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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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| Finance: bankruptcy - Stephen Vezey, money scrivener of Melksham. Dividend - Wm. Podd, picture dealer of Bath 19 Jun (from Tuesday's Gazette). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1113/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: auction - neat elegant household furniture. Inc fine prints & paintings, & fine toned harpsichord by Shudi (1765). On the premises 30 Henrietta St, Bathwick on 23 May by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1113/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr John Brasier to Miss Molly Brett, dtr of late Mr Brett, schoolmaster, at St James's Church, Sunday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1114/ article:3,d |
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| Property: to let - Lansdown Fair & the public house "The Star" on Lansdown (entry on Michaelmas Day). Enq Mr Gunning, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1114/ article:3,c |
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| Property: for sale - 2 tenements & a yard with workshops. Particulars Mr Neads in Northgate St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1114/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: auction - neat household furniture, incl. 4 poster & ½ tester bedsteads etc, at 5 Kingston Bldgs, cnr of Church Street on 24 & 25 Jul by John Stafford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1114/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - proved creditors of John Powell, late of Bath, hatter & hosier, may receive 2s/£ dividend. Apply R Bowsher, attorney Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1114/ article:1 c |
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| Deaths: Moses England age 14 working in the new buildings adjoining Lansdown Place, slipped between the joists, dislocated his neck & died instantly last Monday [18 June] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1114/ article:3,c |
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| Leisure: Dress balls - gen. meeting of subscribers held on 23 May, George Isted, esq. chair. Resolved - present sub of ½ guin rescinded. Card room to become coffee & card room, free to subscribers paying 1 guin. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1114/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: auction - almost new household furniture with Brussels & Wilton carpets. On the premises, 4 Burlington St on 20 May by W Booth. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1114/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr John Lockyer, carver & gilder, to Mrs Ann Russell, relict of late Mr David Russell, apothecary, at Walcot Church, Sunday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1115/ article:3,d |
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| Property: auction - dwelling house, uppr end Somerset Bldgs (adj E side Milsom St). 6 garrets 7' high, 4 bedroom attic storey, drawing room 24' 5' x 21' 6", etc. Courtyard 43'. Perpet tency & g-rent £22 p.a. At Greyhound & Shakespeare Inn, Market Pl, Bath on 1 Aug by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1115/ article:3,c |
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| Property: for sale - 2 plots with buildings E-side Walcot St, Bath, late in possession Messrs Henshaw & Gay. At Guildhall on 19 July. Proposals to Mr Baldwin. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1115/ article:3 d |
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| Publications: poem about a farmer named Vagg & turnips. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1115/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Travel: Western Canal - general meeting at Castle Inn Marlborough 4 Aug for landowners & other parties interested in canal from Newbury to Bath. Committee members meet beforehand at 9 am to receive plans, estimates & Engineer's report. John Ward, treasurer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1115/ article:1 c |
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| Goods: for sale - assortment of joiner's & carver's chisels, gouges & plane irons of Hartley's patent temper. At Mr Carpenter's, carver, in Westgate St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1115/ article:3,c |
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| Leisure: Sydney Gardens Vauxhall - public evening, Friday 1 Jun, unless wet. Tickets 1s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1115/ article:3,c |
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| Leisure: Sydney Gardns - public breakfast on 20 May & will continue every Mon until further notice. Attended with horns & clarinets. Also London & other papers daily. Subs for walking at the gate. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1115/ article:3 d |
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| Marriages: Mr John Ludlow, grocer, to Miss Mary Weston at St James's Church, Monday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1116/ article:3,d |
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| Publications: "British Biographical Magazine" 1 Aug,. no 1 at 1s, with portrait illustrations. Printed for C Taylor, Castle St, Holborn. Sold Pratt & Marshall, & L Bull, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1116/ article:3,c |
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| Property: for sale - 4 plots ground on N-side Borough Walls, Bath, now in possession Mr Daniel Brown. [At Guildhall] on 19 July. Sealed proposals to Mr Baldwin, architect, where plans & elevations for buildings may be seen from 9am to 8pm. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1116/ article:3 d |
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| Travel: Lord Camden & Mr Palmer (the comptroller general of the Post Office) visited Keswick & the Lake District last week on their way to Ireland, where mailcoaches to be established (from Frid & Sat Post, contd) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1116/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Notices: mislaid goods - a bundle of 8 nearly new sacks marked "J Beake, Allington" left at Brislington turnpike gate & delivered to a servant of William Fisher, the carrier, to take to Devizes. Anybody having these sacks to forward them to J Beake at Allington nr Devizes for a reward Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1116/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: J Webb & Co.'s wagons removed from Swan Inn, Holborn Brdg to Castle Inn, Wood St, Cheapside, London. To Frome on Weds. Bath & Bristol on Thurs; Shepton Mallet on Friday; & Wells on Saturday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1116/ article:3,c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lady Holte, Lady Aubrey, Sir James Wright [NOTP]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1116/ article:3,c |
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| Services: Thomas Willis carries on business of carpenter & joiner at convenient premises in James St, nr Charles St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1116/ article:3 d |
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| Politics: long account of debate at Court of Common Council, Guildhall, London to consider the Recorder's [Mr Wilkes] conduct. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1117/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - James Jukes of Frome, cooper. Commissioners to meet Crown Inn, Frome, Aug 3rd.Creditors to settle with S Jesser, attorney, Frome Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1117/ article:3,d |
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| Health: remedies - "True Daffy's Elixir" cures all ills from stone to dropsy, & fever to fluxes. To prevent fraud all bottles have "Dicey & Co, 10 Bow Church Yard" printed on them, 8 oz 1s 6d, 4 oz 1s 1½d. From Messrs R Cruttwell, S Hazard, M Lambe, J Gibbons, M Tagg (Bath) -- Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1117/ article:4 b |
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| Goods: Bibles, common prayer books, printing paper & many medicines sold by R Cruttwell in St James Street, Bath. JP's, attorneys, constables & surveyors may be supplied. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1117/ article:4 d |
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| Law: the owners of Midford Castle request people do not trespass on their estate & break down newly erected fences & planted hedges. Offenders will be prosecuted. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1117/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: J Webb & Co.'s wagons contd - goods & passengers carried to Amesbury, Chittern, Codford, Heytesbury, Warminster, Westbury, Frome, Beckington, Bruton, Shepton, Wells, Glastonbury, Bath & Bristol Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1117/ article:3,c |
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| Marriages: Mr. Oram of Chilhampton, Wilts. to Miss Cross, dtr of William Cross, gentleman, late of Bath, at Wells on Thursday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1117/ article:3,c |
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| Employment: required by a gentleman - post as tutor to a family or attend some academies. Qualified to teach French, mathematical calculations, use of globes etc. Moderate terms. Enq to Y.Z at the printers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1117/ article:3 d |
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| Politics: ## warrants to impress seamen in City of London issued on Thursday. John Shine, a journeyman baker impressed & appeared before Mr Alderman Wilkes on 25 oct, who discharged him claiming the warrant was illegal. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1118/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Property: to let - house in Orange Court, in possn Capt. Torriano. Enq Mr Howse, Market Pl, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1118/ article:3,d |
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| Health: remedies - "true Daffy's Elixir", suppliers contd - T Heath (Corsham), W Angel (Chippenham), T Smith & M Everett (Devizes), S Bourne & T Hoare (Melksham) & J Turner (Trowbridge) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1118/ article:4 b |
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| News: ## Freedom of City of Dublin conferred on John Palmer, esq, comptroller of the Post Office, for his introduction of mailcoaches into Ireland Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1118/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Goods: ## for sale - complete gun with 3 barrels (2'9", 3'3" & 3'6" long), reduced from 15 to 10 guin, at Mr Cook's, gunmaker, Kingsmead St. Also double-barrelled gun of a new construction, 10 guin. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1118/ article:1 c |
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| Fashion: the Miss Wests have moved their millinery rooms from Bond St to 1 Northumberland Bldgs, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1118/ article:3,d |
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| Marriages: H. Baumgarten, esq. to Miss Brydges of Kensington Pl, at Bathwick on Thursday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1118/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: C Viner, China, Glass & Staffordshire Warehouse, lwr cnr Burton St, Bath - has just recvd a new & extensive supply inc. Derby, Worcester & Salopian ware & real Wedgewood's ware. Also "Alfred's fluids" for receiving superfluous hairs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1118/ article:3 d |
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| Politics: table of annual costs in war & peace under different reigns inc King William, Queen Anne, George IInd, George IIIrd. National debt at Xmas 1768 was £129, 724, 936. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1119/ article:1 b |
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| Finance: creditors on estate late Wm. Street, esq. of Bath - to give details Wm. Anderdon at Bath & Som. Bank, or Mr John Wingrove, Walcot St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1119/ article:3,d |
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| Publications: "Entick's new Latin - English Dictionary" by William Crakelt M.A. 5s at all booksellers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1119/ article:4 c |
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| Education: Mr Stevens, academy for young gentlemen, 7 Barton's Bldgs, Queen Sq, Bath. Teaches reading, speaking with elegance, writing all hands, arithmetic, merchant accounts, algebra etc. Opens Mon 7th Aug Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1119/ article:1 b |
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| Goods: average price wool - Oxon 19-20s/lb, Bucks 21s-23s/, Hants 21s 6d to 23s/, Sussex Weald 10½ to 11½d etc, etc. Generally, wool buyers lost money last year, farmers want last years prices so little wool bought as yet. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1119/ article:2 b |
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| Employment: wanted - sober lad to take care of 2 or 3 horses. Recommendation required from last employer. Apply printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1119/ article:3,d |
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| Marriages: Mr J. Asprey of Kinlet, Shropshire to Miss Jane Cox of Bath, at Bathwick yesterday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1119/ article:3,c |
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| Art: Mr Hutchinson, portrait & miniature painter, Westgate Pl will be leaving Bath shortly. Also teaches head & figure drawing. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1119/ article:3 d |