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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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| Deaths: Mrs Collinson, lady of Rev Mr Collinson of Bristol, at Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1541/ article:2 b |
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| Music: 5th subscription concert - New Assembly Rooms 27 Nov (& weekly). Opera "Orpheus" with Tenducci, Miss Storer & Rauzzini; etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1523/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: Evill, Naish & Stroud, goldsmiths, jewellers, watchmakers, toymen, cutlers, Market Place, Bath (London, Sheffield & Birmingham warehouses). Incs. repeating, horizental, second & plain watches in fancy enamels, optical, mathematical & philosophical instruments (from P & J. Dollond, London). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1525/ article:3 d |
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| Agriculture: ## fear of riots from probable high price of corn & other necessaries before next harvest. Lord Shelburne seeking info on stocks & prices in Holland, Flanders, Germany, Danzig, Spain & Portugal (London, 29 Nov). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1526/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Publications: "Cotillon figures" (24 new French cotillons, as danced at assemblies in Bath) published today, 1s, from Rooms & booksellers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1532/ article:1 c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture, prints, linen, mangle, etc of Mrs Cornwall, at her house in Trim St, Bath on 22 Nov by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1499/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: Molland, cook & pastry-cook, has opened a shop in 2 Milsom St, Bath opp Octagon Chapel. All sorts of "made dishes", hot pastry & soups. French Black & White puddings. Dinners dressed & sent to lodgings for any set time. Fine turtle evey day, retail. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1561/ article:1 d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Thursday "The Spanish Friar" with "The Quaker"; Saturday "Much Ado about Nothing" with "Tom Thumb"; Tuesday "Clandestine Marriage" with "Harlequin Necromancer" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1553/ article:3 c |
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| Charity: ## Poorhouse - recmmndtn for running by churchwardens & Overseers to parishioners of St Peter & Paul. Vestry meeting 13 Dec to decide & consider on Mr Bailey's (of Tetbury) appointment & his management scheme. Large attendance is hoped for, normally few attend vestry meetings. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1563/ article:2 b |
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| Leisure: Old Rooms - ball for MC on Fri 3 Jan. Tickets from Mr Tyson in Pierrepont St, Bath; at the Rooms, & booksellers Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1570/ article:3 b |
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| Politics: ## American War - messengers with dispatches from France arrived this morning (London, 3 Dec). Provisional articles signed by HMs Cmmsnrs & the Cmssnrs of the USA on 30 Nov & are to be inserted & constitute a Treaty of Peace Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1544/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Livestock: a hired horse not returned - a mare ca 10 yrs old & ca 14 hands high was hired from R. Box, cooper of Chippenham on 5 Nov. Reward 1 guin for info leading to apprehension & return of horse. The hirer left a lame & blind mare at White Hart Chippenham which he has not collected. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1543/ article:2 c |
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| Visitors: Mr Ruspini will arrive in Bath on 14 Dec, and depart for London on 23 Dec Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1552/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Colburne, upholder, in Bennett St after a short illness on Wednesday, . Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1494/ article:3 c |
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| Employment: ladies maid wanted - person/s to understand hair-dressing a little, mantua-making, & willing to get up small linen & silk stockings exceedingly well. Line to A.B. at Mr Reeves's grocer, Pierrepont St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1579/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: public coffee room - being opened next Monday [2 Dec] at Angel Inn, Westgate St. With London newspapers every day; fresh soups 4d/basin - James Cole. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1521/ article:3 c |
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| News: ## Workhouse management - letter to parishioners of St Peter & Paul on proposal from Mr Baily of Tetbury "a man of property" "a manufacturer". It suggests actual saving from Bailey's scheme will be 2 or 3 X more than the suggested £100 p.a. Present Workhouse master did not deliver an alternative proposal by the date required. St James's parish have already agreed to the proposal. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1578/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: cargoes of ships arrived at Plymouth from Canada estimated to be worth at least £250,000. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1528/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Property: for sale - new-built dwelling house in Union Pssge, Bath. Now let for 21 years at £40 p.a, held under Corporation for 99 years & 3 lives. Enq Mr Edward Vernon Goodall, St James's Parade, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1555/ article:3 c |
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| Publications: surplus books (duplicates) in history & 'belle lettres' - the property of T. Sherington, lending library, Harington Place, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1503/ article:2 b |
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| Finance: bankruptcy certificate re. Henry Phillips, of Bath, innholder for 14 Dec. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1512/ article:3 b |
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| Agriculture: Bath Agricultural Society - annual meeting, James Stephens, esq., VP in chair. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1584/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - review of "Necromancer" an entertainment presented yesterday evening [26 Nov]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1514/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Hon Mrs Hervey, at her house in Rivers St, Bath yesterday. Relict of George Hervey, esq., of Tiddington, Oxfordshire & aunt to present Lord Viscount Bulkeley. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1456/ article:3 b |
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| Employment: Master & Mistress wanted for Workhouse in Box. To attend Vestry meeting with churchwardens, overseers & others on 9 Dec. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1504/ article:2 b |
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| Notices: lost - last night from a gentleman's pocket, plain gold watch, maker Robert Holmes, Dublin no 86. Reward 1 guin if brought to the printer's Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1593/ article:2 b |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Thursday "The Hypocrite" with "Thomas & Sally"; Saturday "The Foundling" with "The Son-in Law"; Tuesday "Venice Preserv'd" with "Harlequin Necromancer" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1519/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: London News - Mrs Siddons has cleared at least £1,000 from her benefit last Saturday evening. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1590/ article:2 b |
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| Leisure: Musical Glasses - Mr Cartwright performs at Old Assembly Rooms (late Gyde's) on Lower Walks, fire in room, admission 2s, also private performances for not less than 12 persons at 2s 6d each. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1580/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: interment - the remains of Rev Noah Neal Newcome, MA, rector of Penmark & Llantwit, Glam, removed from his Charles St house on Sunday. To be interred with his father, the late Dean of Gloucester, at Gloucester Cathedral. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1601/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Scrivens in Brock St, Bath, yesterday se'nnight [3 Dec] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1571/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: for sale - brewing equipment - 40 hghds of old strong beer, 100 hghds of iron-bound casks (from 4-10 hghds each), large copper furnace 177 gall, & new mash tub for 16 bushels malt. At T. Collard's house "The Lamb" in Trowbridge Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1497/ article:3 c |
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| Publications: "The Ladies Companion etc" for 1783, inc. financial & shopping info - interest tables, tables for costing wages, expenses, also transfer days & holidays at the Bank, South Sea & India houses etc. Price 1s. Sold by R .Cruttwell & L. Bull, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1589/ article:1 d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord & Lady Romney, Lady Erskines, Lady Shrewsbury, Lady Holt, Lady Hay, Lady & Miss Fitzgerald, Hon Mr Forward, Hon Mr Knox, Hon Mrs Wilmot, Sir Griffith Boynton, Mr Justice Buller, Mr Justice & 2 Miss Heath [NOTP], Admiral Vincent, General Bland, etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1597/ article:3 b |
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| Property: to let - 7 year lease, house in Catherine Place nr Crescent, Bath. Enq Mr Poole, Edgar's Bldgs, or of Mr Powney, shopkeeper in Margaret's Court, Brock St (who keeps the key). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1577/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: Mr Robert Skull of Walcot repudiates any debts his wife Mary Skull may incur. She eloped from her husband on 16 Nov with money & some articles of value (22 Nov). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1509/ article:2 d |
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| Property: auction sale in fee - in 3 lots at Burrough Hill, Farmborough parish, 7 miles Bath, lot1/3, house etc 30 acres let to Mr Joseph Bush, rent £50 p.a; lot 2/3, 14 acres meadow over marl, let to Mr Henry Brodribb, rent £28 p.a; lot 3/3, 22 acres arable over marl, let at rent £33 p.a. At Kings Arms, Pensford 11 Dec. [no auctnr named - enq ILLGBL] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1507/ article:2 b |
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| Property: auction - dwelling house S-side Trim St, Bath [? Mrs Cornwall's] for remainder of 999 year term, 60 years only expired, quit rent 1d. At Mrs Cornwall's Trim St, Bath on 22 Nov by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1500/ article:3 d |
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| Politics: American War - yesterday [5 Dec], in the House of Peers, HM King announced prohibition of war upon the continent of America, & that a provisional treaty had been agreed on, to take effect when terms of peace finally settled with France (London, 6 Dec) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1558/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Deaths: Bartholomew Smith, esq., at Timsbury [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1562/ article:2 b |
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| Music: Miss Guest's Concert - New Assembly Rooms on 18 Dec. Various overtures, songs, piano & Mr [J. C.] Bach's serenata "Rinaldo & Armida". Tickets 5s from Miss Guest, Princes Bldgs, Bath, et al. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1576/ article:3 c |
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| Fashion: Mr Elkins, hatter (from Mr Davis's, Bond St, London) has returned from London with fashionable ladies riding hats, also gentlemens hats, children's hats, livery hats etc. White feathers & ermine cleaned like new [claimed to be no other place in Bath] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1567/ article:2 c |
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| Crime: person/s broke into 5 unoccupied houses in Clark's Bldgs, Bath, stole grates & broke windows & frames. James Bryne [sic], Princes St, Bath offers 5 guin reward for info on conviction of each crime. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1568/ article:2 d |
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| Travel: ship arrivals at Bristol. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1592/ article:2 b |
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| Fashion: Mrs Goldsmith (of Old Bond St, London) has opened a shop for fashionable millinery at cnr Green St . Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1445/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: household - newly invented perpetual chimney ovens for pastry, bread & meat, made & fixed by Samuel Hallet, ironmonger, brazier, tinman etc, Cheap St. Sells wholesale & retail every item of ironmongery goods for carpenters, joiners & cabinet-makers. Brass & steel fenders, fire shovels, table knoves; brass, iron & japanned candlesticks; cast iron saucepans & stewpans; grates, Bath stoves, small jacks, & coffin furniture in metal. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1575/ article:3 b |
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| Music: 7th subscription concert - New Assembly Rooms 11 Dec. Miscell programme, Miss Cantelo for the night, also Miss Guest, pianoforte etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1581/ article:3 d |
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| Travel: Warminster & Frome to Bath turnpike - trustees to meet by adjournment at the Black Dog Inn on Standerwick Common on Tue 17 Dec at 11am. J. Maskelyn, clerk Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1573/ article:3 b |
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| Charity: ## Poorhouse contd.- "heavy & increasing expense of the poor". Churchwardens & Overseers recommend Mr Baily of Tetbury a) to provide good proper & sufficient meat, drink, washing, mending & apparel for all poor persons sent to [poorhouse], b) procure skilled medical attention for sick, & c) decently bury paupers dying in Workhouse. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1564/ article:2 b |
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| Marriages: Mr Wm. Seyer, merchant , to Miss Twine, dtr of Capt. Twine of Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1536/ article:2 b |