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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Marriages: Maurice Magrath [sic], esq to Miss E Dickinson [no date]
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2314/ article:3 c
Marriages: Mr Rumming, cabinet-maker of St. Andrew's Terrace to Miss Wilson, dtr of Mr Wilson, tailor and draper. [no date]
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2315/ article:3 c
Deaths: Mr Deare, father of Mr Deare, carver and gilder, after a lingering illness [no date]
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2316/ article:3 d
Deaths: Mr Samuel Green, butcher. [no date]
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2317/ article:3 d
Deaths: Mr Thomas Palmer, eminent surgeon & man midwife of Keynsham, early Friday morning, thrown from horse & fatally fractured skull nr Saltford while returning from attending wife of gatekeeper of Crosspost turnpike.
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2318/ article:3 d
Deaths: Charles Gullick on Thur morning while descending coalpit at Radstock, fastening gave way & he fell 57 fathoms. Leaves wife & 5 small children.
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2319/ article:3 d
Deaths: John Green (a servant of a lady in Marlborough Bldgs, Bath) was killed on Monday when he fell whilst cleaning a window.
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2320/ article:3 d
Crime: Somerset Assizes - James Remnant & James Jones capitally sentenced for theft were reprieved and sentenced to 14 years transportation.
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2321/ article:3 d
Politics: "Desultory thoughts on the atrocious cruelty of the French nation" - 7 yrs ago French markets said to be the cheapest & most plentifully supplied in Europe, with beef, mutton, veal & pork at 2½d-3d/lb, turkeys & geese for 1s & 15d.
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2322/ article:3 d
Goods: auction - household furniture, property of Mrs Morgan quitting the premises. At Beaulieu Lodge, Upper Bristol Road, on 11 & 12 Sept by Mr Bally.
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2323/ article:3 e
Goods: auction -all h/hold furniture, plate, linen, china, library etc of Mr Marchant Russell, a bankrupt. On the farm premises at Doynton on 10 Sept by Mr Evill, by order of assignees.
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2324/ article:3 e
Livestock: auction - 16 cows, 1 yearling, 10 calves, a bull, 2 draft horses, a harness horse, 2 pigs, sundry ducks, chickens & turkeys. Also 4 acr wheat in winnow, 9 acr oats, 30 tons hay, 16 sacks of apple etc. At Marchant Russell's farm in Doynton on 10 Sept by Mr Evill.
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2325/ article:3 e
Marriages: Mr J. Saph of Stapleford to Miss Wilshire of Wellow.
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2326/ article:4 c
Deaths: Mrs Hardy (wife of Mr T. Hardy, confined to the Tower for High Treason).
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2327/ article:4 c
Goods: imports at Bristol - anchovies 3 firkins, 2 brl, 129 kegs; beef 80 trces, 20 brls; butter 116 firkins 35 casks; deals 72c 1qr 14; deal ends 6c 2qrs 16; flax 459 bobbins; fir timber 314 pieces; fir baulks 27;
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2328/ article:4 c
Goods: imports at Bristol, contd - hides (Buenos Aires) 198; (ox & cow) 200; hemp 84 bundles; honey 146 jars; iron (old) 4 tons, (pig) 16 tons, (Russia) 3846 bars; lathwood 652 pieces; linen (Irish) 7 packs, 7 boxes;
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2329/ article:4 c
Goods: imports at Bristol, contd - linen (German) 34 packs; masts 8; oil (neatsfoot) 1 hhd; onions (Portugal) 22 baskets; oranges & lemons 6 boxes; plums 174 boxes;
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2330/ article:4 c
Goods: imports at Bristol, contd - rags & junks 10 tons; sassafras 6c; staves & headings 373c; shumac 28 bags; skins (calf) 50 bundles; spars 12; tallow (Irish) 10 hhd; tobacco 917 hhd; wine (Oporto) 178 pipes, 2hhd (Spanish) 84 buts.
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2331/ article:4 c
Agriculture: monthly report for August - heaviest harvest housed for 100 yrs. New wheat Kent, Essex & Sussex rise the best, West & South crops to straw
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2332/ article:1 b
Politics: news from America - death penalty to be abolished (except for murder) in states of Pennsylvania & Massachusets. US Mint has begun to deliver gold & silver coins, gold eagle $10 US = 45s English.
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2333/ article:1 b
Property: Larkhall - lodgings to let or whole house, garden & coach-house, turnpike free to Bath. Enq John Morley's, The Catherine Wheel, Ladymead.
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2334/ article:1 c
Property: for sale - lease & new furniture of commodious house within 6d fare of the Pump Room & New Bath. Enq from Mr Reynolds, 6 Kingston Bldgs, Bath.
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2335/ article:1 c
Goods: auction - household furniture at 3 Edgar Bldgs, Bath on 16 & 17 Sept by C. Trimnell.
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2336/ article:1 c
Military: internal defence of the Country - subscriptions raised in Wiltshire, already published £12,883 12s 6d, with recent [itemised] total now£12,898. W. Hughes, secretary
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2337/ article:1 c
Employment: wanted for gentleman's family, steady middle aged man as gardener & bailiff. Apply Mr Mayo, linen draper, Bond St, Bath.
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2338/ article:1 d
Goods: auction - household furniture at 3 Chapel Court on 16 Sept by H. Thurston.
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2339/ article:1 d
Finance: Wilts & Western Assurance Soc - proprietors have appointed as agent, Mr James Mayo, linen draper of Devizes, in room of late Mr George Hillier, decd
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2340/ article:1 e
Property: to let - Jaggard's House in Corsham at rent 20 guin p.a.
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2341/ article:1 e
Marriages: Charles Lovegrove, esq. of Plymouth to Miss Hart, daughter of Mr W. Hart, clothier of Bradford, Wiltshire.
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2342/ article:2 c
Agriculture: grain prices - Devizes 4 Sept, wheat 40-54s; beans 46-48s; rye 40-48s; hog peas 54-62s; barley 32-40s; oats 26-28s per qr.
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2343/ article:2 c
Agriculture: grain prices - Warminster 6 Sept, wheat 42s-56s; barley 27s-36s; rye 26s; oats 24s-28s; beans 42s-48s per quarter.
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2344/ article:2 c
Agriculture: Mark Lane 8 Sept, total 2203 qtrs wheat [sold], av [price] 54s 5¾d, 3¾d lower than last week
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2345/ article:2 c
Agriculture: average price of grain throughout England 30 Aug - wheat 52s 7d; barley 32s 1d; rye 39s 1d; oats 22s 3d; beans 43s 7d; peas 48s 7d.
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2346/ article:2 c
Goods: average price of sugar, w-e 3 Sept, 37s 3d/cwt excluding customs duty.
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2347/ article:2 c
Agriculture: seed prices - ryegrass 18s-24s; cinquefoil 16s-26s per qtr.
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2348/ article:2 c
Agriculture: hay 76s - 90s; straw 24-28s; clover 88-100s; tallow 2s 9d per stone.
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2349/ article:2 c
Goods: meat prices - Smithfield 8 Sept, to sink the offal, ox beef 2s 4d-3s 2d; mutton 3s-3s 4d; veal 3s-4s 9d; pork 3s 4d-4s; lamb 3s 4d-4s per stone of 8 lbs. Sold 1,800 beasts, 9,000 sheep, 1,500 lambs.
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2350/ article:2 c
Goods: meat prices - Newgate/ Leadenhall 8 Sept, by carcase, ox beef 2s-2s 8d; mutton 2s 10d-3s 1d; veal 2s 8d-4s; pork 3s 4d-4s; lamb 3s 4d-3s 8d.
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2351/ article:2 c
Finance: debtors of Henry Salisbury, shopkeeper of Rode, Somrst to pay Joseph Cabell or Benj. Hawkins, both of Rode, assignees.
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2352/ article:2 d
Property: auction - freehold estate of Samuel Racey, bankrupt in 3 lots at Castle Inn on 17 Sept by the Assignees. [no names]
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2353/ article:2 d
Property: auction, f/hold estate of Samuel Racey, bankrupt - lot 1/3, dwelling house 5 E-wing Lansdown Crescent Bath, 22' in front X 40', tenanted by Mr Humphries for £63 p.a, ground rent £10 10s. At Castle Inn on 17 Sept by the Assignees. [no auctioneer named]
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2354/ article:2 d
Property: auction, f/hold estate of Samuel Racey, bankrupt - lot 2/3, unfinished dwelling house in W-wing Lansdown Cresc, Bath, 22' in front X 40', ground rent £10 10s. At Castle Inn on 17 Sept by the Assignees. [no auctioneer named]
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2355/ article:2 d
Property: auction, f/hold estate of Samuel Racey, bankrupt - lot 3/3, 4/9ths of house in Bridge St, net rent £48 p.a & 4/9ths of 4 tenements at Batheaston at rent of £30 p.a. subject to annuity £20 p.a for life of Mrs Hannah Racey. At Castle Inn on 17 Sept by the Assignees. [no auctnr. named]
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2356/ article:2 d
Travel: Warminster/Frome/Bath turnpike road - Trustees meeting at Black Dog Inn, Standerwick on 16 Sept. James Edgell, clerk.
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2357/ article:2 d
Finance: bankruptcy - James Hiscock, wine & brandy merchant of Frome-Selwood. Commissioners to meet at White Hart Inn Bath on 15 Sept to make a dividend.
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2358/ article:2 e
Science: ## description of the Telegraphe being used in France, invented by Citizen Chappe. Can transmit messages over 4 or 5 leagues, e.g. Paris to Lille, in a very short time. Useful in war.
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2359/ article:3 b
Finance: Bank Stocks shut; 5% 101¾ a 101 7/8; 4% 85¼ a 85; 3% red shut; ditto cons. 67 a 66¾; long ann shut; short -; India Stock -;
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2360/ article:3 c
Finance: Bank Stocks continued - bonds 18 a 19 pr; Exchange bills 13; Navy Bills 1 3/8 def; scrip 68¾; lottery tickets 18 a 19pr; Irish £7.5s.
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2361/ article:3 c
Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl of Peterborough; Marquis de Polignac; Bishop of Clogher; Hon Henry Pelham. [NOTP]
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2362/ article:3 c
Marriages: Mr George Hulbert, plumber of Bath, to Miss Tanner, daughter of Mr D. Tanner, builder. [no date]
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2363/ article:3 c

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