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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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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord & Lady Kerry, Lord Castlehaven [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 625/ article:3 d |
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| Marriages: Mr Cantilo [sic = Cantelo], musician of Bath to Miss Nicholls, daughter of Mrs Nicholls in the Abbey Green, at St James's Church on Sat. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 626/ article:3 d |
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| Notices: King's 34th birthday observed in [Bath] city yesterday [Tue 4 June] with bells, guns, church display & evening ball. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 627/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Rt. Hon Lord Strange, son & heir of Rt. Hon Earl of Derby etc, etc & M P for Lancaster, in Bath on Saturday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 628/ article:3 d |
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| Notices: Freemasons of Devizes held Commemoration Day last Wednesday [details]. From their Lodge they processed to St John's Church for a discourse from Rev Brother Dart of Bath, etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 629/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: Shaftesbury Market last Sat [1 June] - fresh butter sold at 5s & 5s 3d/dozen Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 630/ article:3 d |
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| Crime: James Pennings & Lewis Balck [sic - ?? Black] of Kilmington in Somrst., were committed last Sat by Gerard Martin, esq., for breaking into house & beating up 2 old women for theft. One sent to Ilchester gaol, & other to Shepton Bridewell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 631/ article:3 d |
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| Notices: public apology from Robert Hooper, shearman of Melksham, for assaulting, while intoxicated, Ann Spencer (servant to Mr Gale, surgeon) & behaving in a very rude & indecent manner, which she did not encourage Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 632/ article:4 c |
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| Goods: the Council have agreed to give a bounty of 5s per 100 for mackerel brought by land carriage to Billingsgate to be retailed to the poor at ½d each (London, 7 June) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 633/ article:1 b |
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| Leisure: the brutal practice of boxing matches between banditti of human monsters, etc., frequently exhibited at or say authorized not far from the most polite city of Bath (London, 7 June) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 634/ article:1 b |
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| Property: to let - house with new furniture in St James's Parade, Bath. Enq Wm. Cross, upholder in Milsom St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 635/ article:1 d |
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| Goods: auction - large quantity of dry coopers timber & rind hoops, c. 1000 feet of inch oak boards, 10 tons dry firewood, & other goods for carpenter & cooper. At Cross Barn, Warminster on 24 June, at Horse Shoe Inn, Warminster on 25 June, by James Townsend Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 636/ article:1 d |
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| Property: auction - in lots, several l/hold gardens & tnmnts in Warminster, currently occup by Thomas Ball, Sarah Hall, Stephen Papps, York Terry, Wm. Aldridge, Ed. Hurst, Ann Gerritt & Jacob Knoyle. Also barn "Cross Barn". At Horse Shoes Inn Warminster on 25 June by James Townsend. Enq Mr Wyche, Warminster; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 637/ article:1 d |
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| Politics: letter IX from Rev John Horne to John Wilkes & Wilkes's reply dated 6 June. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 638/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Politics: letter from Heaton Wilkes - he denies as an infamous falsehood Mr Horne's assertion, that he H.W advised his brother John Wilkes to desert his bail; etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 639/ article:2 b |
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| Politics: letter X from Rev John Horne to John Wilkes. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 640/ article:2 b |
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| Politics:letter from John Wilkes to Rev John Horne (dated 6 June) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 641/ article:2 c |
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| Finance: we hear that [the new] silver coinage will not be issued from The Tower until the latter end of August or beginning of September Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 642/ article:2 d |
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| Property: to let - house, yard & outhouses behind in Avon St, Bath. Enq James Willis, wheelwright in St James's St, Kingsmead Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 643/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Goods: auction - all household furniture, etc [list] of house recently occup Miss Proudfoot & next door to Sir Peter Dennis in Bennet St between Circus & New Assembly Rooms. Goods very clean, & many new when put in & not in use above 2 yrs. Starting next Monday 17 June, et seq . Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 644/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Churches: ## warning - those who enter Abbey tower to play at fives, ring the bells, climb & generally cause damage inc shooting the jackdaws, will be prosecuted. Chas. Walters & Nich. Baker, churchwardens Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 645/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Finance: all debts owed by late Lady Dowager Mountflorence wll be paid by Mr Creaser, woollen draper on Fri 21 June. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 646/ article:3 b |
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| Crime: stolen - about 3 weeks ago, mastiff puppy [dog] from Freshford Mill. Reward 1 guin will be paid by James Lee to person/s discovering person who stole him. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 647/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: sale now on - confectionary goods & shop fittings at Wm. Smith's, confectioner, in Westgate St, Bath (quitting business). Inc jelly & sylabub glasses, china, tea, coffee, chocolate & loaf sugar. Also auction of his furniture in same house on 13 June.. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 648/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: for sale - furniture from house of William Smith, confectioner at his house in Westgate St on 13 June. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 649/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: on Saturday, fine green peas sold in Covent Garden market at 4s 6d/peck (London, 11 June). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 650/ article:3 b |
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| News: the Earl of Halifax, recently decd, died without male issue, so title dies. Amongst others legacies, he provided handsomely for his 2 natural daughters by Mrs Donaldson (formerly Miss Falkner) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 651/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr Joseph Taylor, potter of Bistol to Miss Cooper of Moorend. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 652/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr Robert Hulbert of Corsham to Miss Hooper, dtr of Mr Peter Hooper of Walcot, at Walcot Church on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 653/ article:3 d |
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| Marriages: Mr Godfrey Kettle of St Michael, Bassishaw, London to Mrs [Susanna/h - from IGI] Lloyd, at Abbey Church on Sunday [9 June]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 654/ article:3 d |
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| Marriages: Mr John Russel to Miss Elizabeth Adington, at Walcot Church on Sat [8 June] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 655/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Fisher, a widow lady of Hackney, at her lodgings in Bath, on Friday [7 June] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 656/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mr Stark, who for many years kept the Globe at Newton on the Bristol Rd, on Sunday [9 June] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 657/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: ## John Butler, gardener for many years to the late Ralph Allen, esq., on Sunday [9 June] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 658/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: clause from recent Act on Copper Coins cited - it affects only those who wilfully purchase base coin at a lower rate or value than the same. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 659/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: 1st notice under relief of debtors Act - James Willis, baker, formerly of Bradford on Avon, & late of Cork Ireland, being a fugitive from debt & beyond the seas on 19 Sept 1768 & having surrendered to gaol-keeper at Bath, gives notice of his intention to take benefit of late Act for relief of insolvent debtors at Qtr Sessions held in Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 660/ article:3 d |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Warminster last Sat, (bshl 9 gall. 1 quart) wheat 44-56s, barley 23-26s, oats 17-21s, beans 34-36s/qtr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 661/ article:3 d |
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| News: the late Earl of Halifax left his Spitalfields estate for life to Mrs Donaldson [the mother of his two natural daughters] (London, 14 June). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 662/ article:1 b |
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| Goods: ## very sudden fall in the price of sheep in London last Monday [10 June], the best mutton sold that day at 5d/lb, (& had been 7d/lb the previous week) (London, 14 June) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 663/ article:1 b |
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| Law: Western Circuit, Mr Justice Blackstone & Mr Justice Nares - for Wilts, at New Sarum on Sat 20 July; for Somerset, at Wells on Mon 12 Aug; for City of Bristol, at Guildhall on Fri 16 Aug Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 664/ article:1 c |
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| Goods: auction - all household furniture at centre house on South Parade [listed] on 1, 2, 3 & 4 July by Wm. Cross Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 665/ article:1 d |
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| Notices: forthcoming sale of Mrs Smith's furniture, at centre house, South Parade on 1 July. Immediately after the sale, Mrs Iredell will refit and re-furnish the house to receive company [lodgings] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 666/ article:1 d |
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| Politics: letter XI from Rev John Horne to John Wilkes Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 667/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Military: Somerset Milita - riot over clothing allowance on Sunday last [9 June] in the evening. George Dowdy, a private soldier of Shepton Mallet received mortal wound & Coroner's inquest brought in verdict of wilful murder against one Styles, a drummer. Next morning, soldiers reassured by officers that their fears were ill-founded, & at review they went though their exercise & firing before several thousand spectators (Taunton 14 June) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 668/ article:2 b |
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| Property: to let - unfurnished house in Gay St, Bath, 3 rooms/floor, now in possession of Mr Hetling, surgeon. Details from Mrs [sic] Hetling, Cross Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 669/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: for sale - large house in Market Place, Bath with a shop & 2 parlours, dining room, 7 bedchambers & 5 garrets, 2 kitchens. Also, small house behind with large garden, court brewhouse, etc. They would suit Inn or business needing room. Enq Mr Roberts, attorney in Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 670/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Leisure: Chippenham Assembly on Wed 26 June. Tickets at White Hart Inn. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 671/ article:3 b |
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| Employment: wanted - a gardener with knowledge of kitchen gardens, & of fruit trees in particular. No objection to married status. Enq Mr Frederick, bookseller of Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 672/ article:3 b |
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| Property: to let - Monkton Combe grist Mill (30') & dwelling house, with skin house, 3 pits & 2 rooms for dying wool. Partics from Mr Robert Langley, Waterhouse. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1159/ article:1 c |
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| Property: for sale - f/hold dwelling house at Turleigh 3 miles from Bath with garden; & adj . tan-house ca 1 acr containing 67 tan-pits, limes, grainers, back barn, good water, with ca. 2 acr pasture. Partcrs Mr Clutterbuck, Bradford, Wilts. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1160/ article:1 c |