Georgian Newspaper Project

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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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Property: auction, James Franklin, bankrupt - lot 1/10, dw. house nr London turnpike, Walcot, late occup by - Newman, 15' 3" in front, 23' deep, 2 rooms grnd. floor, 4 bedchambrs, rent 14 guin. p.a, l/hold (94 yrs unexprd) & rent £6 16 6d p.a apportioned with lot 2. At White Lion Inn, Market Place on 12 July by W. Pollard.
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1864/ article:2 d
Property: auction, James Franklin, bankrupt - lot 2/10, l/hold, dwelling house adj lot 1 nr London turnpike at Walcot, late occup by Wm. Wilcox at 16 guin p.a, l/hold (94 yrs unexprd) & rent of £6 16 6d p.a apportioned with lot 1. At White Lion Inn, Market Place on 12 July by W. Pollard.
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1865/ article:2 d
Property: auction, James Franklin, bankrupt - lot 3/10, l/hold (94 yrs unxprd, clear of rent charge), piece of void ground adj lot 2, nr London turnpike at Walcot. At White Lion Inn, Market Place on 12 July by W. Pollard.
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1866/ article:2 d
Property: auction, James Franklin, bankrupt - lot 4/10, dwelling house (nearly complete) in Albemarle Bldgs next to turnpike rd 101 8" in front depth with ground 42'; lot 5/10, similar dwelling house adj lot 4. At White Lion Inn, Market Place on 12 July by W. Pollard. (lots 4, 5 & 6, l/hold, 94 years unxprd, rent £14 18s divided equally).
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1867/ article:2 d
Property: auction, James Franklin, bankrupt - lot 6/10, similar dwelling house adj lot 5 in Albermarle Bldgs, l/hold (94 yrs unexprd). At White Lion Inn, Market Place on 12 July by W. Pollard. (lots 4, 5 & 6, l/hold, 94 years unxprd, rent £14 18s divided equally).
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1868/ article:2 d
Property: auction, James Franklin, bankrupt - lot 7/10, dwelling house nearby complete in Weymouth St, 18' in front, depth with ground 56'; lot 8/10 - another dwelling house adj lot 7. Both l/hold (94 yrs unxprd) rent £7 9s divided equally. At White Lion Inn, Market Place on 12 July by W. Pollard.
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1869/ article:2 d
Property: auction, James Franklin, bankrupt - lot 9/10, another dwelling house adj lot 8 in Weymouth St; lot 10/10, another dwelling house adj lot 9. Both l/hold (94 yrs unxprd) rent £7 9s divided equally. At White Lion Inn, Market Place on 12 July by W. Pollard.
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1870/ article:2 d
Goods: ## quantity of stone from Lansdown Quarries at 1s 1d/ load; any quantity of good lime at 1s 7d/qtr, apply Mr Gunning in The Vineyards.
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1871/ article:2 e
Leisure: Spring Gardens Vauxhall - fireworks with fancy pieces by Signor Invetto on 15 Jul, tickets 1s Mr Pritchard, Parade Coffee House & at gate.
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1872/ article:3:00 AM
Property: Bath Common - Freeman entitled to dividend on the commons estate will be paid at Chancellor's office, Town Hall on 14 Jul & every day that week from 10am to 4pm. John Symons, chancellor.
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1873/ article:3:00 AM
Goods: tea - Thomas Trendal removed from 6 Fountain Bldgs to 7 Queen St, Bath. has assortment of fresh teas, sugars reduced, china, glass etc on hire.
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1874/ article:3:00 AM
Property: auction of property of John Snowden, carpenter - lot 1/4, 2 f/hold tnmntd 4 & 5 Grosvenor Place, each ground rent £9 12s p.a; lot 2/4, 2 f/hold tenements on E-side side 16 & 17 Lambridge Place, ground rents £6 10s p.a. At Gloucester & Oxford Inn on 25 Jul by Wm Evill
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1875/ article:3:00 AM
Property: auction of property of John Snowden, carpenter - lot 3/4, 2 f/hold tnmnts on W-side 16 & 17 Lambridge Place, not covered, ground rent £8 8s p.a; lot 4/4, f/hold tnmnt in Weymouth St, Bath, ground rent £14 8s p.a. At Gloucester & Oxford Inn on 25 Jul by Wm Evill. Partcrs Mr Goodall.
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1876/ article:3:00 AM
Property: auction, Marchant Russell, bankrupt - lot 1/3, 1/7th share of premises in High St occup by Mr Evill, silversmith & Mr Warren, mealman, with several buildings at rear in Marchant's Ct. subject to life estate of Anna Catherina Marchant, widow aged 55, l/hold Bruton Hosp (900 yrs unexprd) clear rents £300 p.a. At Christopher Inn 26 Jul by Wm. Evill.
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1877/ article:3:00 AM
Property: auction, Marchant Russell, bankrupt - lot 2/3, ½ share in f/hold premises "Terra Firma", garden & grounds in Widcombe & Lyncombe, late occup Mr Penny Hancock, now let to Mr Geo.Clarke for building, rent £100 clear, subject to life interest of Mrs Lockyer. At Christopher Inn 26 Jul by Wm. Evill.
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1878/ article:3:00 AM
Property: auction, Marchant Russell, bankrupt - lot 3/3, all his interest in £239 in the South Sea Annuities (subject to life estate of Mrs Ann Lockyer). At Christopher Inn on 26 Jul by Wm. Evill.
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1879/ article:3:00 AM
Education: Mesdames Habersham & Second have moved to 1 Catherine Place, Bath & their school will reopen on 21 July.
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1880/ article:3 b
Military: War Office 8 July - Somrst Regt Fencible Cavalry, Cornet N T Kingsley to be Lt, vice Champion, who resigns
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1881/ article:3 b
Military: War Office 8 July - Wilts Troops of Gentlemen & Yeomanry. To be Capts - James Sutton, James Montagu, Thomas Estcourt, Ambrose Goddard, John Audry & F Dugdale Astley, esqs. To be Lt - John Methuen Poore, gent
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1882/ article:3 b
Agriculture: monthly report - apples, late blight in the cider counties of Devon, Hereford, Worcs & Gloucs. Wool - little change from last years prices, Norfold & Southdown type short wool 14d/lb
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1883/ article:3 c
Finance: Bank Stocks 161 a 160 7/8; 5% 100 ex div.; 4% 83 ¼ a 83; 3% red 67 5/8 a 68¼ a 68; ditto cons.shut 66 5/8 ½op; ditto scrip 68 5/8;
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1884/ article:3 d
Finance: Bank Stocks continued - Bank long ann. 19½; ditto short 9 1/8; India Bonds 10s pr; Exch. Bills 7 a 8s; Navy 2 def.
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1885/ article:3 d
Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord Falmouth, Earl of Howth, Sir William Grant (NOTP)
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1886/ article:3 d
Marriages: Mr Lionel Oliver, linen-draper to Miss Elliott, daughter of Mr Philip Elliott of Bristol by Rev D Casberd on Tuesday.
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1887/ article:3 d
Marriages: Rev G. Boraston, rector of Broughton Hackett to Miss Leslie (dtr of Rev Dr Leslie Archdeacon of Down in Ireland) at Queen Sq. Chapel on Monday
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1888/ article:3 d
Deaths: Mrs Anne Leigh (sister of the late Peter Leigh, esq of Lime in Cheshire) at age 86 in Gay St, Bath on Sat.
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1889/ article:3 d
Deaths: Mrs More (relict of H More, esq of Low Langford) in Bath lately
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1890/ article:3 d
Industry: ## intended Somerset Coal Canal - gauges on 2 lines show large surplus of water for navigation even in this excessive drought.
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1891/ article:3 d
Military: on Mon, c 40 of 32nd Regt & similar number of 45th Regt arrived in Bath from Bristol, direct from Barbados. Yesterday morning [Tue 8 Jul] they proceeded to Devizes on way to Winchester.
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1892/ article:3 d
Military: ## this morning [9 July], 200 Cornish Cavalry under command Lord Falmouth arrived in Bath to be disciplined under Mr Dash, riding master
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1893/ article:3 d
Deaths: John Broad, one of the ostlers at the Lamb Inn [Bath?] killed last week by a kick from a horse. Leaving widow & 3 young children, one 7 weeks old.
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1894/ article:3 d
Law: Western Circuit, Mr Justice Grose & Mr Baron Thomson - Wilts, at New Sarum 2 Aug; Somrst at Wells 23 Aug; Bristol, at Guildhall 28 Aug.
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1895/ article:3 d
Fashion: J Sturges & Co, New Indian & British Muslin Warehouse, 40 Walcot St nr St Michael's Church. Indian & British muslins, pricked calicos & cottons, Irish linens, sheeting etc.
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1896/ article:3 e
Property: auction - ground ca. 5 acres, nr turnpike at Holloway, belonging to Wm. Watson, Rt. Giles & Lawrence Fielde, bankrupts, fee farm rent 50 guin p.a. At Greyhound Inn on 12 Jul by Thomas Young. NB Purchaser entitled to 2 GRs each £2 5s on 2 houses erected on this land & shell of house exclusively, apply Mr Clarke, solicitor.
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1897/ article:3 e
Property: auction - dwelling house 17' in front, ground from front to rear 110', also 3 adj houses not quitr finished nr Turnpike on New Wells Rd, belonging to Lawrence Fielde (bankrupt), all f/hold, ground rent £15 6s p.a. At Greyhound Inn on 19 Jul by Thomas Young, etc
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1898/ article:3 e
Charity: Bath Friendly Societies - amount of subscriptions towards cost of the parade £31 16s.
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1899/ article:3 e
Charity: relief of widows & children of brave seamen & soldiers subscription received £74 7s.
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1900/ article:3 e
Publications: poem to Miss Susanna H-r-ngt-n [Harington] of H-r-ngt-n Pl, Bath
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1901/ article:4:00 AM
Fashion: letter re ladies veiling faces & ornamenting their rear.
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1902/ article:4:00 AM
Publications: long letter on various uses of the word "make"
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1903/ article:4:00 AM
Goods: imports at Bristol - almonds 4 brls; bacon 50 bales; beef 44 brls 85 tierces; bladders 2 bags; butter 130 casks 75 firk; coffee 6 punches 59 tierces 23 brls;
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1904/ article:4 c
Goods: Bristol imports contd. - Prize coffee 22 hhds; elephants teeth 30; flax feed 179 hhds 55 brls; fustic 2½ tons; glue (irish) 6 hhds; hides 600;
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1905/ article:4 c
Goods: Bristol imports contd. - iron (old) 5 hhds; linen (Irish) 149 packs 68 boxes; logwood 10 tons; mahogany 23 logs; madder 6 hhds; piemento 3 bags;
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1906/ article:4 c
Goods: Bristol imports contd - oleon palmae 1 punch, 1 hhd; pork 258 brls; raisins 500 qr. brls, 16 baskets, 87 boxes, 3 jars; rum 15 punch 1 hhd
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1907/ article:4 c
Goods: Bristol imports contd. - sugar 328 hhd, 41 tierces, 3 brls; Prize sugar 238 hhds; shrub 1hhd; skins 250 bags; Vells 2 punch; wine (French) 1 hhd,
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1908/ article:4 c
Goods: Bristol imports contd. - (Madeira) 2 hhds, (Malaga) 45 butts, 10 hhds.
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1909/ article:4 c
Education: Miss Whitaker, School for Young Ladies Corsham re-commences 21 July.
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1910/ article:1 b
Travel: Somerset Coal Canal - report of meeting at White Hart Bath on 12 July. Ordered that common seal of Co be fixed to tickets specifying share or shares to which subscriber entitled, etc. Bowsher & Broderip, clerk
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1911/ article:1 b
Goods: auction - 16 marble chimney pieces & 8 marble slabs at auction rooms, The Walk, North Parade on 18 Jul by Mr Spackman.
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1912/ article:1 c
Property: auction - Lawrence Fielde, bankrupt, shell of house, roofed, E-side Henrietta St, Laura Place. At Greyhound Inn Market Place on 22 Jul by Thomas Young. Partcrs Mr Taylor, attorney for mortgagee, or Mr Clarke, the solicitor.
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1913/ article:1 c

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