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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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| Fashion: Thomas Harris, boot & ladies shoe-maker, has removed from his late shop in Cock Lane, Bath to the Gay St cnr of George St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 104/ article:3,d |
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| Travel: for sale - postchaise. Apply Caink & Kilvert, coachmakers, Monmouth St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 105/ article:3,d |
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| Travel: ## for sale - brown gelding [horse] 15 hands, 6 yrs, lowest price 18 guin. Apply Mr Rogers, sadler, opp The Bear Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 106/ article:3,d |
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| Property: for sale - house in Catherine Place nr Brock St & house in Paragon, Bath. Apply Mr Harford, attorney, Green St Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 107/ article:3,d |
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| Property: to let - house & shop in Abbey Churchyard, Bath, late possd by Mr John Davis, laceman. Enq Mr Edwards at Mrs Gibbons, Chandos Bldgs; or Mr Williams, Abbey Churchyard Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 108/ article:3,d |
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| Publications: proposal to publish "The Beauties of Wiltshire" with a/c houses, gardens, antiquities, paintings, etc. 10s for 2 vols, crown 8vo. Subs. to J Wheble, compiler at his house adj Harnham Gate; Mr Cruttwell, Mr Meyler, etc (Bath); Mr Forty (Chippenham); Mrs Swayne (Devizes). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 109/ article:3,d |
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| News: William Whitehead, esq., (Poet Laureate) has written an Ode to New Year & set to music by Master of Royal Band Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 110/ article:4,a |
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| Publications: poem by Senex, criticising the treatment of beggars in Bath (Bath, 1 Jan 1784) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 111/ article:4,a |
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| Publications: "Perigrine Pickle" by Dr Smollet, new edtn, pocket 3 vols, 4s 6d, others in same series by Sterne, Fielding, Goldsmith, Milton etc, for sale in any town Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 112/ article:4,b |
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| Health: General Hospital Bath - Admission Conditions, Dr's letter with age & case details; wait for vacancy from Registrar; attend with £3 deposit/caution money (for England) & either Parish cert. or CO's cert for soldiers. Poor people without these treated as vagrants Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 113/ article:4,c |
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| Finance: £17, 946, 000 lost in revenue due to smuggling of tobacco, tea, brandy, spices, drugs, silk, rum & sugar Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 114/ article:1,a |
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| Agriculture: Mark Lane 5 Jan, frost continued to late last week, melting snow & rain flooded many mills, market thinly supplied with corn, but wheat sales dull. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 115/ article:1,a |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Mark-lane, London 5 Jan - wheat 32-47s[/qtr?], rye 22s-25s, barley 24s-33s, oats 16s-21s. Fine flour 38-39s/sack Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 116/ article:1,a |
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| Marriages: Mr Tho. Almond to Miss Gold (dtr of late Rev Francis Gold of Sodbury) at N. Wraxall [no date] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 117/ article:1,b |
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| Travel: for sale - gentleman's post-chaise + harness & travelling trunk. Enq & View at Caink & Kilvert, coach-makers, Monmouth St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 118/ article:1,b |
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| Music: benefit concert for Master Crotch - public breakfast at New Assembly Rooms on Sat 17 Jan. Master Crotch will perform on harpsichord & violin; vocalist Miss Cantelo. Tickets 3s 6d of Mrs Crotch, 2 Saville Row; Mr Derham at New Rooms; Mr Carey at the Pump Rooms; Libraries. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 119/ article:1 c |
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| Publications: "New Bath Guide for 1784" price 1s or 1s 6d, ½-bound & marbled. Printed for W Taylor, bookseller in Church St, & sold by him & booksellers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 120/ article:1,d |
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| Notices: ## caution to smiths & masons etc re recent fires from damage to party wall & joists being cut away for erection of smoke jacks. Bath Fire Office will prosecute those persons who cause fires in houses by their own negligence Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 121/ article:1,d |
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| Military: from Madras, 962 British Army soldiers killed, wounded or missing in repulse of the French & Tippo Sahib's auxiliaries in India on 25 June 1783 Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 122/ article:2,a |
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| Property: for sale - tenement E-side of Walcot St - 170' garden down to Avon, lease held under Bath Corporation remainder of 99 yrs. Apply Mr Forman, attorney, at house next door. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 123/ article:2,b |
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| Property: auction, estate of Benj. Edwards, bankrupt - f/hold mssg, garden & adj fulling mill [?at Duncomb nr Ford], suit gentleman clothier, etc. At Bear Inn Chippenham on 4 Feb. Partcrs Mr Joseph Cooke, Devizes or Mr John Noyes at Chippenham (assignees); or Mr Goldney, attorney, Chippenham. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 124/ article:2,b |
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| Property: auction, Benj. Edwards, bankrupt - 6 new-built tnmnts with large stall stable & meadow at Duncomb nr Ford 6m from Bath. At Bear Inn Chippenham on 4 Feb. Partcrs Mr Joseph Cooke, Devizes or Mr John Noyes at Chippenham (assignees); etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 125/ article:2,b |
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| Property: to let - messuage & well accustomed shop E-side Stall St, Bath (previously occupd Mr Perry Day, decd, painter & glazier), widow to retain small apartment in house, tenant to take all stock at fair price - enq Executors (Mr Richard Shermer, brazier, Kingsmead St; Mr Mark Spencer, carpenter, 12 Morford St) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 126/ article:2,b |
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| Health: remarkable cure for cancer offered by Mrs Plunkett Edgecumbe (only surviving dtr of Dr & Mrs Plunkett), opp Cornwell Bldgs, nr Walcot Church, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 127/ article:2,b |
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| Publications: "The Valetudinarians Bath Guide" by Phillip Thicknesse - for a long life & health, 2s, printed for & sold by W Meyler, the Grove, & Pratt & Marshall, Milsom St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 128/ article:2,c |
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| Sport: for sale - a neat billiard table, good condition. Enq at Grove Tavern, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 129/ article:2,c |
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| Property: wanted, for 5-6 weeks - board & lodging by single gent without servant. Wants respectable family who give private parties for friends, dislikes public assemblies. To share family table, will find his own tea, sugar, sugar & wine. Contact A.A at bar of Parade Coffee House Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 130/ article:2,d |
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| Health: ## scurvy raging on British ships in June. In Sir Roger Bickeston's ships 1,121 hands affected inc. 605 in last stages on 8 June - deteriorated further with time until put ashore at Madras. [NB Lind's "Treatise of the Scurvy" (1753) described its cure by citrus fruits] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 131/ article:2,d |
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| Leisure: Ball in Honour of Her Majesty's Birthday, New Assembly Rooms 19 Jan.Tickets inc tea, negus, jellies - 10s 6d for 3, or 3s 6d for 1. William Dawson - MC. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 132/ article:3,c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord Bishop of Bangor & Lady, Lord Chief Baron Skinner [NOTP]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 133/ article:3,c |
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| Marriages: Rev Crossman (Vicar of Monkton & Blagden) to Miss Brickdale (dtr of Matthew Brickdale, esq., MP for Bristol) at Monkton [? Combe] on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 134/ article:3,c |
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| Deaths: Rev Guyon Griffith DD (rector of St Mary Hill & St Andrew Hubbard, London) in his lodgings in Bath last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 135/ article:3,c |
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| Deaths: Adolphus Meerkirke, esq., in Edgar Bldgs on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 136/ article:3,c |
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| Charity: Mr Selwyn re-elected for Borough of Ludgerhall. On leaving his constituents he left £10 for the poor Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 137/ article:3,c |
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| News: ## "Dr Parry's Air Balloon" took off from the Crescent at 12 noon last Sat. 2 hollow cones joined at base, circumf common base 17', took 8½ hrs to fill 2/3ds, rose slowly then disappeared from sight after 2¾ min. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 138/ article:3,c |
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| News: ## "Dr Parry's Air Balloon" contd - made of 18yds of taffety & sarsnet [fine silk] ¾ yd wide, varnished with a painters oil - more than 72 cu ft inflammable air (made from 17lbs iron filings & 36lbs vitriolic acid with water). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 139/ article:3,c |
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| News: ## "Mr Dinwiddie's Air balloon" launched last Sat from Mr Scrace's Ride. Bird let loose. Smooth ascent & out of sight in 4¾ mins, string cut prematurely, balloon found 10 miles away on Bristol Rd. later that pm. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 140/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Peacock (wife of Mr Peacock, shoemaker nr Old Bridge) was in good health, taken ill suddenly nr Old Bridge last Wednesday & expired immediately. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 141/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Bennett, wife of Mr Isaac Bennett, carpenter in Ballance St. Found dead in bed between her 2 children last Wednesday, she was well night before. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 142/ article:3 d |
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| Charity: Children of the Charity School - collections for them at 7 churches last Sunday, totalled £71 8s before additions Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 143/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Sat, "The Spanish Barber" with pantomime "Fancy's Bower" (both with Little Devil); Tue, comic opera "The Castle of Andalusia" by Mr O'Keefe, with entertainments Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 144/ article:3 d |
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| News: Mr Dinwiddie launching another air balloon from Mr Scrace's Riding School on 20th Jan. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 145/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: bankruptcy of John Lowther, late of Walcot parish, mason, dealer & chapman. Creditors with proved debts to meet Assignees on 19 Jan at Mr Ewing's, Angel Inn, Westgate St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 146/ article:3 d |
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| Publications: "Mr Chambers Cyclopaedia" with supplement by Abraham Rees DD, pub 3 Jan, in 4 vols, sold in weekly numbers at price 6d. Vols 1, 2 & 3 with 292 numbers completed, price £7 13s 6d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 147/ article:4,c |
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| Publications: "Old Bailey Chronicle" by James Mountague, esq of the Temple. Details of crimes resulting in hanging & most notorious offenders in Britain 1700-1784. 40 nos, 4 vols 8vo. Also, no 1 available "The New Gallows", pub 10 Jan, 6d from booksellers. Printed for J Walker, London Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 148/ article:4,c |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Mark Lane 14 Jan, wheat 34-37s, rye 26-28s, barley 30-34s, oats 19s-22s. Beans 26s-31s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 149/ article:1 b |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Warminster, wheat 46-56s, barley 26s -40s, oats 18s-23s. Beans 36s-40s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 150/ article:1 b |
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| Health: "Practical Essays upon Continual & Intermitting Fevers, dropsies -- Bath Waters" by Daniel Lysons MD (Physician to Gen Hosptl Bath) new ed vol 1, boards 5s, pub today G Wickes, London. From Bath booksellers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 151/ article:1,c |
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| Leisure: Mr Metralcourt announces the Annual Ball for his pupils [dancing] at New Assembly Rooms 4 Feb. Tickets 5s from Rooms, Libraries, Coffee houses & Mr M at house in Hetling Court Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 152/ article:1,d |
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| Deaths: Mr Edward Plomly, master of the Bear Inn at Chew Magna [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 153/ article:2 c |