have no objection to carry garden stuff on an ass. Apply X.Y at Mr Powney's, grocer, Brock St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 968/ article:2 c |
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| Politics: letter from Charles Penruddocke to gentlemen, clregy and freeholders of Wilts asking for support as candidate to replace Thos Goddard Esq, deceased, as their MP Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 969/ article:1 c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Hon Mrs Radclyffe, Sir Robert Bernard, Sir John Dashwood, Sir Hugh Owen & Lady [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 969/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: William Austin a recruit in the 35th Regiment was drowned in the river Avon near Bath yesterday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 969/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Smith (widow of Joseph Smith, esq, Consul at Venice), at her lodgings in Claverton Down on Wednesday. Universally esteemed & lamented. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 969/ article:3 c |
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| Property: for sale - part f/hold, spacious house E side Belvedere, late in possn of Dwgr Countess of Carlisle, fee farm rent £2 8s. Mr Nicholl's, carpenter in Belvedere will show. Enq Mr Hall, attorney, Park St, Grosvenor Sq, London Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 969/ article:2 c |
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| Leisure: benefit of Mr Floor, prompter - "The School for Scandal " & "Robinson Crusoe" at Theatre Royal Bath on Thurs 24 May, tickets Mr Floor, 25 Stall St; or Mr Bartley at Theatre Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 969/ article:3 d |
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| Fashion: Mrs Brickman, 5 Lower Church St quitting, so stock of haberdashery to be sold. The shop to be let & fixtures taken at fair valuation. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 969/ article:3,c |
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| Leisure: benefit of Miss Smith - "The Wheel of Fortune" at Theatre Royal, Bath on 2 May. Tickets from Miss Smith, St James's St nr Post Office; at Meyler's library; & usual places Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 969/ article:2 c |