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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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| Marriages: Mr Walter Law of Bucklebury to Miss Keen of Ufton, Berks. By Rev William Wainhouse, Rector of Badgworth at the Abbey Church yesterday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 458/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Right Hon Barbara Countess Dowager of Caithness at her lodgings in Bath on Wednesday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 459/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Miss Stepney (dtr of Lady Stepney in the Crescent, & sister of Sir John Stepney, bart of Llanelli) at her house in Montpellier Row on Wednesday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 460/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Miss Langham, late of Northamptonshire at her lodgings in South Parade on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 461/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Miss Poole of Herefordshire at her lodgings in the Grove, after a long illness on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 462/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Connor in Gay St, Bath last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 463/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Rev Mr Tatchell, Rector of Combe St Nicholas, Somerset, at avery advanced age on Friday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 464/ article:3 b |
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| Military: the Monmouthshire Militia marched into Bath today en route to Newbury Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 465/ article:3 b |
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| Crime: readers are cautioned against 3 men going to peoples houses & asking for money, especially frightening single ladies. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 466/ article:3 b |
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| Employment: farmers of Kingston, Dorset have advanced labourers wages from 6s to 7s per week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 467/ article:3 b |
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| Politics: French revolution - the effigy of M Egalité, regicide (exhibited at Mr Rosenberg's) was hung on a gallows below The Castle [? Inn] & consigned to the flames for spectators. £15 collected by Mr Rosenberg has been paid to treasurer of Casualty Hospital. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 468/ article:3 b |
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| Agriculture: ## Mr Powys's intended motion to prohibit the cutting of canals at harvest time considered judicious owing to great scarcity of men last year to work on land, which increased wages 50%, & caused, with the bad weather, hundreds of acres of spoilt crops. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 469/ article:3 b |
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| Property: to let - house in country near Bath with garden, coach-house & stable. Particulars from Mr Jennings, silversmith, York Buildings, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 470/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: Universal Toy Shop, Grove, Bath, prop Wm. Moore - pocket books; satin & tambour cases; gold, silver & ivory boxes; & all varieties of toys. Hygrometers, magnetic fish & swans etc [list]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 471/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: benefit Mr Huttley - by command of Duchess of Cumberland, comic opera "Love in a Village" with "The Irishman in London" [at Theatre Royal Bath] on 28 Feb. Tickets Mr Huttley, 5 Westgate Bldgs; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 472/ article:3 c |
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| Services: S Lloyd, widow of late W Lloyd to continue the Colour Shop & business of sign & house painting to support herself & young family at Gascoyne Place, Sawclose, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 473/ article:3 c |
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| Fashion: Madame Boutteville, 4 Saville Row quitting Bath in one week after selling remainder of her millinery stock. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 474/ article:3 c |
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| Employment: middle-aged woman wants work as upper servant to wait on lady or gentleman where there are two maids & a footman kept. Well recommended from her last place where she lived for 7 years. Enq for M.H at Mr Cornwell's, haberdasher, Bennett St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 475/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: stolen between Sat night & Mon morning from 3 Great Stanhope Street, new panel saw, oil stone, 6 plough irons etc. reward 3 guin offered on discovery of offenders by Mr Pow, 7 Chatham Row. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 476/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: stolen from Sydney Place, Bathwick a handle of windlass, iron hoops of a bucket etc. 3 guin reward offered by Wm. Davis of Widcombe plus 3 guin from Bath Guardian Society. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 477/ article:3 c |
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| Travel: ## to builders & public in general - a meeting at Gloucester Inn & Coffee House nr Walcot Church by Commissioners of Bath Turnpike Roads on 2 March, to consider a plan to oppose a proposed bill which contains restrictions on the carriage of coal, hay, timber, stone etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 478/ article:3 c |
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| Music: benefit Mr Brooks - concert of vocal & instrmntl music at New Assembly Rooms on 15 Mar. Tickets 5s at Mr Brooks, 53 New King St: & usual places. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 479/ article:3 d |
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| Employment: woman cook wanted by Rev N Morgan, Broad St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 480/ article:3 d |
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| Services: horticulture - Wm. Dicker for laying out parks & gardens. Letter directed to him at Widcombe for orders. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 481/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: Wm. Dicker sells trained peach, nectarine & plum trees, 4-5 yrs old £1 1s 6d/100; currants £1 5s/100; large white Antwerp gooseberries 6d/plant, red cane raspberries £1 1s/100; 2 yr old asparagus roots 2s 6d/100. Also Arbutus, cedars, beech & poplars etc. Letter directed to him at Widcombe for orders. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 482/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction - large lodging & boarding house in Abbey Green, occup Mrs Norton at rent £90 p.a (by order of assignees of Mr John Grant, bankrupt). At Great Room, 10 Milsom St, Bath on 21 Mar at 11 o'clock by Messrs Plura & Bally. Recently refronted with ashlar in good style. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 483/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction - lot 1/2, f/hold dwelling house 4 Duke St, Bath, residence of late Edward Langton, esq; 2 parlours, drawing room, bedchamber, 2 attics & 3 garrets, all convenient offices. At White Hart Inn on 18 March by Mr Spackman. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 484/ article:3 e |
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| Property: auction - lot 2/2, f/hold dwelling house, 2 Gallaway's Bldgs, Bath, residence of T Spencer, esq; 2 parlours, dressing room, drawing room, bedchamber, 3 attics & 4 garrets, all convenient offices. At White Hart Inn on 18 March by Mr Spackman. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 485/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - anchovies 104 brls 4 tubs; argol 16 cases 6 hghds; barilla 60 hghds; ox bones 4705; butter 8 tubs; capers 1 brl 2 pipes; cork 37 tons; cream tarter 3 hghds; contd Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 486/ article:4 b |
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| Goods: Bristol imports, contd - currants 8 buts; figs 44 boxes 9 bales; flour 200 brls 257 sacks; juniper berries 100 bags; Irish linen 1 case; liquorice paste 12 cases; marble 35 blocks; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 487/ article:4 b |
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| Goods: Bristol imports, contd - oats 3,384 bshls; olive oil 7 pipes, Newfoundland cod & sea oil 41 hghds; pork 62 brls; wheat 18,533 bshls 725 bags; Bay yarn 36 packs; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 488/ article:4 b |
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| Politics: Paris 12 Feb - hunger begins to stare us in the face. Scarcity of bread, veal & mutton 15d (British)/lb; soap 18d (British)/lb Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 489/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Goods: Peter Paul, wholesale & retail tea dealer, London tea warehouse, cnr of Green Street nr St Michael's Church, Bath, for congous, souchongs & hysons, also loaf sugar. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 490/ article:1 c |
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| Property: wanted to rent - by the year on L-side of Gay St or Brock St, or The Crescent, or Queen's Parade, a clean house in good repair with 2 rooms/ floor, 4 bedchambers, 5 servants rooms, for a gentleman's family. Enq 9 Brock St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 491/ article:1 c |
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| Property: to let - furnished part of a house in Lansdown Crescent would suit single gentleman or lady plus servants. Particulars Miss Batchelor Broad St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 492/ article:1 d |
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| Services: ## to be let by contract - the digging & removing of 800 yards of earth from a piece of ground in Stall St. Also the masons', carpenters' & plumbers' work for building a horse bath with 5 stall stable & small house in front of same. Partics Mr Chantry, architect, 3 Cheapside, Newtown, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 493/ article:1 d |
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| Education: Rev Richard Weaver, master of the academy in Chippenham can accommodate 30 young gentlemen for instruction in Greek, Latin French & English writing, arithmetic, mathematical sciences, music & dancing. Also school library. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 494/ article:1 e |
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| Goods: auction - all possessions of a deceased lady. At 4 Montpellier on 12 Mar 11 o'clock by E English. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 495/ article:1 e |
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| Politics: United Cmmtee for Relief of suffering of French clergy -s ubscribers met at Freemason's Tavern [London?] on 18 Feb. Subs £6,827 9s 3d, expenses to 15 Feb £2,127 6s. Between 2000 & 3000 maintained by volutary subs. John Wilmot, chairman Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 496/ article:1 e |
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| Agriculture: grain etc prices - Devizes 28 Feb, wheat 36s - 58s/qtr, peas 30s - 48s, beans 32s - 46s, barley 24s - 34s, oats 22s - 26s/qtr. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 497/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Mark Lane, 4 Mar, barley 23-27s, rye 33-35s, hog peas 27-30s, white do 33-36s, beans 30 to 32 a 33s, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 498/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: Mark Lane, contd - total 3568 qtrs wheat sold at av price 45s 6¾d - 0¼d dearer than last week. Fine flour 38s, 2nds 34-35s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 499/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: average price sugar, w-e 27 Feb, 61s/cwt excl customs duty Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 500/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: average price grain England 23 Feb, wheat 5s 10¼d, rye 4s 4½d, barley 3s 8¼d, oats 2s 3¼d, beans 4s 3¼d, peas 4s 5d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 501/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: meat prices - Smithfield 4 Mar, to sink the offal, ox beef 2s 10d -3s 6d, we mutton 3s 6d -4s, veal 3s 6d -5s, pork 3s 4d -4s/stone of 8lbs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 502/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: auction - all live & dead stock of the farm of Mr J Wheeler of Bathampton, 15 beasts & 3 mows of hay, wagons, plough etc. On the premises on 8 Mar by C Demander. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 503/ article:2 c |
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| Art: auction - collection of pictures, drawings, prints, needlework etc property of a gentleman going abroad. Inc artists Rubens, Corregio & Snyders. At picture gallery 24 Kingsmead St, Bath in March, by Mr Spackman. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 504/ article:2 d |
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| Property: wanted - house to rent for a term of years for carrying on a manufacturing trade. Letter to A .B at printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 505/ article:2 e |
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| Politics: London 5 March - yesterday, Mr Sheridan presented motion for cmmttee to examine seditious practices. He reprobated the Alien Bill, the system of barracks & The Socy against Republicans & Levellers who he considered hostile to Liberty & Constitution. Mr Fox said Soc an open shop for scandal & calumny. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 506/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl of Abergavenny, Count Fages, Lady Temple, Lady Gilbert, Lady Julia Howard, Sir Edward & Lady Blackett [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 507/ article:3 b |