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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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| Architecture: ## Bath Improvement Bill - passed by House of Commons. Establishes a double Sunday's toll on turnpike, & additional half toll on other days on all [passenger] carriages & horses, except wagons, carts & horses loaded with provisions for Bath markets. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 982/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: master masons invited to contract for repair of Bath City streets for 1 yr, by Commissioners for Pitching, Paving etc who will attend Guildhall on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 982/ article:1,d |
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| Property: for sale - house in St James’s Sq., new modern furniture may be purchased with house. Prtcrs from Mr English, 6 Broad St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 982/ article:3,e |
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| Marriages: Mr Falwright, staymaker, to Miss Lanham, dtr of Mr Lanham, baker on Sunday [presumably Bath] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 982/ article:3 b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - [No titled people] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 983/ article:3,c |
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| Property: to let or be sold - house in Kingsmead St, lately inhabited by Mr Wm. Tucker, decd. Enq Mr Brown, builder, or Mr King, statuary nr Walcot Turnpike. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 983/ article:1,d |
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| News: meeeting of MPs & woollen manfrs at Crown & Anchor, Strand on 2 Jun (Edw Phelips in chair). Resolved large quantity of wool, worsted, yarn being fraudently & illegally exported. Bill required to more effectively prevent this & also export of fuller's earth, fulling clay & tobacco-pipe clay. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 983/ article:3 c |
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| Sport: ## Somerset Game Certs - from 1 July issued only at Mr Staple's office at Chard & in person. People unable to get to Chard should request their servants, friends etc to collect the certs. Letters with enclosures & amount due will be answered duly. Staple, clerk of the peace Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 983/ article:1 c |
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| Marriages: ## Mr Eveleigh, an eminent architect of Bath to Miss Eliza Purdie of Spring Gardens at parish church of Bathwick on Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 983/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: "Scott's Nankeen Dye", for blueing family linen etc. Price 6d, 1s, 2s, 3s 6d/bottle, & 7s/quart, from Mr Powney's, Brock St, Bath; Mr Knight's, Bond St; & Mr Hazard's Library, Cheap St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 983/ article:1,d |
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| Charity: Walcot parish poor - committee to prepare draft of Bill for better relief of the poor. Printed for parishioners consideration, & can be delivered price 1s by Charles Vine, Morford St; Mr Daniel Powney, Brock St; & Mr Thomas Abbott, parish clerk, nr Walcot Church; & church vestry room etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 983/ article:3,e |
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| Marriages: Mr Thomas Spencer of Chippenham, to Miss Banks of Derretts nr Chippenham [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 983/ article:3 b |
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| Architecture: last Sat week, Lord & Lady Arundell laid 1st stone of intended magnificent mansion house very near, and in full view of Wardour Castle Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 984/ article:3,c |
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| Agriculture: "The Farmers Magazine" 1 guinea. 5 volumes. Printed R Cruttwell, Bath. At all booksellers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 984/ article:1,d |
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| Leisure: Villa Gardens public tea every Saturday tickets 1s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 984/ article:3 d |
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| Inns: James Younge (late butler to Bernard Dickenson of Monk's House nr Chippenham) has taken Angel Inn, Chippenham Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 984/ article:1 c |
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| Deaths: Mr John Paty, statuary & architect of Bristol, a young man, in Bath last Wed Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 984/ article:3 c |
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| Education: French Academy opening at 31 Lower College St., Bristol on 5 Jun. Separate schools, young gentlemen under Msr L F J Le Fort & young ladies under Mrs Le Fort. Boarding £4 p.a, entrance fee £1 p.a. Boarders doing Latin, French & Maths £35 p.a, private lessons out of school hours £8 8s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 984/ article:1,d |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - James Marshall of Bath, bookseller, dealer & chapman. To surrender to Commissioners on 9 & 10 May. Creditors to attend 2nd Sitting. Debtors to give notice to Mr Barnes, attorney, Bristol. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 984/ article:3,e |
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| Marriages: Mr Samuel Hull of Christian Malford to Miss Fry of Foxham, Wilts [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 984/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: Bath Races - runners, riders & prizes. Richard Hippisley Coxe, esq appointed steward for year. Sweepstakes of 50 guin to which 1 nobleman & 2 gentlemen have already subscribed. Lady's purse for additional sport. Also details of races at Marlborough. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 985/ article:3,d |
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| Agriculture: "Dictionary of Husbandry" planting and medicinal use. C Williamson & others. 2 vols. 9s each & 3s 6d bound. Printed R Cruttwell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 985/ article:1,d |
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| Property: to let - commodious house in Corn St, Bath, late in possession Mr Leeming, attorney at law. Particulars Mr Glover, repository, The Walks. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 985/ article:3 d |
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| Health: remedies - "White's chemical fever tincture" for fevers of a putrid tendency, also ulcerated throats, in bottle 4s 6d & 2s 6d from R Cruttwell. Letter of recommendation from John Grubb, 20 Paddington St, London. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 985/ article:1 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Thomas Page, late builder, of Bath on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 985/ article:3 c |
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| Art: sale of polygraphic pictures at the Repository on the Walks, by J L Newman. Pontypool japan, also jewellery, silver, plated goods & toys Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 985/ article:1,e |
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| Marriages: Rev. Daniel Veysie of Plymtree, Devon, to Miss Arnold, dtr of Wm Arnold, esq., Queen Sq [?Bath?]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 985/ article:4,c |
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| Marriages: Mr Masters, plasterer of Bath to Miss Griffin (dtr of Mr Griffin of the Red Post at Camerton) at Bathwick Church [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 985/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Mr Henry Poole of Swallowfield, Berks to Mrs Hill, widow of Mr Giles Hill of Abbey Green, Bath at St James's Church on Sunday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 986/ article:3,d |
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| Publications: "Grammar of French Language" by F Soules. 3s 6d. Sold by all booksellers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 986/ article:1,d |
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| Property: to let - cottage adjoining rectory with paddock. Apply Rev Mr Morgan, grammar school, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 986/ article:3 d |
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| Publications: "Two bills for the Better Government of the British Possessions in India brought into Parliament by Mr Fox & Mr Pitt" by R B Sheridan, esq, 4th ed, 1s from all booksellers in Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 986/ article:1 d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Dillington at a very advanced age in Milsom St on Friday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 986/ article:3 c |
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| Employment: usher wanted, single man of good morals etc., capable of teaching latin, arithmetic, merchants accounts etc. Apply Thomas Wastfield, Imber nr Warminster. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 986/ article:1,e |
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| Industry: private sale - carpet & cloth manufactory of the late John Thomas of Wilton, inc. stock of raw & manfctrd goods. Apply manufactory or Mr John Bowle of Gomeldon, Wilts, or on Tuesday's at Black Horse Inn, Salisbury. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 986/ article:1,b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Hancock of Frome at an advanced age [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 986/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Mr Thomas Cottell, builder of Bath to Miss Bartlett (2nd dtr of Mr Bartlett on the Parade, Bath) at St James's Church yesterday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 987/ article:3,d |
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| Agriculture: "Essays on Agriculture" 2 vols. 10s 6d. Selected from correspondence by Society in Bath for encouragement of agriculture. Printed by R Cruttwell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 987/ article:1,d |
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| Property: to let - furnished house, East Hayes, hot & greenhouse, orchard. Enq T King, statuary near Walcot turnpike. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 987/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: ## auction - part of the effects of James Palmer, bankrupt at his warehouse on the Quay, Bath on 9 Jul by Thomas Young. 100 bushels of white oats, 140 bushels of small beans, 25 tons Welsh coal, 2 tons of alabaster & 18 porter caulks which have been used plus a quantity of wood. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 987/ article:1 d |
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| Deaths: Mr Price, at the Crown in Avon Street on Friday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 987/ article:3 c |
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| Industry: superior carding machines for sale to clothiers. From J. Ford & Co, manufacturers, Milk St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 987/ article:1,e |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - Thomas Bliss, late of Trowbridge, grocer & chapman. Debtors to meet at The George Inn, Trowbridge on 29 May. Thomas Timbrell, solicitor Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 987/ article:1,b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Andrews, wife of Mr Andrews, cheesemonger, after a long illness [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 987/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Wm Smith MD of Tewkesbury, Glos to Miss Lauder of South Pde, Bath at St James's Church yesterday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 988/ article:3,d |
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| Goods: auction - household effects of Mrs Hinxman, decd at her late house in Charles St. on 30 & 31 June by Charles Trimnell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 988/ article:2,d |
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| Goods: for sale marble - chimney pieces. Small monuments for inspection enq T King, statuary nr Walcot turnpike. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 988/ article:3 d |
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| Agriculture: grain etc prices - Mark Lane 30 Jun, wheat (black) 38s-41s, fine do 49s, rye 22s-24s, barley 19-23s, peas 22-25s, oats 14-19s/qtr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 988/ article:2 b |
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| Leisure: Spring Gardens Vauxhall - illuminations, music (catches & glees with horns & clarinets) & fireworks on 23 Jun. Tickets 1s each from Parade coffee house, or at gate of gardens. Music 6.30, fireworks 9 o'c Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 988/ article:3 d |
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| Property: to let, large house in London Rd, Lambridge, 4 rooms/floor. Brewhouse, coach house, stable, walled garden. Free of turnpike charges to/from Bath. Apply printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 988/ article:1,e |