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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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| Property: auction - lot 2/2, cottage & garden near Pack Horse Inn, South Stoke. At Pack Horse Inn, Midford Hill, South Stoke at 12 o'clock on 26 Sept by Mr Spackman Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1658/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - John Viel & Matthew Viel, cabinet makers of Bathwick to surrender to the commissioners & disclose their estates at Bear Inn, Cheap St, Bath on 30 & 31 Aug & 1 Oct. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1659/ article:3 d |
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| Health: T Collins, chemist & druggist removed from his shop in the Churchyard to 1 Horse St, Bath (late Hemming's). Prescriptions carefully dispensed & patent medicines. Medicines for cattle also. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1660/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - bacon 11 bales 134 sides; butter 250 firkins 235 casks; hides 77; lard 3 brls; velves I tierce. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1661/ article:4 b |
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| Fashion: female dress of the present day is of the composite kind, the cottage gown is the undress principally worn of muslin with chemise sleeves & tied back with various coloured ribbons. The gypsy hat still holds its sway. Green is the prevailing colour Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1662/ article:1 b |
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| Travel: Bath turnpike - at the next general meeting of trustees at Guildhall on 7 Sep 12 noon, it is intended to consider whether the toll bar near the southward end of Walcot Parade shall, or shall not, be removed. Ph George, clerk. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1663/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: coal canal - proposed canal from Bath to collieries at Dunkerton, Camerton, Timsbury, Paulton, Clutton & Radstock - committee to meet at Bell Inn, Radstock on 3 Sep at 12 o'clock to receive Mr [John] Rennie's report on same. Signed Bowsher & Broderip, solicitors. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1664/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: Cirencester to Lambridge turnpike road - meeting of trustees at Beaufort Arms, Petty France on 10 Sep at 10 o'clock for election of new trustees if necessary. James Ludlow, clerk Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1665/ article:1 c |
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| Politics: removal of Marie Antionette from the Temple to The Conciergerie Prison Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1666/ article:2 b |
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| News: journal of the expedition to China - mentions Tenerife, Cape Verde Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Batavia Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1667/ article:2 b |
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| Charity: further report on the Miss More's fete in the Mendip Hills for Sunday School children on 16 Aug. Viewved by crowd of 7000. 9 parishes provided children for 25 circles. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1668/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: crops of corn in the Midlands are more abundant and in a better condition of ripeness than those near Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1669/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: grain etc prices - Devizes 22 Aug, wheat 40s - 54s, barley 28s - 30s, oats 29s - 30s, beans 42s - 48s, peas 42s - 44s per qtr. Some new wheat sold at 26s & 27s/sack. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1670/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: Mark Lane, thin supply of wheat, but heavy sales. Fine wheat 47s-47s 6d, rye 26s-29s, barley 24s-28s a 32s, hog peas 32-34s, new [peas] 36s, white 34s-38s, oats 17s a 21s, fine 22s a 24s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1671/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: average price grain England 17 Aug, wheat 50s 7d, rye 36s 11d, barley 32s 7d, oats 23s 2d, beans 39s 8d, peas 39s 6d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1672/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: average price sugar, w-e 21 Aug, 59s 4¼d/cwt excl Customs Duty Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1673/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: meat prices - Smithfield 26 Aug, to sink the offal, ox beef 2s 6d-3s, we mutton 2s 10d-3s 2d, veal 3s-4s, lamb 3s-3s 8d per stone of 8lbs. Sold this day 2000 beasts, 14000 sheep, 5000 lambs Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1674/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: Assize of Bread at Bath, wheat 6s 9d/ bushel inc. allowance for baking & carriage. 1d wheaten to weigh 9oz, standard 10oz 5dr; 2d wheaten 1lb 2oz, standard 1lb 4oz 10dr; 3d wheaten 1lb 11oz, standad 1lb 14oz 15dr, h/hold 2lb 3oz 3 dr; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1675/ article:2 c |
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| Crime: Somerst & Wilts. Assocn. to prevent robberies & thefts & to protect persons & private property (established at Cross Keys Inn, Rode on 29 Jul 1793). Subs not less than 10s 6d p.a. Rewards independent of those allowed by parliament leading to conviction, inc £5 5s for burglary, highway robbery, horse stealing & arson; down to £1 1s for stealing poultry, trespass & leasing in corn fields, etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1676/ article:2 d |
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| Property: family house wanted - 10-12 miles from Bath near a market. 2 sitting rooms, 4 bedchambers & garrets, kitchen & wash house with plenty of water, field & garden, unfurnished with coach-house & stables. Letter for A.M.G to be left at Beachim's [sic], grocer, George St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1677/ article:2 e |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord & Lady Apsley, Lady Catherine Murray, Lady Taylor [NOTP], General Cleveland. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1678/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Mr Beazley, linen-draper to Miss Wolley, at the Chapel, Queen Square last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1679/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Blake, relict of Wm. Blake, esq of Blandford, at her lodgings in Bath last week . Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1680/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: John Battiscombe, esq of Hendon, Middlesex, father of Mrs Garrick (the widow of Rev Carrington Garrick nephew to David Garrick, esq) at Cleve in Yatton parish on 22nd ult. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1681/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: at Bradford Leigh fair on Monday, new chees sold at 40s - 42s/cwt. Horses sold at low prices. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1682/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: Inchcliff, now in Shepton Goal for picking Mr Watt's pocket in Lansdown, is the person advertised in several papers as Capt Catpaw, a member of a dangerous gang who infested neighbouring fairs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1683/ article:3 c |
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| Health: Casualty Hospital admissions - Susannah Lilly admitted with fractured leg; Arthur Bailey admitted with serious contusions in his head by falling from a scaffold. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1684/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: Wm. Alderman of Walcot, carpenter has assigned all his estate & effects to Mr John Hensley & Mr Samuel Hallett of Bath in trust for the benefit of his creditors who are to deliver claims to Cheap St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1685/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: to gardeners & others - 150 new cap glasses to be disposed of. For details apply Mr Lowther, carpenter, Walcot Street. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1686/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let - at Michaelmas or sooner if required, King James's Palace or Lyncombe Gardens. Partics at printer or at house. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1687/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let - public house, 13 years of lease unexpired, goods & stock at appraisement. Enq Mr English, Broad St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1688/ article:3 c |
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| Property: for immediate disposal - ironmonger's shop on Borough Walls, stock in trade at fair appraisement. House & workshops also to be sold. Apply Richard Cadbury on premises. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1689/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let - at Michaelmas next, large house in Abbey Churchyard, lately used as Bath City Bank. House has undergone complete repair & is adapted for lodging house or shop. Enq of assignees on premises. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1690/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: auction - all household furniture, stock in trade etc of Thomas Abbott, builder, bankrupt. Inc deal, pine, elm & oak boards, mahagony planks, locks & 3 tons Plaster of Paris, etc. At his house & yard in Peter St & behind his house in Great Pulteney St, Bath on 4, 5 & 6 Sept by C Trimnell, by order of assignees. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1691/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: auction - all household furniture of Colonel Darch quitting Bath. On the premises of 9 Lansdown Place on 17 Sept by Wm. Potter. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1692/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - bacon 1 tierce; brimstone 150 tons; butter 255 casks 55 tons; flax seed 155 hghds; Irish linen 115 packs 33 boxes; oats 2424 bshls; Irish tallow 10 hghds; whale fins 92 bundles; wheat 2271 bags. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1693/ article:4 c |
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| Crime: garden adjoining Mrs Evill's house at Lambridge was robbed of a large quantity of fruit & vegetables Saturday night last. Reward on conviction, 3 guin from Mrs Evill, & 3 guin from Bath Guardian Soc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1694/ article:1 c |
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| Crime: dark brown 3 year old mare stolen, supposedly by gypsies, from field adjoining Frome. Reward for recovery & conviction of thief, 5 guin from Thos Humphris [sic], Bell Lane in Frome. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1695/ article:1 c |
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| Agriculture: grain etc prices - Devizes 22 Aug, wheat 36s - 54s, barley 28s - 30s, oats 27s - 30s, beans 40s - 48s, very fine new peas 34s - 40s, old peas 44s per qtr. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1696/ article:2 b |
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| Notices: tenders invited by the Commissioners for lighting, cleaning, watching & regulating the city from Michaelmas for 1 year to Guildhall on 12 Sept at 1 o'clock. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1697/ article:2 d |
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| Goods: auction - all household furniture, plate, linen etc of estate of William Cottell, late of Bath. On the premises 2 Harington Place, 11& 12 Sept. by C Trimnell, by order of assignees Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1698/ article:2 d |
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| Travel: Bath & Newbury canal - GM Castle Inn, Marlborough, 27 Aug. Decided route of proposed waterway & application to Parliament [long & detailed account]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1699/ article:2 d |
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| Travel: Bath & Newbury canal, contd - GM Marlborough, 27 Aug. Line Bath thro' Chippenham, Calne etc too expensive. Resolved to take line Bath thro' Wooton Rivers & Gt Bedwin (2½ miles nearer, tunnel ½ miles shorter & £20,000 cheaper). Resolved collaterals branches from canal nr Devizes for Calne & Chippenham; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1700/ article:2 d |
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| Goods: auction - all household furniture & linen, inc 8-day clock by Bullock. On the premises at 17 Bennett St, Bath on 9 & 10 Sept at 11 o'clock by E. English. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1701/ article:2 e |
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| Property: wanted on mortgage £500 or £600, or private sale - mews on back E-side of St James's Sq, 80 yds from Cottle's Lane, ¾- finished. Stabling for 30 horses, 7 coach-houses, saddle-house & yard. Well in yard with 10 to 12' of water & sewer complete. F/hold land, GR £15 p.a, plot 100' long & 60' X 40' wide. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1702/ article:2 e |
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| Leisure: Miss Gopell from Bath theatre made her appearance at Haymarket Theatre [London] on Monday in the "Lady in Comus" (London, 3 Sep). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1703/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Services: penny post now established in Birmingham for local area, letters dispatched daily. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1704/ article:3 b |
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| Notices: to gentlemen bakers - sacks with mark of "T W Newbury" sent to Stephen Stephens at Castle Inn, Bath will receive 6d for each sack. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1705/ article:3 b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Count La Van, Sir Henry Goodrick [NOTP]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1706/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: William Dobson, esq of Tiddenham, Glos. at his lodgings in Bath on Friday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1707/ article:3 c |