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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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| Goods: Bristol imports - bladders 1 bag; bull rushes 5 loads; geneva (Holland) 40 punch; glue (Irish) 2 hhds; indigo 1 box; juniper berries 100 bags; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2014/ article:4 c |
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| Goods: Bristol imports cont. - linen (Irish) 2 bales; linseed 1750 bushels 550 tierces; madder 44 hhds; pine boards 2 C; rice 52 barrel; staves & heading 496 C; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2015/ article:4 c |
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| Goods: Bristol imports cont. - steel (Germany) 20 bundles; tar (American) 544 barrels; tarras 5 hghds; tanners' waste 9 bags 5 crates; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2016/ article:4 c |
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| Goods: Bristol imports cont. - tobacco 3 hghds; turpentine 1 barrel; velves 1 barrel; yarn (bay) 46 packs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2017/ article:4 c |
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| Travel: Frome turnpike roads - next meeting of Trustees at George Inn., Frome on 28 Aug. J A Wickham, clerk & treasurer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2018/ article:1 c |
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| Pets: lost - about 1 wk ago, stout black greyhound, seen lately at Box. Whoever brings to Mr Wm Beak of Castle Combe shall receive ½ guin reward. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2019/ article:1 c |
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| Property: auction, property of Isaac Bennet [sic], bankrupt - lot 1/4, ½- part of fee farm rents on properties in Dover Street & Half Moon St, Walcot amount £34 8s 6d; lot 2/4 piece of ground ca ½ acre attached to lot 1. At Greyhound Inn, Market Place on 1 Aug, by E. English, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2020/ article:1 c |
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| Property: auction, property of Isaac Bennet, bankrupt - lot 3/4, 3 dwelling houses, workshop & premises in Balance St. let to tenants at will at £31 5s 6d p.a, subject to ground rent £1 10s. At Greyhound Inn Market Place on 1 Aug by E. English Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2021/ article:1 c |
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| Property: auction, property of Isaac Bennet, bankrupt - lot 4/4, elegant dwelling house farthest of 2 centre house in Camden Place, ground rent £9 8s. At Greyhound Inn Market Place on 1 Aug by E. English Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2022/ article:1 c |
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| Property: to let - by Mr Evill, commodious set of rooms centre of Bath suitable for auctioneer, carpenter, cabinet-maker, cornfactor - proprietor erecting same bldgs nearer his dwelling house. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2023/ article:1 d |
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| Travel: Somerset Coal Canal - General Meeting to be held at Castle & Ball Inn on 2 Aug to administer oath of qualification for Commsnrs. John Prowse, Aaron Abraham Baker, William Skey. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2024/ article:1 d |
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| Property: auction - f/hold, 5 tnmnts nr Devizes, in occupn Ann Scard et al; small dw house nearby in occuptn Mr Rumsey. At King's Arms Inn Melksham on 6 Aug by R Knight. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2025/ article:1 d |
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| Property: auction, contd - dwelling house at Folly Lane [Devizes] with large garden, orchard & 5 acr meadow in occup Mr Mitchel; 2 good tnmnts nearby - all lately built. At King's Arms Inn Melksham on 6 Aug by R Knight. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2026/ article:1 d |
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| Inns: Thomas Crosby - from Crown Inn, Saltford has taken Crown & Leek in Horse Street, Bath. Companies provided with dinners, soups, beefsteaks etc at shortest notice. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2027/ article:1 e |
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| News: eruption of Mt Vesuvius continuing (Naples 24 June from London Gazette, Sat & Tue posts). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2028/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Devizes 24 July, wheat 38-54s; barley 29-35s; beans 46-50s; oats 27-29s/qtr; peas 44-52s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2029/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Warminster 26 July, wheat 30s-50s; barley 23s-34s; oats 22s-24s; beans 40s-44s per quarter. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2030/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: average price of grain throughout England 19 Jul - wheat 52s; barley 31s 9d; rye 37s 5d; oats 22s 5d; beans 42s 1d; peas 43s 8d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2031/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: average price of sugar, w-e 23 Jul, 42s 9½d/cwt excluding customs duty. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2032/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: meat prices - Smithfield 28 July, to sink the offal, beef 2s 4d-3s2d; we.mutton 2s 10d-3s 4d; veal 3s-4s; pork 3s 4d-4s; lamb 3s 4d-4s/stone of 8 lbs Sold 1,600 beasts, 8,000 sheep, 3,000 lambs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2033/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: meat prices - Newgate/Leadenhall 28 July, by carcase, beef 2s-2s 10d; mutton 2s 8d-3s 2d; veal 2s 8d-3s 8d; pork 3s 4d-4s; lamb 3s-3s 8d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2034/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: average price commodities - tallow 2s 6d/stone; hay 76s-88s; straw 26s-34s; clover 84s-95s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2035/ article:2 c |
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| Travel: for sale - travelling phaeton built by 'Leader' with or without harness, on its first wheels. Apply F. Kilvert, coachbuilder, Westgate St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2036/ article:2 d |
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| Military: Internal Defence of the Country - amount raised by subscription in Wiltshire now £12,697 5s 6d. [Latest donations listed] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2037/ article:2 d |
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| Military: Internal Defence of the Country, voluntary subscription in Wiltshire - select committee meeting at Black Bear Inn Devizes resolved to request ministers of parishes to promote subscriptions. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2038/ article:2 d |
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| Employment: wanted teacher - steady person in a genteel ladies boarding school. Letters addressed to S B, Post Office, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2039/ article:2 e |
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| Finance: bankrupt - all persons indebted to Lawrence Fielde [architect] to immediately discharge their debts to Mr Clarke, solicitor in St. James's Parade, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2040/ article:2 e |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - Ralph Jennings, jeweller, certificate 6th August. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2041/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: Bank Stocks 168½; 5% 101¼ 1/3; 4% 84¾ a 85; 3% red 68½; ditto cons. 67¼ ex div; ditto scrip 69 3/8; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2042/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: Bank Stocks continued - Bank long ann 20 1/16; ditto 9¾; India Stock 200; ditto bond 14 a 15s; Navy Bills 1 7/8 def; Omnium 5%. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2043/ article:3 c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - [no titled persons] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2044/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: ## Sir James Murray, bart, MP for Weymouth, to Right Hon. Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Baroness of Bath, by Lord Bishop of Salisbury, at Bath House, Piccadilly. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2045/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Murray cont - Sir James Murray by royal licence assumes the surname and bears arms of Pulteney pursuant to last will & testament of Hon. General Harry Pulteney, dec'd. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2046/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr Thomas Woolley, eminent tailor of Bath to Mrs Pritchard of Saville Row, Bristol on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2047/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr G. Steart, stationer of Bath to Miss Maria Buck of Weston, on Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2048/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Close, relict of the late Rev Mr Close, in Bath lately. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2049/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr John Dyall, for many years driver of a London coach, on Wednesday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2050/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Janetta Brett of New King St. in her 62nd year on Friday. Much esteemed & regretted by those who knew her. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2051/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Percy Powlett at Weston on Saturday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2052/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Thomas Lidiard, an eminent mason, in his 60th year in Corn Street, yesterday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2053/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: a child of Mr W. Ford, whitesmith, killed by falling stone from top of a house in Walcot St, Bath on Thursday night. Her grandmother who was carrying her, injured arm. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2054/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: Magistrates of Bath Forum Division fined several persons on Friday for retailing strong beer without a licence. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2055/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mary Jennings at her lodgings in Holloway on Wednesday, she got her living by hawking ballads in this city. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2056/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: The Earl of Waldegrave drowned whilst bathing in the river at Eton on 29 June. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2057/ article:3 d |
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| Property: for sale - harness & collar maker's shop in Upper Bristol Read near Mr Ryle's livery stables, stock at valuation. Enquire at the shop Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2058/ article:3 e |
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| Livestock: for sale - 4 handsome rams and some ewes all bred from one of the King's Spanish rams. Mr Wm. Matthews, Hetling House; or Mr J Newman at Norton St Philip. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2059/ article:3 e |
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| Law: Court of Requests for Hundreds of Chippenham, Lordship of Corsham - held at Corsham on 28 July, George Serle Bayliffe, gent one of the clerks of the court has resigned. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2060/ article:3 e |
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| Law: Court of Requests for Hundreds of Chippenham, Lordship of Corsham - notice of special meeting of Commsnrs to be held at Bear Inn Chippenham to elect & appoint a replacement for Mr Bayliffe, who has resigned. Henry Mereweather, clerk. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2061/ article:3 e |
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| Military: War Office 26 July - list of officers for 13 districts of Wilts Troops of Gentlemen & Yeomanry Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2062/ article:4 b |
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| Marriages: Mr Isaac Riddle of Ashley Farm to Miss Jane of Bristol (no date) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2063/ article:4 b |