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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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| Notices: Lansdown Fair will be held on 12 Aug. Persons intending to keep booths & standings to attend at Star Inn on 8 Aug. Boards will be 1s each this year. Wm.Tandy. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1508/ article:3 d |
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| Property: private sale - elegant modern-built mansion completely furnished in elevated & healthy situation. Only those of fortune will be treated with by application to printer, or Mr Meyler, bookseller. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1509/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, John Ricketts, bankrupt - lot 1/9, nearly finished f/hold house 1 Bath St; lot 2/ & 3/9, unfinished f/hold houses no 5, & no 6 S-side Bath St. At Saracen's Head, Bath on 12 Aug by E English Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1510/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, John Ricketts, bankrupt - lot 4/9, unfinished, part of l/hold house, E cnr S-side Gt Pulteney St; lot 5/9, l/hold house 4 Cheapside, late in possn Mr Thomas Chantry at £42 p.a. At Saracen's Head, Bath on 12 Aug by E English Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1511/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, John Ricketts, bankrupt - lot 6/9, l/hold, 5 Cheapside in possn Mr Hacker, t.a.w, rent £36 15s p.a; lot 7/9, l/hold, 6 Cheapside in possn Mr Rogers at £31 10s p.a. At Saracen's Head, Bath on 12 Aug by E English Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1512/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, John Ricketts, bankrupt - lot 8/9, large workshops behind 4, 5 & 6 Cheapside; lot 9/9, part of unfinished house [? Norfolk]Crescent, Kingsmead at end of New King St. At Saracen's Head, Bath on 12 Aug by E English Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1513/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: all debts due to estate of John Ricketts, bankrupt to be paid to his assignees - Mr J. Salmon, banker; Mr Tugwell, banker; or Mr John Hensley, timber merchant on or before 1 Sept. Edw Vernon Goodall, attorney. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1514/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: for sale - at Mr Lintern's in the Churchyard. Various second-hand musical instruments, property of a gentleman. Kirkman's harpsichord & cover case cost £94 sell at 50 guin; cello & case cost 15 guin, sell lowest 5 guin; guitar cost 5 guin, sell 2 guin; 2 German flutes, cost 1 guin each, sell at 15s each; etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1515/ article:3 e |
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| Travel: to let by auction - Holt & Wraxall turnpikes, tolls arising from several gates called Broughton Lane Gate (let at £55), Holt Gate (£51 [? £31] 15s) & Wraxall Gate (£140). At house of Mr Thomas Nalder, the King's Arms, Melksham on 23 Aug between 2 & 5 o'clock. T Bruges, clerk Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1516/ article:3 e |
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| Charity: appeal for widow & children of Robert Ellis, razor grinder - thanks for donations totalling £6 3s 6d [itemised] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1517/ article:3 e |
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| Law: ## [persuasive] letter from William Clavill of Bath complaining about false report [25 July 3c] of his prosecution of Mr Robt Noake. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1518/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - American pot & pearl ashes 124 barrels; hams 36; iron 26 tons; Irish linen 132 packs 80 boxes 1 brl; Hamburg linen 223 bales 11 chests; oats 1440 bushels; oak bark 10 hhds; CONTD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1519/ article:4 c |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol, contd - pine board 6000 feet; rice 122 barrels; raw silk 1 box; horse skins 110; timber 161 pieces. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1520/ article:4 c |
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| Military: articles of capitulation for town & citadel of Valenciennes between General Ferrand & HRH The Duke of York 26 July 1793. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1521/ article:1 b |
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| Finance: Bath Universal Tontine Society - arrears due on 24 June to be paid by 16 Aug. E V Goodall, secretary, 11 St James's Parade. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1522/ article:1 d |
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| Education: French mistress required for school within 12 miles of Bath. Apply printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1523/ article:1 d |
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| Education: person wanted in country to instruct youth in French, arithmetic & writing. A married man whose wife can teach needlework would suit. Apply printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1524/ article:1 d |
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| Architecture: Bath Improvement Act - meeting of commissioners at Guildhall on 9 Aug to consider contract with Mr Henry Phillott relative to the Bear Inn & other premises. Ph. George, clerk. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1525/ article:1 e |
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| Travel: Bath turnpike roads - general meeting of trustees on 17 Aug to consider salaries to be paid to treasurer, general surveyor & collectors of tolls of said roads. Ph. George, clerk. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1526/ article:1 e |
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| Travel: Cirencester to Lambridge toll road - trustees to meet at Beaufort Arms, Petty France on 20 Aug. James Ludlow, clerk, Sodbury 1 Aug. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1527/ article:1 e |
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| Notices: apology from John Woodrow, shoemaker of Bath for making defamatory remarks "whore, bitch" about Sarah Rose in Horse St, Bath whilst in a state of intoxication on 28 July. Witnessed Samuel Hazard & J Meyler, 5 Aug Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1528/ article:1 e |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - ashes 155 barrels (pearl & pot); box wood 8 tons; brandy 200 pipes; butter 17 frkns; cocoa 13 hghds 2 brls; coffee 16 hghds 21 trce 30 brls; old copper 1 brl; cork 44 tons; cotton 154 bales 127 bags; elephants teeth 24; flax seed 4 hghds; fustick 16 tons, CONTD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1529/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - ginger 120 bags; ham 1 trce; ox & cow hides 116; ox & cow horns 3350; old iron 15c; limes 18 brls; mahogany 553 pieces; molasses 23 punch; oats 1704 bushels; pineapples 72 dozen; pinboard 161,436 feet; pork 5c; CONTD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1530/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - rum 305 punch 1 hghd; shells 1 box; silver plate 1 box; sugar 2487 hhds 77 trc 463 brls 9 bags; tallow 10 hghds; tamarinds 3 kegs; tar 430 brls; velves 3 brls; Madeira wine 1 butt 1 hghd 7 hampers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1531/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: grain etc prices - Devizes 1 Aug, wheat 34s - 56s, barley 27s - 32s, oats 22s - 29s, beans 36s - 48s, peas 34s - 44s per qtr; Warminster 3 Aug, wheat 37s - 60s, barley 23s - 34s, oats 22s - 27s, beans 38s - 48s per qtr. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1532/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: Mark Lane, 5 Aug - foreign wheat sales dull. Total 2,642 qtrs wheat sold at av 47s 9d - 6½d above last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1533/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: average price of grain in England 27 July, wheat 54s, rye 36s, barley 32s 3d, oats 24s 4d, beans 39s 1d, peas 39s 8d Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1534/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: average price of sugar, w-e 31 July, 58s/cwt excl Customs Duty Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1535/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: meat prices - Smithfield, 5 Aug, to sink the offal, ox beef 2s 6d-3s, we mutton 3s-3s 4d, veal 3s -3s 8d, lamb 3s-3s 8d/stone of 8lbs. Sold this day 1,700 beasts, 10,000 sheep, 4,000 lambs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1536/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: meat prices - Newgate & Leadenhall, by the carcase, ox beef 2s 2d-2s 8d, we mutton 2s 10d-3s, veal 2s 4d-3s4d, lamb 2s 8d-3s 6d, pork 3s 4d-3s 8d, best town-made bacon 4s 8d, Wilts 4s 10d/stone Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1537/ article:2 c |
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| Law: R Noake of Bath 2 Aug writes in reply to Mr Clavill's comments in Bath Chronicle of 1 Aug re. recent court case. "unblushing effrontery". Marking of casks done in London not the country so may have 5, 6, 7 or 10 galls to firkin, etc [long letter] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1538/ article:2 c |
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| Property: to let or for sale - large house in High Street nearly opposite Guildhall, 3 rooms/floor, shop with 2 bow windows, outhouses, offices etc. well supplied with both sorts of water. Enq Mr John Giles, Lambert Place, Upper Bristol Rd, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1539/ article:2 d |
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| Livestock: sale of horses on Lansdown during next race meeting by C Demander. Catalogue of quantity & pedigree will be printed before races. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1540/ article:2 d |
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| Property: auction - new house in Paradise Place, Bath, left hand side of new road from Bath to Wells, property of Mr Joseph Lansdown. At London Tavern in Abbey Green on Fri evening 9 Aug by J Stafford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1541/ article:2 d |
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| Notices: to jewellers & pawnbrokers, lost in Dec 1791 or Jan 1792 single stone brilliant diamond ring, supposed in lodging house in Pierrepont St, Bath; also lost in May or June last, pair of gold bracelet buckles. Reward 2 guin for ring, & ½ guin for buckles. Apply printer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1542/ article:2 e |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Madame La Baroness Thats Van Amerongen & family. [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1543/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr John Watts of Alderley, Gloucs. to Miss H Fowell, youngest daughter of late Richard Brigden Fowell, esq, decd of Bath, at Walcot Church, Bath on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1544/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Rev John Phillipps [sic] of Eaton, Herefordshire to Miss Ann Pye, dtr of Charles Pye, esq of Wadley in Berks., at Queen Square Chapel by Rev H Pye on Monday last. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1545/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr Robert Washbourn, hairdresser age 66 to Miss Kitty Goulding age 16, lately at Sherston Wilts. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1546/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr George Whiting, attorney of Bath to Miss Burgess, daughter of Thomas Burgess, esq of West Pennard on Monday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1547/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Charles Smith, age 80, many years master of Walcot poor house on Tuesday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1548/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Singers, wife of Mr Richard Singers on St James's Parade, Saturday last. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1549/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Stratton, mother of Mrs Large, in Broad St, Bath, on Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1550/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Richard Brent, age 107 years, commonly called "Tom Thumb", married 4 times & had 32 children, at Bristol last week. [portrait painted by Barker] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1551/ article:3 c |
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| News: Mr Sigmond, surgeon dentist recovered from accident by the overturning of a coach, returned home to Gay St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1552/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: 3 year old son of Mr Orchard, hairdresser in Avon St, Bath was run over by a wagon & killed on Wednesday evening. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1553/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: George Lear killed Thursday by a car of coal at mouth of coal pit at Bitton when the handle broke. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1554/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Francis Winsley, labourer found drowned in river near Quay. It is supposed he fell from some timber he was sleeping on. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1555/ article:3 c |
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| Health: Ann Colborne, widow & relict of W Colborne, decd, druggist, late of Chippenham, intends continuing business of her late husband at Chippenham. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1556/ article:3 d |
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| Property: to let - unfurnished, 14 S-side of New King St, Bath. Enq T Coward, Bond St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1557/ article:3 d |