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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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| Visitors: Bath arrivals, contd - Sir Gervas Clifton, Sir Edward Winnington, Sir Richard Betenson, Sir Lionel Lyde, Count Dillon, Count Wengierski [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1863/ article:3,d |
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| Fashion: Bull, hairdresser (from Vere St, London) at Mr Elliot's, Green St, Bath for the season. Balloon curls, genuine perfumery from Paris Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1864/ article:3,d |
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| Marriages: James Sutton, jnr, esq of Devizes to Miss Guy, eldest dtr of late Andrew Guy, esq of Shambourn House, Chippenham, on Thursday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1865/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Mr Walter Rainstrop, respectable teacher of harpsichord nr Bath, a few days since Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1866/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Salter, wife of Rev Mr Salter of Chippenham & dtr of Mr Benj. Mace, formerly an eminent dissenting minister, at Chippenham, Friday last. So amiable was her character that no language can describe the impression it has left on her surviving husba Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1867/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Mr Larman, apothecary of Bath, after short illness in prime of life, last Friday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1868/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Sir Thomas Frankland, bart, Admiral of the White, MP for borough of Thirsk, in Bath Sunday last. He is succeeded, in title & estate, by eldest son, now Sir Thomas Frankland, bart Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1869/ article:3,d |
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| Education: meeting at Guildhall Bristol on Wed to consider best plan for establishing Sunday Schools in that city. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1870/ article:3,d |
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| Crime: John Britton, milkman, was stopped, Saturday evening, by 3 footpads in Lambridge, one of whom presented a pistol while the other 2 rifled his pockets of 5 guin and his watch Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1871/ article:3,d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal, Bath - Thursday, "Love in a Village" with " Bon Ton"; Saturday, the revived comedy of "The Pilgrim" with "The Devil to Pay" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1872/ article:3,d |
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| Politics: letters between Lord George Gordon (President of the Protestant Associations) & the Prime Minister Rt Hon W. Pitt. Lord Gordon supports Protestant states of Holland against the King of Rome & their Popish enemies. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1873/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Leisure: the Miss Flemings winter ball for their scholars [dancing] at Mr Gyde's Rooms on Sat 11 Dec. Tickets 5s each at Mr Gyde's; & of the Miss Flemings in John St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1874/ article:1,c |
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| Fashion: Clarissa Montague, mantua, sacque & robe maker, next door to Theatre in Orchard St, Bath solicits favours of friends & public, assures genteel taste, utmost dispatch & reasonable terms Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1875/ article:1,c |
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| Employment: curacy wanted in vicinity of Bath or Bristol. No objection to 2 churches. Enq A.B at printer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1876/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: Mr Jennings, jeweller & toyman from Basnett's, Bond St announces opening of shop in York Bldgs, Bath nr York House. New stock of most fashionable items. Solicits honour of commands Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1877/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: for sale - large stock of drapery, mercery & haberdashery, stock of Mayo & Co, Market Pl & Wade's Psg, Bath, partnership now dissolved. Debtors to settle a/cs within 2 months. Creditors will be paid on application at shop Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1878/ article:1,c |
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| Publications: "Remarkable Cases of Gouty, Biliousness & Nervous Disorders" by John Scott MD, 7th ed, sold by L Bull, Bath price 6d. Also, "An Enquiry into Origins of Gout, Bilious & Nervous Disorders" by same author, price 3s 6d Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1879/ article:1,c |
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| Health: James Sloper has taken Abbey House & Baths now fitted up most conveniently & opened on same terms as New City Baths. Bathing any hour at shortest notice, Commodious way for chairs fronting Abbey St Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1880/ article:1,d |
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| Property: to let - apartment. Enq James Sloper, Abbey House, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1881/ article:1,d |
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| Finance: debtors of estate of John Benton, hatter, hosier, bankrupt, late of Bath who do not pay debts to H Salmon, attorney, Bath before 18 Dec will be sued without further notice Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1882/ article:1,d |
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| Goods: for sale - remaining stock in trade of late John Benton, hatter, hosier, bankrupt, will continue to be sold in Churchyard & Cheap St, Bath till 18 Dec when sale will close & house be disposed of. Many valuable & fashionable items remain to be sold Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1883/ article:1,d |
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| Employment: young man wants position as butler & valet in small regular family to dress ladies & gentlemen. Brought up a hairdresser, can dress for Court, good character from previous family of 1st rank. Would go to Continent with gentleman. Enq S.S to Mr Viner, perfumer, 9 Bond St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1884/ article:2,c |
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| Travel: for sale - nag horse, property of gentleman, excellent & warranted sound. Reason for sale - want double horse, would exchange, price 10 guin. No encomiums reqd. Probably not a prettier or pleasanter horse for gentleman. To be seen at Castle & Ball Inn, Bath on 6 Dec Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1885/ article:2,d |
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| Travel: Cirencester-Lambridge nr Bath turnpike road - meeting of trustees at dwelling house of Wm Turner, innholder, Beaufort Arms, Petty France on 7 Dec 10am. James Ludlow, clerk Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1886/ article:2,d |
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| Agriculture: grain prices/qtr - Warminster, wheat 43s-54s, barley 23s-27s, oats 20s-25s, beans 22s-26s; Devizes, wheat 44s-60s, barley 24s-30s, oats 18s-22s, beans 34s-42s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1887/ article:3,b |
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| Publications: "Essay on Jaundice, -- use of Bath Waters --" by William Corp M.D (member Royal Med. Soc. Edinburgh, & physician to Pauper Charity Bath) to be pubd in a few days. Printed by R Cruttwell, Bath & sold all booksellers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1888/ article:3,b |
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| Goods: for sale - cheap silks, plain satins at 4s/yd, genteel assortment of damasks at Messrs Smith, Abbey Churchyard, Bath. Curious collection of black silks just received from London with peculiar manufacture on the real Italian principle, wear warranted. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1889/ article:3,b |
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| Notices: Growdon, ladies' hairdresser - removal from Gay St to St Andrew's Tce, Bath where ladies may depend upon being waited on with strictest punctuality. Also elegant caps, feathers, flowers, foreign pomatums, powders etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1890/ article:3,b |
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| Finance: partnership between Rose Clinch & Hannah Johnson, milliners of this city, was mutually dissolved on 1 Nov. Creditors to send a/c & debtors to pay same to R Church who is legally authorised to receive them Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1891/ article:3,b |
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| Fashion: Rose Clinch will conduct the millinery business following the dissolution of her partnership with Hannah Johnson on 1 Nov. She has purchased Miss Johnson's moiety of stock in trade. Elegant & fashionable assortment of every article in the millinery Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1892/ article:3,b |
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| Property: to let - house in Lower Charles St, Bath by month or qtr, furnished, to be entered upon immediately. Enq Mr Birchall, upholder, Queen Sq, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1893/ article:3,b |
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| Property: to let immediately - exceedingly good house, coach-house, 5-stall stable, large gardens, delightful situation 1½ mi Bath. Enq printer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1894/ article:3,b |
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| Employment: journeyman apothecary wanted immediately. Recommendation from last place required. Apply printer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1895/ article:3,b |
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| Leisure: Bath City - 1st subscription Ball at Town Hall 6 Dec Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1896/ article:3,c |
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| Property: lodging & board wanted - for a gentleman & 2 dtrs aged 13 & 14, with or without servant, wanted in reputable family in Bath with no other boarders. Letters to A.B at printer will be attended to & returned with secrecy if required Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1897/ article:3,c |
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| Notices: John Mayo, linen draper, mercer, undertaker has quit connection in Market Pl & Wade's Psg, Bath & is removed to 14 Bond St where he has entire new & fashionable assortment in linen & mercery branches on reasonable terms Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1898/ article:3,c |
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| Notices: Bath City Waterworks - tenants renting water belonging to Chamber of this city are asked not to give money or any other gratuity to watermen as they are properly paid for their attendance. Wm Street, Mayor Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1899/ article:3,c |
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| Notices: Bath City Waterworks - any obstruction in feather pipes (leading from main to house) must be removed at tenant's expense. Wasting of water, or failure to provide proper cisterns (made of stone or lead) with buoy cocks will result in water being cut off from houses. Wm Street, Mayor. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1900/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: auction, no reserve - 2 of Prossor's new invented engines, one a fire engine the other a garden engine, both in good repair, in 2 lots at Three Tuns Inn, Stall St, Bath on 7 Dec by Wm Howton Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1901/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture, china, paintings etc of John Forbes, esq, decd, at his house in Axford's Bldgs, Bath on 14 & 15 Dec (not 7 Dec as previously advertised) by Mr Plura. Also, exceedingly good coach, lined with white cloth, with plate glass & harness for 4 horses. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1902/ article:3,c |
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| Notices: lost - small leather pocket with Bank of England note for £10 & three ¼-parts of some lottery tickets from Mr Clement's office, supposedly left in shop in Wade's Psg, Bath, Wed last. Reward £5 for note & 5s for shares if returned to Mr Kirkham, North Pde, in 14 days Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1903/ article:3,c |
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| Leisure: by Sadlers Wells Co. at Exhibition Room, Bond St, Bath on 2 & 3 Dec - Miss Riche to dance on rope & slack wire, Mr Dupuiz, tumbling, will make 12 Sauts Perilieux, Little Devil will perform on magical ladder & on rope in wooden shoes, concludes with dancing dogs. Boxes 3s, pit 2s, gallery 1s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1904/ article:3,c |
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| Music: Miss Guest's concert at New Assembly Rooms 15 Dec. Particulars in due time. Tickets from Miss Guest, Princes St Bldgs, Bath, York House & coffee houses Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1905/ article:3,d |
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| Music: 4th of 8 subscription concerts at New Assembly Rooms 1 Dec. Vocalists Miss Cantelo, Miss Chanu, Signor Rauzzini, 5 instrumentalists. 1st act, ancient music, 2nd as usual. Subscription 1 guin. Non-subscribers 5s. Tickets transferrable between ladies, & gents to ladies or gent. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1906/ article:3,d |
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| Music: Mr Rauzzini's benefit at New Assembly Rooms on Christmas Eve - the sacred oratorio, "Messiah" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1907/ article:3,d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Dower Countess Gower, Earl Delaware & Lady, Lord & Lady Stourton, Lord & Lady Ross, Lord F Cavendish, Lord Desart, Lord Wells, Lord Berkley, Lady Harriet Roper, Lady Wallace, CONTD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1908/ article:3,d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath, contd - Lady Egilton, Lady Howe, Hon Mrs Montague, Sir Gilbert Elliot, Sir Richard Quin, Count Wengierski [NOTP], Archdeacon Chapman Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1909/ article:3,d |
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| Marriages: Mr Crowch [sic], surgeon of Warminster to Miss Rowe of Gay St, Bath (eldest dtr of late Wm Rowe, esq of Trevethick, Cornwall) on Wednesday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1910/ article:3,d |
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| Marriages: Maurice Lloyd, esq, MP for Gatton, to Mrs Prowse (relict of G Prowse, esq of Yeovil, & sole heiress of W Bragg, esq of Hatfield Peveril, Essex) last Thursday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1911/ article:3,d |
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| Marriages: Capt Tiffin of Royal Regiment of artillery, to Miss Jones of Walcot Pde, Bath, recently Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1912/ article:3,d |