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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: meat prices - Newgate & Leadenhall, 10 Mar, by carcase, ox beef 2s 2d to 3s/stone; we. mutton 2s 8d - 3s 2d/; veal 2s 8d - 4s 4d/; pork 3s 4d to 4s 4d/stone of 8 lbs. Best home made bacon 4s; Wiltshire 4s 6d/stone Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 764/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: sheepskins 2s 9d to 5s 9p; tallow 2s 3d/stone; hay 73s 6d to 84s; straw 28s to 33s; clover 86s to 98s Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 765/ article:2 c |
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| Leisure: Devizes Assembly will begin at 6 o'c on Mon 17 Mar [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 766/ article:2 d |
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| Notices: Thomas Tucker aged 16 (apprentice to James Newport, Corn St, Bath, carpenter & joiner) eloped & ran away. Believed 2 other lads went with him Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 767/ article:2 d |
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| Property: lease for sale - premises in Bath [address not stated], lately occupied by Thos Woodford, suitable for fashion, stock & household furniture, apply Messrs Parsons & Hurles, Bristol. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 768/ article:2 e |
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| Property: to let or sale - house in St. James's Sq, Bath on field side, with or without stable & coach-house. Apply the Printer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 769/ article:2 e |
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| Property: to let or sale - house in Gt Pulteney St, Bath & another in Bath Street. Apply Mr Chantry, 8 Bath Street, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 770/ article:2 e |
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| Services: Gwennap, auctioneer, 8 Vineyards, Bath will follow no other profession, & has taken the Great Room, Bond St. Will advance money on pending sales Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 771/ article:2 e |
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| Goods: auction - new & second hand furniture, silver, Sheffield plate. At his Great Room, Bond St on 25 & 26 Mar by Mr Gwennap. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 772/ article:2 e |
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| Property: for sale - freehold house in centre of Lansdown Crescent. Apply Mr Percival, attorney-at-law, Fountain Bldgs, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 773/ article:2 e |
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| Property: for sale - freehold estate of newly built house & 54 acres upon an eminence in beautiful vale as any about Bath. Mr Percival, Fountain Bldgs, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 774/ article:2 e |
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| Property: auction - beneficial interest in new building lease at Terry Farm or Terra Firma, Lyncombe & Widcombe parish. c 6 acr. with 2 springs of water. At Argyle Coffee House, Argyle Bldgs, Bath on 15 Mar. Enq Mr Percival, attorney, Bath; or the assigness of Cross, Bayly & Co. [presumably bankruptcy sale] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 775/ article:2 e |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture, linen, books etc of gentleman retiring. Removed for sale to 6 Abbey Green, Bath, on 13 & 14 Mar by Mr J Stafford (Enq from him at Market Pl.) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 776/ article:2 e |
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| Property: auction or private sale - lease of 6 Abbey Green, Bath. On 13/14 Mar. Apply Mr J. Stafford, Market Place Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 777/ article:2 e |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - William Wilcox, haberdasher of Bath (in Tue [London] Gazette, 11 Mar). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 778/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Finance: Bank Stocks shut; 5% 100 5/8 a ¾; 4% shut; 3% red shut; Ditto con 67; India Bond 17spr; Navy Bills 5s def; Lot.Tickets £18 Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 779/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl & Countess of Shrewsbury; Earl & Countess of Galloway, Dean of Worcester & Lady; Lord Grey de Wilton, Lady Temple; Ladies Harriet & Elizabeth Stewart; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 780/ article:3 b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath, contd - Lady Skipwith; Lady Forrester; Lady Crofton, Hon Mrs Butler Cooper, Sir John Trockmorton, Sir Sydney Smith, Sir Thomas Kirkby, Sir Bourchier Wray & Lady [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 781/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Mr Richard Miller, wholesale linen-draper in Gracechurch St [London] to Miss Hughes of Stockwell, dtr of the late Solomon Hughes, esq of Devizes, at Lambeth Church on Sat Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 782/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Mr John Powell to Miss Mary Rogers at The Abbey Church on Monday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 783/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Rt Hon Lord Belmore to Miss Caldwell, by special licence at St Margaret's Chapel, yesterday [Tue 11 Mar] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 784/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Rt Hon. Lady Charlotte Madan (wife of the Lord Bishop of Peterborough & sister of Marquis Cornwallis) in Bath yesterday [11 Mar]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 785/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Duggan (of the kingdom of Ireland) in Henrietta St, Bath, a few days since. Niece to the late Martha, Viscountess Dowager of Blessinton Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 786/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Peter Dunbar, esq of Bathwick on Friday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 787/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: entertainment at the Guildhall on Monday - to mark new Royal Charter to Bath Corporation (allowing 4 addit. Justices & a deputy Recorder). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 788/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: Mr Wordsworth, late secretary to the Catch Club in Bath, is engaged at the Norwich theatre Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 789/ article:3 b |
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| Travel: [Kennet & Avon] canal - Bill for making a navigable canal from Newbury to Bath presented to House [of Commons] last Tue Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 790/ article:3 b |
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| Agriculture: Bath Agricultural Society - ploughing match nr Dorchester last Tue, fully attended. 8 ploughs started [details of entrants & winners given] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 791/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mr Edward Griffith, keeper of Widcombe turnpike, suddenly [no date] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 792/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Skeale, age 85, wife of Mr Skeale, turner [probably Bath, no date] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 793/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: Bridgnorth Fair - cheese 32-40s/100, salt butter 7d-8d/lb, old hops £4 4s to £7, new hops £7-£9 9s/cwt. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 794/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: benefit of Mrs Knight - "The Spanish Barber" with "Hob in the Well" at Theatre Royal Bath on 18 Mar. [No ticket details]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 795/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: auction - ca. 60 lots of men's & women's Fancy dresses collected by Mr Leborque. Sale in his Great Room, Parsonage Lane, Bath on 27 March by William Evill Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 796/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: auction - neat household furniture & effects at 11, Argyle Bldgs, Bath on 20 Mar by Mr Viel. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 797/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: Salisbury Lent Assize 10 Mar - William Stone of Melksham apologises for & repudiates his slander of the character of Mr Zachariah Stubbard, clothier of Melksham Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 798/ article:3 c |
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| Travel: Mr Knowles's coach "Duke of York" - from Lamb Inn, Broadmead & Pope's Head & Pelican, St.Thomas St, Bristol at 8am to Angel Inn, Westgate St, Bath; returns to Bristol 5pm. Corresponding coach "Prince of Wales" but Bath to Bristol matching times. Fare 2s inside, 1s outside Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 799/ article:3 c |
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| Property: auction, property of Joseph Timbrell, bankrupt - lot1/5, f/hold house nearly complete, 3 Lansdown Cresc, Bath, fee farm rent £12 p.a; lot 2/5,- freehold house, 15 Devonshire Bldgs, now untenanted, fee farm rent £2 5s p.a. At the Great Room, 10 Milsom St on 31 Mar by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 800/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Joseph Timbrell, bankrupt - lot 3/5, f/hold house 16 Devonshire Bldgs, Bath, untenanted, fee farm rent £2 5s p.a. At the Great Room, 10 Milsom St on 31 Mar by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 801/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Timbrell, bankrupt - lot 4/5, sundry reserved GRs of £41 5s on ground & houses in George's Pl, Upper Bristol Rd, leased for 21 yrs at rent of £42 p.a clear. Part f/hold GR 7 guin p.a (payable to Mr Chas Brett), part l/hold, GR 5 guin p.a (payable to Sir Thos Rivers, bart). At the Great Room, 10 Milsom St on 31 Mar by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 802/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Timbrell, bankrupt contd - lot 5/5, 3 reserved GRs totalling £19 16s for 107 yrs from 1780 on 3 houses in Guinea Lane, Bath & occupd Robt Brushfield, Nathaniel Bayly & Francis Robbins. At the Great Room, 10 Milsom St on 31 Mar by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 803/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Timbrell, bankrupt contd - lot 5/5, contd, 5 tenements & marble yard in Somerset Court, ground rent 13 guin p.a, let on lease for 21 yrs & clear rent of £42 p.a. At the Great Room, 10 Milsom St on 31 Mar by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 804/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: ## auction - stock in trade & utensils of John Eveleigh, builder, bankrupt, inc timber planks, locks, hinges, screws, glue, boat, wherry, canoe, etc. At Cheapside, Bathwick, Bath on 13 & 14 March by Mr Plura Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 805/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Eveleigh, bankrupt - lot 1/8, now building, 23 (intended tavern or hotel) & 24, Grosvenor Pl, Bath. F/hold, ground rents £71 15s p.a & £55. Also Grosvenor Gdns, 14 acres f/hold, (part l/hold 98 yrs), GR £15 p.a. At The Great Rooms, 10 Milsom St on 18 Mar by Mr Plura. Being built, by order of assignees (Mr Poole & Mr J Salmon). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 806/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Eveleigh, bankrupt, contd, lot 2/8 - f/hold, 19 Grosvenor Place, Bath. F/hold, GR £8 16s p.a; lot 3/8 - f/hold, 20 Grosvenor Place (on E-side lot 2), GR £8 16s p.a. Both lots now building. At Great Rooms, 10 Milsom St on 18 Mar by Mr Plura. By order of assignees (Mr Poole & Mr J Salmon) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 807/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Eveleigh, bankrupt contd - lot 4/8, f/hold 21 Grosvenor Pl, Bath. GR £8 16s p.a; lot 5/8 - f/hold, 22 Grosvenor Place. GR £8 8s p.a. At The Great Rooms, 10 Milsom St on 18 Mar by Mr Plura. Both lots now building, by order of assignees (Mr Poole & Mr J Salmon) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 808/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Eveleigh, bankrupt contd, lot 6/8 - 25, Grosvenor Pl, Bath (on E-side no 24 in lot 1); lot 7/8, 26 Grosvenor Place (E-side lot 6). Both f/hold, GRs £8 16s p.a.each. At The Great Rooms, 10 Milsom St, Bath on 18 Mar by Mr Plura. Being built, by order of assignees (Mr Poole & Mr J Salmon) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 809/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Eveleigh, bankrupt, contd - lot 8/8, f/hold, 27 Grosvenor Place, Bath (E-side lot 7), GR £8 16s p.a. At The Great Rooms, 10 Milsom St, Bath on 18 Mar by Mr Plura. Now building, by order of assignees (Mr Poole & Mr J Salmon). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 810/ article:3 d |
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| Music: benefit of Bath City Infirmary & Dispensary - concert of Vocal & Instrumental Music directed by Mr Rauzzini at New Assembly Rooms, 14 Mar. Tickets 5s Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 811/ article:3 e |
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| Property: for sale or lease - house in Royal Crescent, Bath with 6-stall stable, double coach-house & saddle house. Apply Mr English, Broad Street Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 812/ article:3 e |
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| Property: to let by year or lease - house St. James's Sq, Bath with/without stabling & coach-house. Apply A Ward, stable keeper, St. James's Mews (where horses & carriages are taken at livery). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 813/ article:3 e |