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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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| Leisure: benefit Miss Valois - a tragedy -- [paper torn] "Cyrus" at King Street theatre [Theatre Royal Bristol] on 27 Aug, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 895/ article:3 d |
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| Agriculture: wheat prices - Bear Key 30-45s/qtr, Warminster 40-52s/, Devizes 40-58s/ Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 895/ article:3,d |
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| Travel: T Cook gives notice that advertisement in Bath Journal stating coaches removed from [his] Castle Inn, nr St Michael's Church to Greyhound & Shakespeare is totally false. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 895/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Leisure: Spring Gardens Vauxhall - concert of vocal & instrmntl music & illuminations on Tue 17 June & every Tue in season. Grand display of fireworks. Tickets 1s Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 895/ article:3 c |
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| Charity: Children of the Charity Schools - collections at churches on Sun 17 May with additional donations totalled £105 0s 2½d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 895/ article:3,c |
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| Services: Wm Cooper, grocer, tea dealer, tobacconist at 6 St James's St, St James's Sq, Bath offers cloth dressing and pressing service, riding habits/coats turned & dressed as new Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 895/ article:2 c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Marquis of Townshend, Lord John Beresford, Lady Huntingfield, Lady Lum, Lady Bamfylde, Lady Scott, Lady Dawson, Hon Lady Wentworth, Sir John Pepperall & Lady NOTP. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 895/ article:3,c |
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| Finance: Tax - assessors for Bath & Bathforum must return Statements of Income received by them by 22 Apr or incur penalty of £20. Richard Else, clerk to Commissioners, 9 Fountain Bldgs, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 895/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: all claimants & debtors to estate & effects of Mr William Easton, attorney, late of Bradford, Wilts to send accounts to Mr Clutterbuck of Bradford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 896/ article:1 c |
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| Health: remedies - "Parisian vegetable syrup" for all venereal & scorbutic disorders. 7s 6d/bottle & duty, sold by Mr Cruttwell Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 896/ article:4,c |
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| Travel: coaches from Castle Inn Bath at 6am; do at 5pm with a guard to London; coach daily exc Sun at 5am to Exeter; coach Mon Wed & Frid to Gloucester, Shrewsbury & Holyhead; coach to Bristol 9am & 3 or 4pm. T Cook, 23 May. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 896/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Leisure: Spring Gardens Vauxhall - public tea with French horns & clarinets etc next Thursday & every Thur until Theatre closes, when it will be on Sat. Tickets 1s, entitle to tea or coffee. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 896/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let - unfurnished convenient country house at Perrymead in Lyncombe & Widcombe parish. (House adjoins beautiful cottage now in possn of John Harris). 6 year lease. ½ mile from Old Bridge, good views, would suit invalid. [no rent given] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 896/ article:3,d |
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| Property: auction - 2 freehold messuages at Weston Grove, Bath. At Crown Inn, Weston, Bath 14 Apr at 4pm [NFD]. Enq Mr Geo Ladd or Geo Jones, Weston Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 896/ article:2 d |
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| Marriages: Lately, at Paulton, Mr John Hutchins, jnr, of Norton St Philips, to Miss Biggs of Radford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 896/ article:3,c |
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| Travel: ## new, large & commodious coach from White Hart, Bath to Salisbury & Portsmouth, starting next Wed, then Mon, Wed, Fri at 9.30am. 8 passengers inside . Fares - Salisbury 10s 6d in, 6s out; Portsmouth £1 1s in, 12s out. Performed by Pickwick & Co Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 896/ article:3 c |
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| Employment: wanted immediately - person, pref age 30-40 yrs, to live in the country at Leigh nr Westbury Wilts & serve as upper servant or housekeeper with thorough understanding of pickling, preserving & pastry, getting up linens, serving dinner most genteelly & perfect needlework. Apply Thos Phipps, esq at Leigh Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 897/ article:1 c |
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| Employment: wanted - Matron for Bath Hospital. Unmarried & of good character. Apply before June 22nd. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 897/ article:1,b |
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| Leisure: Spring Gardens - concerts, fireworks & illuminations in manner of Vauxhall, London commence 25 May. Tickets 1s at Gardens & Parade Coffee House. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 897/ article:3 b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord Doneraile, Madame Lauvet, Sir Richard & Lady Frances Quin [NOTP]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 897/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: letter to printer complaining of present low standard of plays at Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 897/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lady Palmerstone, Sir Foster & Lady Cunliffe, Sir Henry & Lady Tuite, Sir James & Lady Sully, Lady Gardenston, Lady Cotterel Dormer, Maj Gen Sir Wm Green, Sir Clement Cotterell [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 897/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Abraham, wife of Wm Abraham, esq of Bathwick, on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 897/ article:3,c |
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| Travel: coach from White Hart, Bath to Southampton - every day except Sunday, fare £1 1s inside, 11s outside. Performed by Pickwick & Co Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 897/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let - farm in Weston, house, offices, 100 acres arable & 240 acres meadow & pasture. Details Mr Cumming, attorney of Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 898/ article:1 c |
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| Finance: all indebted to late Samuel Hilliker, Marlborough apply to Wm. Strugnell, Marlborough (executor). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 898/ article:1,c |
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| Leisure: Villa gardens - public breakfast with catches & glees by Miss Pool on 31 May. Tickets 3s 6d at W Gye, Westgate Bldgs & at Gardens, Pump Room, libraries. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 898/ article:3 b |
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| News: ## nuisance - we hear the inhabitants of Milsom St, Bath are determined to get a bill of indictment preffered at our next Qtr sessions against persons who turn the ashes out of dust bins & dispense it about the street, a nuisance long complained about. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 898/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: brass compass fender stolen by a woman from Mr Reeve's lodging house 16 Milsom St last Thursday. 3 guin reward from Bath Society of Guardians on conviction Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 898/ article:4,d |
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| Churches: cenotaph to the memory of Thomas Chatterton to be erected in Redcliffe Church, Bristol (his father was lay Vicar of Bristol Cathedral) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 898/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Miss Brown, dtr of Mr John Brown, clothier of Shepton Mallet, last Friday, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 898/ article:3,c |
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| Politics: parliamentary candidates - freeholders of Somerset to beware of giving promises of support to any gentleman offering himself as candidate at next General Election Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 898/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let - large lodging house in Chapel Court nr Cross Bath. Enq Mr Hetling in house opposite. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 899/ article:1 d |
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| Publications: "Ready Reckoner" by Daniel Fenning. Printed S Crowder, 12 Paternoster Row, London. 1s. 6d. Sold all booksellers Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 899/ article:1,d |
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| Charity: benefit Mrs Ball (blind & reduced circumstances by treachery) - public breakfast at Spring Gardens Tue 30 May. 2s 6d from Hazard's, bookseller, Cheap St; Lintern's music shop, Pratt & Marshall's library, Milsom St; Cameron's, hairdresser, Milsom St; Mr Shaw's linen draper, Churchyard; etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 899/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mr J Drake, coachpainter of Bath on Thurs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 899/ article:3 c |
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| News: Royal Tour - Weymouth, Cheltenham, Bath & Bristol mentioned as intended to be visited this summer in the course of the Royal Tour Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 899/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Health: Earl of Chesterfield is appointed President of Bath Hospital for the ensuing year. Rev Dr Sumner, Gill Badely, esq & Maj Hatsell as governors, Wm Watson, esq treasurer in place of late Samuel Campbell, esq Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 899/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: the lady of Arthur Molesworth, esq of Burlington St, on Saturday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 899/ article:3,c |
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| Property: for sale or let by yr - large house in Circus, Bath fit for nobleman's family with coachhouse & stables. If sold, furniture to be taken at valuation. Enq Mr Pickwick, White Hart, Bath; or Mr Fletcher, Circus Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 899/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: auction - house contents, listed, all only 12 months old, of Mrs Iredell at Chapel Court near Cross Bath. She is moving to furnished premises on South Parade. By Hill & Birchall on 31 [sic] Sep. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 900/ article:1 d |
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| Music: London News - "Handel Commemoration" [? the 1st concert in Westminster Abbey on 100th anniversary of birth - 22 lines of praise] 600 performers mostly volunteers inc. Madame Mara. £12,000 said to have been collected. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 900/ article:2,a |
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| Property: to be disposed of - the house & stock in trade, late of John Mayo, bankrupt at Devizes. Partcs Messrs Richard Read & George Hillier at Devizes (assignees), etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 900/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Mr Thomas James, banker of Bath after a long & painful illness on Friday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 900/ article:3 c |
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| Fashion: toiletries - "Stiracia's fine Italian oils" for making the hair grow and preventing its falling out. Sold by Mr Cruttwell & by several agents & distributors of Chronicle paper, pots 4s 6d each. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 900/ article:1 b |
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| Marriages: Mr Thomas Lovett, marble mason of Bath to Miss Ann Baster of Dunkirk nr Devizes, at Rowde on Monday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 900/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Henry Cape, gent, late of Northampton, age 25 on Sunday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 900/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: auction - clergyman's neat & useful furniture inc elegant tent bedstead with dome, tester, harness, saddles etc. At Great Room, 9 John St, Bath on 22 Apr by Mr Plura Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 900/ article:3 d |
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| Property: to let - house in Gallaway's Buildings, 2 rooms per floor. Enq Mr Brookes, St James's St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 901/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Finance: ## list of taxes etc laid this Parlmntry session - land tax 4s; additional tax male servants (1 @ £1 5s, 2-4 @ £1 10s each, 5-7 @ £1 15s ea, 8-10 @ £2 ea, 11+ £3 each; tax female servants (1 @ 2s 6d, 2 @ 5s ea, 3 etc & 10s each). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 901/ article:2,b |