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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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| Travel: horse for sale - grey gelding 6 years for sale at Castle & Ball nr St Michael's Church. 20 guin or above. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 98/ article:1,d |
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| Publications: 2 poems for Bath Chronicle - "Rebus on Christian Name of Young Lady in Milsom Street" by Pensoroso. "A Charade" by Helter Skelter Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 99/ article:2,b |
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| Employment: post wanted - by young lady previously governess to wait on an old lady, or take care of 1 or 2 children. Contact Mr Montague, perfumer, Pump Room Passage, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 100/ article:2,c |
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| Employment: young person seeks post with lady. Can dress hair, sew etc. Apply to E.B. at Mr Marshall's library, Milsom Street, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 101/ article:2,c |
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| Fashion: P Ferbrache, peruke maker, hairdresser etc moving shop from 3 Market Place to 18 Cheap Street opposite the Bear Inn. Perukes of best materials & false hair at lowest prices. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 102/ article:2,c |
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| Art: exhibition at Mr Jeffery's Great Room opposite Hazard's library, Cheap Street. Paintings indistinguishable from nature, likenesses 5s. Also Diamond Beetle shown magnified to 13". 1s entry. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 103/ article:2,c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture, on the premises at 25 Royal Crescent in 2-3 weeks by Edmund English, upholder & undertaker, Broad Street Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 104/ article:2,c |
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| Property: for sale - ground rents in Ballance St, Walcot parish adj. Bath at rent of £50 p.a & upwards. Enquire Mr Martin Moger, Horse St Bath; or John Lampart, Church St, Warminster. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 105/ article:2,c |
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| Property: to let - estate, "Barracks Farm" between Wells & Frome. House, fields, garden, outbuildings etc, with ca. 80 acr. From next Lady Day together, or in parcels from 5-24 acres for term of 7 or 14 years. Also "Barracks Hill", plenty of stone, may be had on lease for building.Enquire R Cruttwell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 106/ article:2,c |
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| Leisure: benefit Mrs Esten - "The Way to Keep Him" with "Bon Ton" at Theatre Royal Bath on 11 Jan [parctrs]. Tickets from Mrs Esten, 8 Duke St, Bath; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 107/ article:2,d |
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| Notices: lost - 4 silver tablespoons, 6 silver teaspoons, 2 silver salt spoons from paper between Abbey Gn & Stall St, Bath on 9 Jan 1787. Return to Mr Clarke, opp Cross Bath, Pump Room for ½ guinea reward. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 108/ article:2,d |
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| Property: to let - by month or year, dining room & bedchamber on 1st floor & parlour below & bedchamber on 2nd floor in SW-end of New King St, Bath. Enq at house; or at Mr John Palmer's, Charles St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 109/ article:2,d |
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| Property: to let - garden 3½ acres nr Bathwick to Widcombe Road, opp Mr Perry's nursery, [no price]. Garden stock & building therein to be taken at fair valuation. Enq F Lancashire, carver & marble mason, Margaret Bldgs; or J Palmer, Charles St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 110/ article:2,d |
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| Sport: horse sale - good hunter, sire "Conductor", 8 yrs, 12 stone, in Bath. Enq Mr Dash at the Riding House. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 111/ article:2,d |
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| Travel: horse sale - roan gelding, good road horse. To be seen at the Bear next Friday. Enquire of Ostler. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 112/ article:2,d |
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| Agriculture: ## corn & grain trade - Ostend 6 Jan, Imperial edict re provincial trade repealed. Imports & exports now free from police inspection provided duties paid. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 113/ article:3,a |
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| Leisure: Ball at Lower Assembly Rooms Bath on Thu 18 Jan. in honour of Her Majesty's birthday. ½ guinea for 3 tickets with tea, negus, etc. James King, MC. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 114/ article:3,a |
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| Leisure: ## New Musical Society - the person took tickets at secretary is not known & will not be admitted. Members requested to write their names on back of tickets to detect intended intruder. Corke, C W Bamfylde, J W Gardiner, James Stephens, John Smith. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 115/ article:3,a |
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| Music: Miss Pool's benefit concert at New Assembly Rooms on Fri 12 Jan, morning. Tickets 5s from her at 13 Trim St; Messrs Percival & Cunditt, etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 116/ article:3,a |
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| Goods: gold, silver & steel writing pens sold by Daniel Fellow at Mr Lintern's music shop, Churchyard, Bath. Also portable ink stands in shagreen, leather etc only 3" long. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 117/ article:3,a |
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| Music: 7th subscription concert - at New Assembly Rooms on Wed 17 Jan 1787 at 6.30pm. Vocalists inc Miss Cantelo, Mrs Pieltain, Mr Incledon & Sgnr Rauzzini. [No ticket price given] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 118/ article:3,b |
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| Goods: Miss Hudson returned to Bath, teaching original clock & silk embroideries at Mrs Gibbons's, 1 Chandos Buildings. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 119/ article:3,b |
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| Charity: Widow fallen on hard times seeks charity. Donations c/o Mr Cruttwell, printer; Mr Hazard's library; or Miss Gardener's, milliner, Brock Street, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 120/ article:3,b |
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| Fashion: Mr Coombs, briefly in Bath (from Vaudey & Spratts, Hanover Sq, London) selling fancy dress, muffs & masquerade suits, also native paintings on satin etc. At Mr Dawson's, 4 Northgate St, Bath [no prices] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 121/ article:3,b |
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| Fashion: Thomas Harris, Gay Street, makes newly invented patent boots without seams. Also cordovan, goat & calf skin boots & ladies footwear. Shop at 4 Cock Lane. [no prices] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 122/ article:3,b |
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| Education: Monsieur Michel, dancing master (previously court dancer in Europe etc) offers lessons "abroad", at boarding schools, or at his lodgings. Commands at Mrs Goodall's, 9 Kingsmead Sq, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 123/ article:3,b |
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| Charity: appeal for 3 blind children of Thomas Jefferis, coal carrier & wife Dinah from Warmley 8 miles from Bath, not eligible for usual institutions. Donations to Rev Christopher Haynes, minister of Siston, & Mr James at the Abbey Bank, Bath. Subscription books opened at the Pump Room & elsewhere in Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 124/ article:3,b |
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| Employment: school position wanted - by young person with reputable connections, excellent French needlework etc. Letters to J.E, at Mr Meyler's library in the Grove Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 125/ article:3,c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl of Abingdon, Earl Cholmondely, Earl of Aldberry, Lord & Lady Tracey, Lady Brooke, Lady & Miss Cunliffe, Lord Howe, Baron Hussey, Sir Wm Lowther, Bishop of Bangor & Lady [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 126/ article:3,c |
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| Leisure: ## "so brilliant a season as present never experienced before in Bath". Every fit lodging full for several weeks past. Above 1000 persons actually present at [each of] Mr Tyson's Ball at New Rooms & Mr King's at Lwr Rooms. More than 1300 tickets each disposed of Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 127/ article:3,c |
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| Charity: children's charity school - church etc collections on Sun 31 Dec 1786 raised total of £123 2s 5¼d Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 128/ article:3,c |
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| Marriages: Mr Wm Commins of Cirencester to Miss Mary Coombs of Bath at St James's Church on Tuesday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 129/ article:3,c |
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| Deaths: Lt General Sir Wm Draper, KB, in Bath on Monday morning. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 130/ article:3,c |
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| Crime: card sharps & gamesters - warning to newly arrived young men to beware of sharps & gamesters who offer invitations to private dinner & play with intent to fleece (St James's Chronicle). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 131/ article:3,c |
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| Charity: childrens charity school - additions etc to list of Sunday school subscribers, additional £ 8 18s 6d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 132/ article:3,c |
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| Property: ## to let for building - ground adj late Hon Mr Hamilton's, Lansdown Road & Lansdown Place. "Intended to build handsome dwelling houses to form a crescent". Extensive & beautiful views & water springs. Viewings at the house. Lansdown Place. [No sale price given] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 133/ article:3,d |
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| Leisure: private theatrical performances increasing & some notables even appear in public e.g. gentleman of distinction acting King Richard at Theatre Royal, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 134/ article:3,d |
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| Politics: trade dispute - narrow weavers from nearby villages gathered at Trowbridge on 2 Jan, to demonstrate against clothiers use of itinerant (journeymen) weavers & to protest over clothiers weaving "cassimere" in their own workshops. Request defeated amicably, opinion divided almost equally & weavers departed peacefully. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 135/ article:3,d |
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| Notices: street cleaning - commissioners overseeing this, meet every Thursday at the Guildhall. Any complaints against scavengers can be addressed to them here & letter of complaint received from "Hospes" will be dealt with. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 136/ article:3,d |
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| Crime: committed to Shepton Mallet Bridewell on Friday by Wm Anderdon, esq, Mayor of Bath - Arthur Donnelly, labourer for theft of surtout coat & pair of breeches from room at White Hart Inn. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 137/ article:3,d |
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| Charity: 5 guineas left with Cruttwell, the printer have been dispensed charitably as donor wished. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 138/ article:3,d |
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| Notices: ## Editor refutes assertion by reader "No Fille de Joye's Man" [filles de joye - prostitutes] that such ladies are admitted to any reputable lodging houses or to the Assembly Rooms. No need for a mark to indicate their houses. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 139/ article:3,d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Saturday "The Follies of a Day" with "The Humorist". Tuesday "King Richard III" with entertainments [no prices] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 140/ article:3,d |
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| Publications: denunciation by a friend of reviewers savage attacks on Mr Holwells's "Dissertations" in December. Signed M W, Bath 10 Jan 1787. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 141/ article:3,d |
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| Notices: narrow passages - Bath Magistrates thanked for addressing complaints on narrowness of passage from the Grove to Rooms & the Parade. Re-organisation of (sedan) chairmen resulted in rapid exit of public from the Rooms on Mr King's benefit night & previous night. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 142/ article:3,d |
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| Leisure: repeat performance of Mr Collin's "Morning Brush" & theatrical sketches etc at Lower Rooms on 11 Jan at 12 o'clock. 2s admittance. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 143/ article:3,d |
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| Property: to let - small house to let at Cloud Hill, Clutton parish, 10 m. from Bath, Wells & Bristol. 5 bedchambers, stables outbuildings, orchard & 7-60 acres of mixed land. Apply Mr Meyler, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 144/ article:3,d |
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| Travel: horse for sale - ladies 5 year old chestnut horse & gelding. Apply Mr Meyler, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 145/ article:3,d |
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| Notices: public thanks from [Miss] J. Wallis of Bath Theatre through [cut - Lady Elizabeth Neal] to ladies & gentlemen of Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1462/ article:3 d |
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| Property: Gaites (late Purdie's) lodging & boarding house 6 Orange Court, Mr J Gaites thanks those who have honoured his house with their company Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1463/ article:3 d |