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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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| Goods: those wishing to make contracts for brewers' grains from 1 Oct 1788 to 1 May 1799 apply now to brewing office, Samuel Sayce & Co, Northgate St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1439/ article:1,c |
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| Crime: ## a mare was wilfully maimed by cutting of the hind leg on Sat night/Sun morning. Mr John Hooper, butcher of this city will give 20 guin reward for conviction also 5 guin from Bath Guardian Society. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1439/ article:3 b |
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| News: Prince of Wales's birthday - bells in Bath rang for prince who entered his 31st year last Sunday. On Monday evening, more than 2,000 people attended a concert, illuminations & fireworks in Spring Gardens to celebrate. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1439/ article:3,c |
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| Charity: Hannah Weeks (the distressed widow of a poor waggoner found dead 29 Apr) needs help to support 1 child, with another on the way. Donations to printer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1439/ article:3,d |
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| Property: auction - Whitley Farm in occupn Mr Wm Hazeland. Lot 1/4 - farmhouse, barn, stable, outhouses, garden, orchard & several closes meadow ca. 22 acres [named]. At Kings Arms, Melksham on 23 Jul by Harry Russ. Enq Stephen Vezey, attorney, Melksham. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1439/ article:3,e |
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| Notices: Charles Stewart age 15 left parents Aug 30. Father Charles Stewart, coach harness maker in Bath offers reward for news. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1440/ article:3,c |
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| Health: remedies - pills of late Dr John Scot strongly recommended for gouty, bilious or nervous disorders. Sold in Bath at 10s 6d/box only by Mr Cruttwell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1440/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: for sale - many strange & uncommon books of 2 late eminent physicians (Dr John Harry & Dr Dunning) for sale by S Woolmer, bookseller, Exeter. Catalogues from Mr Cruttwell, Mr Taylor, Mr Bull & Mr Hazard. Ask to see catalogue Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1440/ article:1,c |
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| Crime: stolen or strayed horse - a black mare disappeared last night. Anyone returning it to Thomas Dyke of Limpley Stoke or giving information will receive 2 guin reward. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1440/ article:3 b |
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| News: bequest - late S Purlewent, esq of Lincoln's Inn London directed his Excr. to pay 8 guin to freemen of Bath on 29 May p.a, only while Common not built on. 5 guin for refreshment - freemen to attend perambulation of boundaries & afterwards to have 1 pint of ale & a cake. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1440/ article:3,c |
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| Employment: butler/valet wants place - well recommended by respectable families. Write AB at Mr Carsley's, Wades Passage, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1440/ article:3,d |
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| Property: auction - Whitley Farm, lot 2/4, 6 or more closes rich meadow & pasture ca. 44 acres; lot 3/4 - messuage & garden with 4 closes of meadow & pasture in occup James Cannings with "Watson's Farm" closes ca. 14 acres. At Kings Arms, Melksham 23 Jul by Harry Russ. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1440/ article:3,e |
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| Property: for sale or to let - house in Abbey Church Yard lately occupied Mr Arthur Jones, woollen draper. Enquiries Mr Percival, attorney. St James's St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1441/ article:3,d |
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| Crime: perch, eels, gudgeons & crayfish stolen from tanks at back of Cloth Mill, Bathwick, 10 guin reward for information leading to conviction from Penny Hancock, further 5 guin reward from Bath Soc of Guardians, treasurer, W Meyler in The Grove. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1441/ article:3 d |
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| Travel: Royal Blue Coach from Bristol at 2pm, from Christopher & Greyhound, Market Pl, Bath at 4pm, to London (in 14 hrs from Bath) 4 passengers inside.Those objecting to the hour may be accommodated by hours & days suitable to them. Performed by W Potter & W Hodges, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1441/ article:1,c |
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| Leisure: Thomas Franklin, riding master announces the end of his partnership with Benjamin Handy & the start of his own troop of equestrian performers. He intends opening riding school in Monmouth St on 17 Oct. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1441/ article:3 b |
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| Politics: Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Mr Gore Langton & Mr Grenville reputed to be on the list of candidates for MP for Somerset. Mr Coxe is the only gentleman to have publicly declared his intentions. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1441/ article:3,d |
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| Finance: taxes - armorial bearing duty certificates for yr 1778/79 now granting on payment of duties. 2 guin for a coach bearing arms, 1 guin on inhabited houses, others 10s 6d at H E Howse, Bath. From John Evill Wells, distributors of stamps Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1441/ article:3,d |
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| Property: to let - furnished house, 2 Caroline Bldgs, Bath. Reasonable terms until Oct 1799. Enq Mr Parfeit, builder, Henrietta St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1441/ article:1,c |
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| Music: Mr Rauzzini commences concerts at New Assembly Rooms on 2 or 9 Nov. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1442/ article:3,d |
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| Crime: Bath Society of Guardians offer 5 guin reward for information on fish stolen from tank at back of cloth mill, Bathwick. Signed W Meyler sec. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1442/ article:3 d |
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| Travel: postcoach from Christopher & Greyhound, Markt Pl, Bath at 8am in 1½ days to George & Blue Boar, Holborn, London. Performed by W Potter & W Hodges, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1442/ article:1,c |
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| Property: wanted an Inn on any of the public roads to from Bath to London, Gloucester, Salisbury or Exeter. Applications to Mr Henry Phillips, 10 Duke St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1442/ article:3 c |
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| News: ## last Thursday, the Commissioners fined Mr T Rodbourne, one of their night constables, 20s for neglect of duty. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1442/ article:3,d |
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| Finance: taxes - pawnbrokers, perfumers, clock dealers whose licence expires 5 Jul to renew immediately. Apply H E Howse - Bath; John Evill - Wells. From Stamp Office, Wells Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1442/ article:3,e |
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| Education: Mrs H Lefanu has removed her day school from Charles St, Bath to 3 Edgar Bldgs & opens 1 Aug after summer vacation. Can now accommodate 6 young lady boarders. Instruction in English based on principles laid down by her father, T Sheridan A.M. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1442/ article:1,c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl & Countess Winchester, Countess of Bute, Lady Louisa Stewart, Earl & Countess of Bective, Lord & Lady Maxwell, Lady Fleming, Lady Malpas, Lady Harriot Roper, Lady Catherine Taylor. [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1443/ article:3,d |
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| Employment: wanted - boy 15 or 16 to work under the butler & wear livery by gentleman in the country 10 miles from Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1443/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Theophilus Hume, esq, aged 80, on road from Bath to Chester Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1443/ article:2 b |
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| Inns: Joseph Dobson announces his intention to continue to run the Three Tuns Inn & Tavern, Stall Street, Bath. Mr Henry Phillips (who formerly kept [this] house) will run the coach, chaise & stabling business. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1443/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr John Telling, glazier died last Friday from head injuries received from falling from seat of a light cart. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1443/ article:3,d |
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| Architecture: ## Bath Improvement Act (1789) Act - commissioners to meet at Guildhall 18 Jul to consider 2 orders (6 May 1791 & 27 May 1791 re the Bear Inn) & consider whether these should be revised, repealed, or varied. J S Lawton, clerk to Commissioners, Guildhall. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1443/ article:3,e |
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| Finance: Commissioners for Appeals for E Somerset - Sir Abraham Elton, bart, Peter Sherston, es & Rev J Methuen Rogers meeting to hear appeals adjourned at Swan Inn, Wells on to 3 Jul; &at White Hart Inn, Bath 6 Jul. R. Welsh, clerk. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1443/ article:1,c |
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| Leisure: Mr Cartwright will perform at his rooms, Lower Walks during the season. [NFI] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1444/ article:3,d |
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| Property: to let - for 6 months, house & stable in village 1 mile from Bath. Enq Mr Baldwin, Harington Place, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1444/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction - f/hold, Royal Oak public house Devizes, with offices & outhouses, also a dwelling house & large garden adj. Whole in occuptn Mr Edward Jordan. On the premises on 6 Oct by R Knight Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1444/ article:2,c |
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| Fashion: Messrs Wood & Dunn announce their intention to continue to run their silk dying & clothes cleaners at 13 Cornwell Buildings, Walcot. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1444/ article:3 c |
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| Agriculture: remarkably fine weather recently. Bountiful wheat harvest expected & abundant barley crop. Hay flattened by rain. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1444/ article:3,d |
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| Finance: Board of Taxes notices (directed to to be left at offices of distributors of stamps & sub-distributors) to remain open for completion until 1 Aug. Isaac Parsons, surveyor of Bath city & Hundred of Bathforum Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1444/ article:3,e |
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| Leisure: Sydney Gardens Bath - public tea & promenade on 5 Jul. Admittance 1s, tea 6d Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1444/ article:1,e |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - re-opens next Sat [8 Oct] with comedy "A New Way to pay Old Debts" & musical farce "Dead Alive" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1445/ article:3,d |
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| Property: to let - house in Batheaston with 8 acres pasture, late residence of John Wood, esq, now in possn of Mrs Drewet. Enq at house. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1445/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: auction - h/hold furniture, 40 iron-bound casks (1-3 hghds), furnace brewing 100 gall, iron-bound mash tub etc. At Royal Oak P. H Devizes on 6 Oct by R Knight. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1445/ article:2,c |
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| Property: to let - house in Paradise Row. Apply John Perry, wine & brandy merchant, 6 Northgate Street. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1445/ article:3 c |
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| Agriculture: good show of horned cattle, prices high, sale not rapid at Lansdown Fair last Friday. Heavy sale of useful horses. Cheese plentiful 36s to 40s per cwt. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1445/ article:3,d |
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| Services: J Willis, house, sign & herald painter 4 James St, Kingsmead, Bath - plain & ornamental painting, in fashionable style. Funeral achievements, escutcheons painted at short notice Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1445/ article:3,e |
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| Employment: young woman wants place as housekeeper or lady's maid. Enq Mrs Ford, confectioner, Burton St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1445/ article:1,e |
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| Music: Mr Orpin appointed organist of Octagon Chapel in Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1446/ article:3,d |
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| Property: to let - small house, garden, stables, Rowde, Devizes. Enq Mr Crouch, miller at Rowde or Mr Ludlow, Devizes. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1446/ article:3 d |
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| Law: Qtr Sessions for Peace for Somrst - at Taunton Castle on 7 Oct. Jurors, constables, bailiffs of hundreds to attend at an early hour on 8 Oct. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1446/ article:2,c |