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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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| Politics: dispute between Alderman Townsend & Alderman Wilkes re. contracts, discharge of printers & anonymous allegations - details of Mr Townsend's rebuttal. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1148/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Employment: journeyman apothecary wants place immediately for 6 months or year. Well recommended by present employer. Enq printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1153/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Deaths: Mr Nicholas Green, treasurer to Trowbridge Turnpikes, last week Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1205/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: for sale - Bath laces, lappets, points & ready-made gentlemens lace ruffles, at Mr Coward's in Stall St., Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1213/ article:2 c |
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| Marriages: Mr Drewett of Cullern [Colerne] Wilts to Mrs Woodford of Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1193/ article:3 c |
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| Sport: Bath Races, results [for Tue 24 Sep] - £50 free plate (3 ran), Mr Hugo's grey horse "Frolic" won in 2 heats, beating Mr Carpenter's grey horse "Danger" & Mr Brereton's bay horse "Star". Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1050/ article:3 d |
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| News: ## accident at last ball at New Assembly Rooms when one of the branches of a chandelier broke, has resulted in all the chandeliers being removed & replaced with others (23 Oct). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1163/ article:3 b |
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| Property: to let - 40 acres sheep pasture & adjoining farm of 16 acres. Enq Wm. Purdie in the Orange Grove, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1129/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: Devizes Assembly on Monday 14 Oct, to begin at 6 o'c. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1083/ article:1 c |
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| Charity: Pauper Scheme - gentlemen subscribers to meet at Mr Gyde's Rooms next Monday at 1pm. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1172/ article:3 d |
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| Charity: public breakfast at Mr Gyde's Rooms on Sat 9 Nov. for poor patients of the General Hospital, tickets 5s from booksellers & coffee houses. Total number of patients relieved by this scheme 2337 since Jan 1771. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1237/ article:3 d |
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| Health: ## testimonials to cures by Dr Eickhoff since his arrival in Bath (lodges at 6 Wine St in the Amery) - Mary Brook, age 55 of Claverton St, blind for 2 years from a speck in her R. eye cured in 5 days & can see the smallest object; Joseph Hopkins age 65 of Southstoke nr the3Midford Hill turnpike, cured from pain all over in 6 days & able to throw away his crutch; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1214/ article:2 c |
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| Employment: apprentice wanted by Richard Goldstone, druggist, apothecary & dentist, at shop opp. Mr Wiltshire's in Broad St., Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1221/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Employment: wanted an assistant for a writing school - apply to David Surcome, writing master & accomptant in Devizes. All letters to be post-paid. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1187/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: to let - 5 tnmnts in Bradford, now let to John Thatcher, Thos. Jacobs, Joseph Gay, Wm. Tucker & Richard Milsom. Enq Mr Jesser, attorney of Frome. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1219/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Goods: Stone & Roberts, lace importers, at Lace & Muslin warehouse, upper end Market Place, Bath. New stock just received [details]. Great choice of Bath, Brussels, mignoinet, trolly, laces & edgings, etc; damasks & draper tabling, Irish linens & Gulix Hollands. Funerals furnished. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1223/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Agriculture: ## Mr Moore, the mechanic, has invented a new plough which uses fewer horses. His improvements in wheel-carrying also reduces the use of draught horses, so overall the number of horses consuming wasteful amounts of food is greatly reduced & can be used more economically. Thus affecting the price of travel, carriage of goods & use of land for produce. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1181/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Leisure: Chippenham Assembly on Wednesday 13 Nov. Tickets from the White Hart Inn [Chippenham]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1210/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: for sale - wine, fresh teas [listed], furniture, china, etc at Clarke's Great Auction room, at Iron Gate, Walcot St., Bath (heated in winter). Variety of goods & stock in trade all sold cheap [list] inc. Madeira 2s6d-2s8d/bottle, British wine Malaga Mountain 3s6d/gall or 11d/bottle, Sun Lisbon 4s-4s 6d/gall or 1s1d- 1s2d/bott; wax candles 2s5d-2s9d/lb. Charge of 1s to see 4000 year old Egyptian mummy. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1224/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Goods: auction - 10 pipes fine Madeira wine in 2 lots (pipe = 110 galls). At their Cabinet upholstery Warehouse in Union Pssge, Bath, next Tue 19 Nov., by Messrs Davis & Bartlett. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1254/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: to let - by the year, apartment on 1st floor, with dining room, 2 bedchambers, dressing room & closet, use of kitchen. Enq at Mrs Wingrove's, Walcot St., Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1228/ article:3 b |
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| Travel: ## for sale - newly-built sedan chair by Vaughan, ornamented & silk lined, originally cost £56 now for 30 guin. Enq. Clarke's Great Auction Room Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1226/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Duchess of Newcastle, Lord Viscount Barrington. Sir Robert Kite & lady, Sir Harry Gray, Sir William Draper & Lady, Sir Thomas Whitmore & Lady, Count Gerzondoff [NOTP], Bishop of Bristol & lady, Dean Tucker, Bishop of London, Gen. Brown, Gen. Layton Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1196/ article:3 d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Duke of Leeds; Lady Effingham Howard; Lady Fleming & 2 Misses Fleming; Hon Mr Butler, Lady, Master & Miss Butler; Sir George Osborne; Sir Robert Smith; Sir Wm. Codrington; Sir John Browne; Lady Arbin [NOTP]; Bishop of Salisbury; Dean Corker, lady & Miss Corker; Gen. Sandford; Dr Delacoeur, etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1234/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: we learn that the comic opera "Capricious Lovers" is now written as a farce & is in rehearsal for Bath Theatre Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1263/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mr John Anthony, Master of the Copper Mills at Pensford, in Bath on Sunday [27 Oct]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1203/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: George Harris, esq., of Edmonton, Middx., at his lodgings in Bath on Friday [1 Nov]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1242/ article:3 d |
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| Health: ## a cure for mad dog bite [rabies] - many mad dogs seen in & about Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1246/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: James Fonten, age 105 in the Merchant's Hospital at Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1231/ article:3 c |
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| Property: for sale - 4 tnmnts in Rode, now in possn of Mr Robert Adams & his under-tenants. Enq Mr Jesser, attorney in Frome. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1218/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Deaths: Mr James Henderson, late brewer of Bath, last night [Tue 5 Nov]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1243/ article:3 d |
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| Property: for sale - house in centre of Gallaway's Bldgs, now in possn of Mr Brookes. Enq Mr Howse in the Market Pl, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1252/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: to let - lodging house of late Mrs Robins in Abbey Green, Bath. Enq Mr Coward's in Stall St., Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1212/ article:2 c |
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| Property: to let - by week, month, or year, furnished house with 2 rooms per floor. Enq Walter Taylor, grocer in High St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1217/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Military: Wilts Militia reviewed at Devizes last Thursday, by Rt Hon Earl Pembroke, Lord Lt of County, attended by great number of local nobility & gentry. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1244/ article:3 d |
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| Churches: ## church rates - legal case between the Churchwardens of Deptford & the Rector of Deptford at Doctors Commons on Tuesday, when after a hearing of 6 hours, the Judge decided that the Rector did not have a right to pay the Church rate in the same way as the inhabitants [of the parish] (London, 15 Nov). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1271/ article:1 b |
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| Law: Sheriffs nominated for year 1772, Somersetshire - John Durbin, yngr., esq., of Walton; Henry Rodbard, esq., of Merriott; Levi Aunes, esq., of Shepton Mallett (London, 15 Nov). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1269/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Livestock: auction - horses [long list] at White Lion, Market Pl, Bath, this Thursday [14 Nov]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1251/ article:2 b |
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| Property: to let - furn/unfurn, house in Bathford, with parlour, kitchen & hall, 4 bedchambers, good cellars & garden. Moderate terms. Enq Mr Taff, Crown Inn, Bathford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1227/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Mr Perry, distiller of Bath to Miss Molly Morgan of Norton St. Philip, on Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1177/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mr Berry in Kingsmead St, Bath, on Friday [8 Nov]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1266/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: Van Sommer & Co. Silk Weavers Warehouse, cnr Gallaway's Bldgs, North Parade, Bath - have just received Autumn & Winter silks. Gold & silver shapes for gentlemen's waistcoats, silk & Nassua damasks & all other silks for furniture. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1256/ article:3 b |
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| Property: to let - furn/unfurn, dining room & bedchamber. Enq Shaw, peruke maker Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1248/ article:1 d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Thu, the tragedy of "Oroonoko", with "the Musical Lady" & dancing; Sat, "The West Indian" with "The Ghost" & dancing. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1235/ article:3 d |
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| Crime: ## theft of brass cock from the Pump Room on 29 Oct. Reward of 2 guin for information leading to conviction & further 2 guin reward from James Banbury, pumpee, for information leading to conviction of those guilty of various indecencies there. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1188/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord & Lady Orwell, Lady Dilling, Lady Malpas, Lady Edwards, Hon Mr Morris, Sir Thos. Tankard [NOTP], Gen Lawrence, Rev Mr Coxe. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1261/ article:3 d |
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| Notices: last Mon, John Horton, esq., elected Mayor of Bath, & Mr James Ferry & Mr Roger Hereford, sheriffs for coming year. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1043/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Henry Dampier, esq., one of the Aldermen of Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1169/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: New Assembly Rooms - Ball for the MC on 25 Nov. Tickets at Mr Wade's in Edgar's Bldgs; New Assembly rooms; booksellers & coffee houses. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1262/ article:3 d |
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| Property: to let - furnished, dining room apartment. Enq Richard Goldstone, druggist, apothecary & dentist at shop opp. Mr Wiltshire's in Broad St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1222/ article:3:00 AM |