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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 William Dermizong to Mrs Sarah Hopkins at the Abbey Church on Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1301/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr Miles to Miss Guest [eminent singer in Bath] at St George's, Hanover Sq, London a few days ago. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1301/ article:3 b |
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| Employment: 4 journey men staymakers wanted for Masters in Bath. P Brickman, French staymker, Church St Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1301/ article:2 d |
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| Property: for sale - desirable farm with house & farmhouse & freehold estate of 200 acres, 12 miles of Bath. Enquiries Mr Matthews, Hetling House Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1301/ article:1 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Richard Prynn, linen draper in Market Pl, Bath, Monday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1301/ article:3,b |
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| Leisure: Ball for MC at Gyde's Rooms on Fri 21 Dec. Tickets from Capt. Wade, Edgar Bldgs, Bath & at coffee houses, & booksellers as usual. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1302/ article:3 c |
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| Travel: postcoach from Wells to Bristol, leaves 6am, 4 inside passengers 6s Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1302/ article:1,d |
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| Livestock: Lansdown Fair, Thursday last had a poor sale of horned cattle & horses. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1302/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr Samuel Abbott to Miss Charlotte Lewis, milliner of Bath, at the Abbey Church on Monday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1302/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Uhthoff, relict of late Henry Uhthoff of Russel St, Bath, at Clifton on Thursday morning. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1302/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: auction - all household furniture etc of Philip Thicknesse (going abroad). Inc organ, pianoforte, violin, telescope, 2 hearing trumpets. On the premises [not named] on 31 Jul & 1 Aug by J Stafford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1302/ article:2 d |
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| Finance: persons indebted to the late John Hatherell, Lye Grove Farm, Old Sodbury requested to pay sums due to John Hatherell by 1 Oct. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1302/ article:1 c |
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| Deaths: Mr John Campbell, late bookseller of Bath, Monday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1302/ article:3,b |
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| Marriages: Mr Thos Thornton of Carnaby Market, London to Miss Elizabeth Burgess of Batheaston at St James's Church [Bath] on Monday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1303/ article:3 c |
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| Travel: mail coach, from Swan with 2 Necks, Lad-lane, London to Bath, 14 hours (& then to Bristol). Inside £1 12s, no outside passengers. Guard & coachman armed. By Wilson & Co, London; Williams & Co, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1303/ article:1,d |
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| Agriculture: Lansdown Fair Thursday, new cheeses 30s - 36s [proby/cwt], higher price from prime dairies. Prodigious multitude present, 3 nymphs to every swain. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1303/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Elizabeth, Dwgr Duchess of Kingston at her house in Calais last Thursday. She was convicted of bigamy on 22 Apr 1776. She has left the bulk of her fortune to Mr Meadows MP for Nottingham. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1303/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Edward Mitchell, clothier of Corsham, on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1303/ article:3 b |
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| Crime: stolen from Mr Briscoe's, Broad St, Bath: 1 dark cotton gown, 1 cross-bar muslin apron, 3 breadths muslin, 8 yds ribbon - later offered to pawnbroker in Walcot St by a short thin woman. Reward 3 guin by Bath Guardian Soc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1303/ article:2 e |
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| Finance: consolidated Assessed taxes (Wilts) - all who have employed male servants, kept carriages or dogs shall appoint lists for the parish by 30th June. Forms from Wm Salmon, Devizes;Thomas Carter, Bradford; etc. Matthew Winter secretary Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1303/ article:1 c |
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| Visitors: royalty - Prince of Wales arrived in Bath on Tue, & proceeded to Critchill on Fri, a change of air & tranquility having been prescribed Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1303/ article:3,b |
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| Deaths: Mr William Periam, eminent woollen draper of Devizes at Devizes on 8 Dec. He left the bulk of a very considerable fortune to his only daughter. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1304/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: tea sold by John Coles at "Golden Canister" Northgate St, top of Market Place, Bath - good common Bohea 1s 11d/, Congou tea 3s-4s, Souchong 5s, green tea 3s 3d Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1304/ article:2,b |
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| Travel: accident - c. 13 yr old son of Thomas Tever, shoemaker of Walcot, run over by postchaise at Lansdown. A lady paid for his relief by surgeon. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1304/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Mary Haward (sister of late Adolphus Meetkirke, esq & widow of Wm. Haward DD Rector of Standlake, Oxon, who died in 1756) at her lodgings in Bath age 86 a few days since. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1304/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Francis Dafter, opulent farmer of Twerton, after a lingering illness on Friday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1304/ article:3 b |
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| Publications: "Lavater's Physiognomy" translated from original by Samuel Shaw, esq. Price 4s 6d in boards with copperplate cuts. Printed in London, from all booksllers Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1304/ article:2 e |
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| Finance: consolidated Assessed Taxes (Somrst) - all who have employed male servants, kept carriages or dogs shall appoint lists for the parish. Forms from Robert Lax Esq, Wells; Mr House, Bath; Mr Evill, Wells; Mr Webb, Frome. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1304/ article:1 d |
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| Military: Chippenham Armed Assn - members dined at White Hart Inn, Tuesday, it being the anniversary of King's birthday. At 10pm the King was toasted Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1304/ article:3,b |
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| Deaths: Lady of Rev Dr Peploe, Chancellor of Chester, at her lodgings in Bath on Sunday night. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1305/ article:3 c |
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| Inns: Three Tuns Inn & Tavern, Stall St - new owner J. Williams, carriages to let at short notice Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1305/ article:2,c |
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| Crime: all idle & ignorant persons destroying trees near Bath are guilty of felony without benefit of clergy. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1305/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr George Duperre, formerly perfumer in Wade's Passage, Bath, at Bathwick at an advanced age on Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1305/ article:3 c |
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| News: ## experiment on fire plates as security against house fires shown at Belvedere last Monday & will be repeated next Mon. Cost 6s in £1, but set against expense of insurance & increased rental. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1305/ article:3 c |
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| Publications: "The Dupes of Fancy" by Geo Saville Carey, esq. New farce in 2 acts (performed at Theatre Royal Haymarket etc). Dedicated to Mrs Jordan, the actress. Price 1s from booksellers Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1305/ article:2 e |
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| Travel: Somerset Coal Canal - caisson cisterns at Combe Hay. Proposals to undertake work (either embanking & excavations with masonry; or embanking, excavation & masonrywork) separately to sub-committee at the Waldegrave Arms, Radstock on 20 July. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1305/ article:1 d |
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| Music: a song by the founder of the Harmonic Soc was sung by performers of the club, at Mrs Wilmot's elegant dejeune on Wednesday last Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1305/ article:3,b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Elizabeth Fry, aged 95 (relict of late Mr Thomas Fry, deputy Town Clerk of Bath) on Thurs Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1306/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: Irish Lottery - McGee of Dublin - 1 guin. ticket may yield 2,000 guin. & pro rata. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1306/ article:2,c |
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| Deaths: Miss Caldecot (sister of Mrs Shellard of Keynsham & her servant-maid drowned while rowing on river. Mrs Shellard's 2 yr old daughter on river bank & raised the alarm. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1306/ article:3 c |
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| Health: advice - for the sting of a bee, bathe the wound with laudanum, prevents pain & swelling. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1306/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: ## melancholy accident in Signor Invetto's apartment at Grove Tavern, Bath on Saturday afternoon. Signor Invetto gave firework displays & had left some fireworks in his apartment. They blew up, suffocating his wife & son. As devoted husband & father he was devastated Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1306/ article:3 c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl & Countess of Aldborough, Lord & Lady Wentworth, Lord Ashbrook, Lord Herbert, Rev Sir Richard & Lady Kaye, Sir Thos Rivers [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1306/ article:3 b |
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| Travel: Somerset Coal Canal - caisson cisterns at Combe Hay contd - for specifications etc apply Mr Bennett, engineer, Beckington, or Mr Smith, surveyor at Midford, after 6 July Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1306/ article:1 d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Thurs [13 Jun] "The Suspicious Husband" with "No Song for Supper"; Sat [15 Jun] "The Stranger" with "The Doctor & The Apothecary" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1306/ article:3,b |
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| Deaths: Mr Thomas Haviland, age 63 on Saturday. Much lamented eminent apothecary of Bath, was particularly generous to poor. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1307/ article:3 c |
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| Publications: "Modern English Fruit Gardener -- Wall Tree Pruner" by Ralph Preston (gardener at Chelsea) 2s sewn, pubd today 2s 6d bound from booksellers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1307/ article:2,c |
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| Crime: apartment of James Mills, the blind violinist, were broken into & his life savings of 27 guin & 12s taken. Suspected thief John Davis a plasterer who has absconded. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1307/ article:3 c |
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| News: this is the greatest nut year ever known, hazels everywhere inviting the hand of the rustic to pluck their clusters. Nuts should not be eaten in great quantities, they clog the stomach & hurt the breath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1307/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: monument in Box churchyard to "memory of Morgan Davis, gent, born County of Montgomery, died 16 Apr 1789 age 63" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1307/ article:3 c |