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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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| Finance: bankruptcy - dividend payments for Cross, Bayly, Sons, Gutch & Cross. Creditors with surnames beginning A on 3 Nov, B 4 & 5 Nov, C on 7 & 8 Nov, D on 12 & 13 Nov, E on 14 Nov, F on 15 Nov, G & I on 24 Nov, H on 25 &26 Nov, K on 27 Nov, CONTD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2764/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - dividend payments for Cross, Bayly, Sons, Gutch & Cross. Surnames beginning L on 28 Nov, M on 29 Nov, N & O on 1 Dec, P on 2 Dec, Q & R on 3 Dec, S on 4 & 5, & 15 & 16 Dec, T on 6 Dec, T &V on 17 Dec, W & Y on 18 Dec. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2765/ article:3 d |
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| Livestock: for sale - road gelding, 6 years 15 hands, price 16 guin; also, small horse about 14 hands wanted. Grey's Stables near St. James' Square. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2766/ article:3 e |
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| Property: auction - dwelling house in Upper Camden Place, fee farm rent £9 12s p.a. At Christopher Inn, Bath on 30 Oct. John Stephens, broker. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2767/ article:3 e |
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| Property: private sale - dwelling house in Marlborough Buildings. Enq Mr Evill, 18 Milsom St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2768/ article:3 e |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - 25 Oct, 'Henry IVth' with 'The Children in the Wood'. Tickets from Mr Bartley at his Umbrella Warehouse, Orange Court. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2769/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: Genl. Quarter Sessions at Taunton on 8 Oct determined the price & weight of bread - peck loaf, 17 lbs 6ozs; ½ peck loaf, 8lbs 11 ozs; ¼ peck loaf, 4 lbs 5½ ozs; ½ of ¼ peck [1/8th], 2 lbs 2¾ ozs Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2770/ article:3 e |
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| Crime: ## Quarter Sessions at Taunton on 8 Oct - any person selling underweight bread shall pay the sum of 1s - 5s for every ounce under weight, if less than 1 ozs, 6d - 2s 6d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2771/ article:3 e |
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| Deaths: Mr Riddle, snr of Ashley Farm nr Bristol (Sat [London] Gazette) [NFD]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2772/ article:4 b |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - Francis Kilvert, coachmaker of Bath (London Gazette). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2773/ article:4 b |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - butter 87 casks, 13 firkins; coffee 270 trce, 1 hhd, 34 punch, 105 bags; cotton 137 nags; fustic 31 tons; ginger 4 trce, 121 bags, 7 brls; hides 1190; indigo 11 brls; iron (American pig) 20 tons; logwood 141 tons; mahogany 190 Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2774/ article:4 b |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - pimento 171 bags, 8 punch; pine boards & planks 838c 1qr 5; quills 2 crates; rum 790 punch, 23 hghds; shrub 1 hghd; spars (lancewood) 22; sugar 7056 hghds, 641 trce, 49 brls; tallow (Irish) 20 hghds; tamarinds 17 kegs; wine (Ma Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2775/ article:4 b |
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| Military: meeting of innholders at Thatched House Tavern, St James's St, London on 21 Oct - considered the very great losses that innholders sustain in providing quarters for H.M's troops & means of obtaining redress.Resolved to petition Parliament, take subs & set up cmmttee. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2776/ article:1 b |
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| Finance: Bath Universal Shilling Tontine - subscribers in arrears required to pay by 4 Nov. E. V. Goodall, secretary. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2777/ article:1 c |
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| Goods: Mr Wm. Lonsdale is the sole agent in Bath for Archer's Irish Poplins & Tabbinets. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2778/ article:1 c |
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| Finance: Bath Sun Fire Office - general meeting at the Lower Rooms on 11 November. J. Salmon, secretary. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2779/ article:1 d |
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| Services: Hugh Lavington, nursery & seedsman of Devizes has wide range of fruit & forest trees, garden grass & flower seeds. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2780/ article:1 e |
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| Military: on Sat, the recruiting bounty for the army was lowered from 12 to 10 guin. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2781/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Devizes 23 Oct, wheat 44-58s; beans 46-52s; rye - ; hog peas 52-58s; barley 32-38s; oats 26-29s; vetches 80-110s per quarter. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2782/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Warminster, wheat 44s-57s; barley 32s-40s; oats 23s-26s; beans 43s-47s [per quarter]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2783/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: Mark Lane 27 Oct - total 2356 qtrs wheat sold at av price 56s 0¾d, 3s 7¾d lower than last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2784/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: average price of sugar, w-e 22 October, 40s 8d/cwt excluding customs duty. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2785/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: meat prices - Smithfield 27 Oct, to sink the offal, ox beef 2s4d-3s2d; mutton 3s-3s6d; veal 3s-4s6d; pork 3s-4s per stone of 8 lbs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2786/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: meat prices - Newgate/ Leadenhall 22 Oct, by carcass, ox beef 1s10d-2s8d; mutton 2s8d-3s; veal 2s6d-4s; pork 3s-4s; lamb -. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2787/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: average price of tallow 3s per stone; hay 76 - 93s; straw 22 - 27s; clover 92 - 105s; Bark £10 - £16.16s per load. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2788/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: leather - best raw hides 2s-2s3d, middle & ord 18-23p per stone; light calf 5d-5½d per lb, heavy ditto 8s each; Dutch hides 3d; Hambro 2½d per lb; skins (sheep) 2s4d- 3s6d; lambs 2s - 3s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2789/ article:2 b |
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| Crime: concern expressed at growing numbers of beggars in the City & living in the Holloway area.The deserted wives & children of soldiers of Irish Regt returned to Ireland. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2790/ article:2 c |
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| Leisure: [cut] Theatre Royal Bath - [? day], "Chapter of Accidents" with "The Prize". Performances next week on Tue, Thurs & Sat. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2791/ article:2 d |
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| Employment: wanted and assistant as journeyman in an Apothecary's shop in the city. Enquiries of the printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2792/ article:2 d |
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| Employment: wanted a place as butler, in or out of livery. Direct to T.C. at Mrs Need's, Westgate Street, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2793/ article:2 d |
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| Finance: creditors of James Hill (bankrupt) of Saltford having proved their debts to meet the Commissioners at Saracens Head Inn, nr Temple Gate, Bristol on 13 Nov. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2794/ article:2 d |
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| Property: auction, Montague, estate - lot 1/3, desirable residence with garden & grounds near turnpike entrance to Bath. At Garraway's Coffee House, Change Alley, Cornhill, London on 13 Nov by Skinner & Dyke. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2795/ article:2 d |
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| Property: auction - lot 2/3, net rent of £168 pa of Tan Yard & Bark Mill, dwelling & small dwelling leased to Mr Wm. Ansell (tanner) & Mr Joseph Burgess (gardener). At Garraway's Coffee House, Change Alley, Cornhill, London on 13 Nov by Skinner Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2796/ article:2 d |
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| Property: auction - lot 3/3, net rent of £20 secured on a dwelling house, garden & meadow on lease to Mr Young Sturge. At Garraway's Coffee House, Change Alley, Cornhill, London on 13 Nov by Skinner & Dyke. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2797/ article:2 d |
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| Property: auction - land, part of Parson's Orchard, Lyncombe, 43' X 180' adj. New Wells turnpike, with 2 roomy messuages, freehold & fee farm rent of £5 5s, & an annuity of £7 7s. At Angel Hotel, near Old Bridge on 11 Nov by W. Horton. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2798/ article:2 e |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - John Ford & Samuel Ford, machine manufacturers of Bath, dividend on 26 Nov (from Tue [London] Gazette). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2799/ article:3 b |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - Wm. Watson, builder of Lyncombe & Widcombe, certificate 18th Nov (from London Gazette). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2800/ article:3 b |
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| Finance: Bank Stocks 5% 100½; 4% 81½; 3% red 64 7/8 a 65½; ditto cons. 65 ½ a 66; long ann -; short -; India Stock 190 ¼; India Bonds 12s; Exchange Bill 13 pr; Navy Bills 1 7/8 a 2; Lottery ticket £20; Irish £7.15; Scrip -; Bank for Nov 158 a 157½ a 159 Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2801/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: Lower Assembly Room - First Dress Ball on 7 Nov; & 1st Fancy Dress Ball on 18 Nov. James King, MC Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2802/ article:3 b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl of Peterborough; Viscount de Collaseux & lady; Bishop of Bath & Wells; Lord Cremone, Lady Julia & Lady Grace Maxwell; Lady Eyre & family; Mr & Lady Elizabeth Mahon; Mr & Lady Charlotte Ram; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2803/ article:3 b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath, contd - Mr & Lady Sarah Crespigny; Lady Onslow; Hon Col. Maitland; Sir John Caldwell & lady; Sir Rob & Lady Goodere [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2804/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Mr George Frappel of the Grove Coffee House to Miss Eliz. Shirley, at the Abbey Church [no date] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2805/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Mr Bennet, attorney of Newgate St, London to Miss Heath of Chippenham, at Chippenham by Rev John Butcher on Mon. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2806/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: the Countess of Howth, interred with grandeur at Weston on Monday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2807/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Sheppard, wife of Wm. Sheppard, esq. of Stiles Hill, Frome, on Saturday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2808/ article:3 b |
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| Music: Madame Mara will sing at several subscription concerts this season. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2809/ article:3 b |
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| Churches: All Saints Chapel, Lansdown Place was opened on Sunday. Rev Mr Charlton preached the sermon. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2810/ article:3 b |
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| Churches: Rev. Dr Godfrey appointed Minister of the New Chapel at Lower East Hayes, named Kensington Chapel, which is to be opened shortly. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2811/ article:3 b |
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| Churches: a gentleman counted the monuments in the Abbey Church and found 100 on S-side, 97 on the N-side, & 20 in the choir, total 217. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2812/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: Mr James Cox, a butcher from Frome, knocked off his horse near the sixth milestone from Bath to Gloucester, robbed of 10 guin on 7 Oct. Left for dead, recovering. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2813/ article:3 c |