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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: for sale - in the auction sale warehouse nr St Michael's Church by Mr Clarke, goods from several sources. Tea prices - best Bohea 4s/lb; Congou 5s, good Souchong 7s 6d, best do 9s; or very fine single green 7s 4d, u-fine 8s; chocolate 4s to 4s 6d or best 5s Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1170/ article:2,c |
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| Property: shares of £100 for Weymouth hotel for sale at £40 each. Apply printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1170/ article:1,d |
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| Goods: foodstuffs (letter from Exeter 12 July) - owing to abundance of fish, butcher's meat reduced in price so finest beef, mutton, lamb & veal selling at 2½d/lb & fresh butter at 5d/lb, 5 loose fowls 1s 6d/couple, large herrings 1s/100. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1170/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Hon Miss Jane Moore, Sir Rowland Alston & Lady, Lady Julia Swallow [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1170/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: auction - 2 month-old household goods, the property of a gentleman. At 24 King St on 3 & 4 Aug by Thomas Bird. The premises to be let immediately. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1170/ article:3 d |
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| Services: D. Dibbens, plumber & glazier, 34 Horse Parade, Horse St, Bath. Water closets & pumps of different constructions made & repaired; windows repaired and cleaned Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1170/ article:3 e |
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| Leisure: Ball opened 9pm. Mr Pitt absent because of illness. His Majesty insisted on his going immediately to Bath for recovery. His Majesty never looked better & was in high spirits Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1170/ article:3,b |
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| Goods: ## looking glass for sale - large plates 80" X 50", 63" X 32" & smaller etc, at Glover's Warerooms, 40 Milsom St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1170/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: Mr Clarke of auction sale warehouse nr St Michael's Church denies accusations of profiteering made by his late proprietor Mr Gregg Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1171/ article:2,c |
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| Travel: Warminster, Frome & Bath Turnpike - trustees meet at Black Dog Inn, Standerwick Common on Tue 16 Aug at 11 am. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1171/ article:1,d |
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| Law: Wine Acts, dealers in foreign wines - to take out annual licence (free) or £100 penalty; display sign "Dealer in Foreign Wines" in every place keeping or selling wine, penalty £50; outside London to give 12 hrs notice to Excise of drawing & bottling wines; etc, etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1171/ article:3:00 AM |
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| News: Leonard Coward esq, Mayor of Bath, attended by Jacob Smith, esq, chamberlain, Messrs Harford & Spry, sheriffs & John Jefferys, esq, Town Clerk set out for Cheltenham 4 Aug with a Loyal Address from the Corporation to His Majesty Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1171/ article:3,c |
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| Education: the Miss Flemings' announce their return from Paris & that their dancing academy will be open on 7 Aug. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1171/ article:1 c |
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| Fashion: Robert Jeffery, hat manufacturer has opened a hat warehouse in Wine Street under firm of Jeffery, Ariel & Co Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1171/ article:3 e |
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| Marriages: Lord Birchinall, of Cheshire supplementary militia, to Miss Elizabeth Copperbottom at Glastonbury (no date given) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1171/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: auction - large quantity of linen drapery, china, 5,000 pictures, prints & drawings etc. At 40 Milsom St on 28 May by Mr Viel. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1171/ article:3 c |
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| Property: auction - newly erected tnmnt in Gerrard St, Bath, now in tenure of Mr Grant & Mrs Goodall, with proportion of GR £12 p.a (shared with other premises). Place & time to be advertised. Apply Mr Brimble at Mr Drewett's in Broad St, Bath or Mr Seldon or Mr Pinninger at Chippenham. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1172/ article:2 d |
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| Property: to let - house & shop, Horse St, Bath. In possn Mr Loder, brandy merchant. Malthouse, brewhouse, 3 cellars, stabling for 5 horses, gardens. Shop there 30 years past. Apply Mr Loder. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1172/ article:1,d |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - James Mayo, linen draper, dividend at the Castle Inn Devizes on 8 Aug. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1172/ article:3 b |
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| Churches: Rev Philip Dart, curate of St James's Bath & vicar of Stratton, is appointed chaplain to Rt Hon Lady Dynevor Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1172/ article:3,c |
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| Services: partnership in coal & carriage trade between John Naish & Benjamin Mountague of the parish of Walcot was dissolved 1 Aug. This trade will be carried on by John Naish. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1172/ article:1 c |
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| Employment: 8 journeyman staymakers required by a Master of Bath, London wages offered. Wm Driver, French staymaker, Trim Gate, Borough Walls Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1172/ article:3 e |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Viscountess Montague, Lord & Lady Bellingham, Sir John Aubrey [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1172/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture & effects of gentleman quitting Bath. On the premises of 8 Camden Place on 4 June by Mr Viel. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1172/ article:3 c |
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| Property: for sale - public house "Royal Oak" in Stall St, Bath & several tnmnts belonging & contiguous thereto now occupd by Mr John Harris & others, at several rents totalling £60 8s p.a, leased from Corporation of City of Bath for remaining 99 yrs. Enq Mr Edwards, attorney, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1173/ article:2,d |
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| Finance: Shop Tax - letter from "Cirrus" re Bath shopkeepers "praying" [sic = formally appealing] for its repeal "unequal, oppressive & partial" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1173/ article:2 b |
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| Property: to let - Parsonage House, Foscote, 7 miles Bath. 5 bedrooms, garden & orchard with choice fruit. 6 to 40 acres available. Partics Rev Mr Mereweather, Combe Hay, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1173/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Mr George Ford, silversmith, to Miss Mary Rotten, milliner of Bath at St James's Church on Sunday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1173/ article:3,c |
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| Charity: Bath hospital has received £65 4s 6d in donations since 4 May 1789 Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1173/ article:1 c |
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| Leisure: prologue spoken by Mr Dimond at recent benefit for Bath City Infirmary etc; epilogue spoken by Keasberry. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1173/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Marriages: Charles Biddlecombe, esq. to Miss Catherine Lacy, daughter & sole heiress of Richard White Lacy of Yeovilton at Milford Ch., Hants. by Rev. Rd. Warner of St. James's parish, Bath on Mon. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1173/ article:3,c |
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| Crime: ## anonymous threatening letters recvd by Messrs Whittington & Edwards, Freshford; Mr Richard Witten, Freshford; & Mr Bell, Batheaston (see London Gazette). £200 reward for discovery & conviction of writers. Whittington & Edwards, on behalf of several mnfrs at Freshford & Bradford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1173/ article:3 c |
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| Travel: London, Andover, Bath Machines - from Saracen's Head Bath in 2 days to Bolt in Tun, Fleet St, London via Andover, 108 post-miles, leaving Mon, Wed, Fri at 7am. Inside 20s. Perfomed by Phillips of Saracen's Hd, Bath & others from 7 stages. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1174/ article:2,d |
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| Property: to let - Bell Inn, Chipping Sodbury, Apply Dr Hardwicke, or to Mr James Ludlow, attorney at Sodbury, or to Mrs Demander Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1174/ article:2 b |
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| Charity: parents who do not send children regularly to Sunday school will lose Parish expenses. From Overseers of poor, James Trimnell, John Lewis (St Peter & Paul), Rbt Simpkins, Wm Armstrong (St James), G Briscoe, Wm Evans (St Michael), CONTD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1174/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Miss Catherine du Boulay, after a few hours illness, at Sir John Silvester's house in the Circus, Bath, a few days ago Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1174/ article:3,c |
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| Crime: ## Salisbury Assizes - action by William Beckford of Fonthill against Rev John Nairne of Hindon for shooting at swans, geese & ducks nr Fonthill House. Verdict for plaintiff with £10 damages Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1174/ article:2 b |
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| Health: "Thoughts on Physic & Physicians" from Carbonarius (leader for Bath Chronicle) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1174/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Births: Mrs Broughton after an interval of 11 yrs., a son. (no dates given) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1174/ article:3,c |
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| Leisure: Sydney Gardens - public breakfast on 20 May, & to continue every Mon. Great preparations in hand for 4 June. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1174/ article:3 d |
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| Travel: London, Andover, Bath Machines - proprietors not responsible for money, plate, jewels, bank notes or writings unless notified in advance & paid for proportionate to value. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1175/ article:2,d |
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| Industry: new linseed oil mills at Twerton - Thomas Howe, Milsom St, chemist & druggisst wants flax seed. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1175/ article:2,c |
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| Charity: Overseers of Poor for Bath & liberties, contd - John Hooper, George Goodhand, Joseph Munsford (Walcot), Isaac Pye, Wm Butler (Lyncombe & Widcombe) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1175/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Bailward, after a painful & lingering illness, at Bradford last week Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1175/ article:3,c |
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| Agriculture: wheat prices - Bear Key 50s-64s; Devizes 66-74s/; Bristol 64-66s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1175/ article:2 b |
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| Travel: abandoned horse - dun coloured mare 14½ hnds brought to Mr Francis Fisher at Batheaston to keep on 26 Oct. Unless owner claims her & pays her keep, horse will be sold by auction at Mr Demander's repository Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1175/ article:4 d |
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| Births: Mrs Robinson, Crescent, a daughter (no dates given) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1175/ article:3,c |
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| News: Town Common boundaries - Freemen of Bath (with apprentices) desired to attend at turnpike next to High Common leading to Weston on 29 May to perambulate. They will receive pint of ale & a cake under Will of late S Purlewent, esq. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1175/ article:3 d |
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| Fashion: Hickey (from late Mr Lynch, tailor to HM) at 45 Cross Bath, Bath. Gent's & ladies clothes [detailed list with prices], inc plain frock suit superfine cloth £4 14s, ½ trimmed do £3 3s; silk, knit or velvet cotton breeches £1 10s 6d, superfine black worsted do 16s; Bath beaver surtouts £1 1s to £1 8s Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1176/ article:2,d |
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| Goods: auction - household effects late Capt John Peighin. At his late house in Russel St on 16 & 17 Aug by C Trimnell, auctioneer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1176/ article:2,c |