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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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| Health: "A Letter to a Surgeon on Inoculation" with remarks on Dr Dimsdale's pamphlet, by John Blake, surgeon at Bristol, published this day price 1s 6d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1355/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Finance: state lottery tickets sold at Wm. Clement & Rbt. Clement, linen drapers in Wade's Passage, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1363/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Thurs, "Lover in a Village" with "The Commissary" & dancing; Sat, "The Clandestine Marriage" with "The Capricious Lovers" & dancing. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1343/ article:3 c |
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| Charity: Pauper Scheme - number of patients relieved since Jan 1771, total 2357 [monthly figures given]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1200/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: John Rule, esq., (whose death was listed in previous edition) was lately a commissioner of HM Victualling Office & sailed around the world with late Lord Anson. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1313/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: John Kendall sells all sorts of useful china at his china shop, the Golden Canister, Pierrepont St., South Parade, Bath, also [sells] teas, coffee & chocolate. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1296/ article:3 b |
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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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| Marriages: Capt. Fraser, to Miss Hale of Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1322/ article:2 b |
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| Law: County JPs judged tythe of turnip seed (claimed & taken for many years by the improprietor, some parishioners of hamlet of Upton) are the undoubted property of the Vicar of Blewbury (Reading, 7 Dec). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1387/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Crime: stolen from Mr Evatt's in Westgate St., Bath early today - various bank post bills made out to Miss Jane Luther (£50), & Rowland Blackman, esq., (£25), & about 30 guin cash & clothing. Mr Price at Mr Evatt's offers reward of 10 guin for info leading to conviction of offenders. Also stolen 2 silver teaspoons & silver tongs marked M.D. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1364/ article:3 b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Prince Kourakin, Prince Gagrin, Marquis of Rosignan, Lord & Lady Camden, Miss Pratt, Lady Mostyn, Count Gerzendoff [NOTP], Rev Dr Paul.. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1371/ article:3 d |
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| Health: ## John Goldstone, operator for teeth, in Green St., Bath. With his partner Mr Allen, he makes & fits natural or artificial teeth, etc. To avoid mistakes be it known that it is his son who has moved to Broad Street. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1337/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Devizes, last Thursday, wheat 48s-64s/qtr, barley 25s-29s/, oats 17s-21s/ beans 32s-40s/, peas 36s-40s/qtr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1369/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Thurs, "Romeo & Juliette" with "The Ghost" & dancing; Sat, "Lionel & Clarissa" with "The Lyar" & dancing; Tues, "The Good Natur'd Man" with "The Capricious Lovers" & dancing. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1373/ article:3 d |
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| Travel: ## self-moving phaeton or electrical machine exhibited at Wheatsheaf, Stall Street, Bath , admission 1s per person. Able to move on road without aid of horse or cattle at 5 - 8 miles per hour. Weighs 5 cwt. Was exhibited at Oxford in 1768 (prior to Mr Moore's). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1331/ article:2 d |
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| Property: for sale - together/separate, 3 large well-built houses, nr Cross Bath, Bath & owned by Mrs Hetling. Largest 7 rooms on 1st floor (one 33'X18'), 9 rooms on 2nd floor; adj house, 3 good rooms/floor; 3rd house (opp other 2) has 4 rooms on ground floor & 6 on 1st floor. All 3 houses to continue as lodgings till sold & are well furnished. Houses sitd in a court 133' long & 30' broad. Enq Hall & Birchall, Queen Sq., Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1360/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Churches: Rt. Hon Earl of Westmoreland has appointed Rev John Chapman, M.A., (rector of Weston & assistant preacher at Octogon Chapel, Bath), to be his Lordship's domestic chaplain. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1374/ article:3 d |
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| Crime: counterfeit coins - "bad" 4d & 6d pieces in circulation, deep colour but larger than "good" ones & so bent as to appear the right size (London, 13 Dec). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1404/ article:1 b |
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| Crime: abandoned - yesterday, a female baby girl age about 3 months was found in a doorway in Green Street, Bath, nearly dead from hunger, etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1378/ article:3 d |
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| Marriages: Capt. John Hodges (eldest son of Sir James Hodges), to Miss Fanny Deane, daughter of late Rt. Hon Sir Robert Deane, bart., at Walcot Church on Saturday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1376/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Rt. Hon Thomas Fane, Earl of Westmoreland & Baron Burghersh, at his lodgings [in Bath] on Monday. [Details of his mariage & children]. Title goes to eldest son whose seat in Parliament will thereby be vacated. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1346/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: John Kendall, sells useful English & foreign china at his shop, the Golden Canister in Pierrepont Street near South Parade, some tea sets as cheap as 3s 6d per set. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1384/ article:1 c |
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| Health: remedies - "Maredant's Drops" for cure of leprosy, scurvy, ulcers, fistula, piles, etc. In square bottles, sold at 6s by Mr Cruttwell, printer & Mr Attwood, toyman (both in Bath); Mr Hancock [sic] (Frome); Burrough (Devizes); Stuart (Bradford); etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1413/ article:2 c |
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| Crime: Williams, a cobbler, lately apprehended in Bath after breaking out from Radnor Gaol, has been recommitted. He was part of a gang of sheep stealers & house breakers, etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1353/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction - tenement in Bridewell Lane, Bath, recently occupied by John Perry, tailor & leased from Bath Corporation. Capable of much improvement as outlet provides additional depth 45ft from front to back & 16ft width. At Greyhound Inn, Market Place, Bath on 30 Dec. Partcrs from Mr Gunning, attorney in Belmont, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1392/ article:2 d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl & Countess of Shrewsbury, Lady Glanville, Lady Powell, Sir Edward Thomas, Sir Hugh Dalrymple & Lady, Sir Thomas Gooch & Lady. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1396/ article:3 c |
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| News: notice has appeared that "Ladies in the Purlieus" find their business so threatened & declining owing to large number of interlopers to trade styling themselves wives & daughters, that in future all whores must wear long streamers on their hats, etc (London, 6 Dec). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1381/ article:1 b |
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| Deaths: Mr Adam Forster, merchant, in Bristol. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1368/ article:3 d |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Warminster, last Sat (bsh 9 gall. 1 quart), wheat 48s-62s/qtr, beans 19s-21s/, barley 25s-29s/, oats 16-18s/qtr. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1393/ article:3 b |
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| News: ## mildness of seasonal weather shown by a pear in full blossom in Mr Larkum's, garden in Warminster. Last week a bird's nest & 5 eggs under sitting bird found near Tetbury. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1402/ article:3 c |
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| Health: remedies - "Pectoral Lozenges of Tolu" for colds, coughs, etc., by P. Page, chemist, druggist & apothecary, Bath, are now reduced to 9d/box & as good as those at 1s. Also, the "Tincture" is sold by A. Jolly, at Italian Warehouse opposite Pump Room, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1362/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Deaths: Henry Bridges, Duke of Chandos, etc, etc., at his seat nr Hampshire. Succeeded by his only son James. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1367/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Miss Le Fleming (eldest sister to Sir Robert Le Fleming, bart) at Bristol Hotwells [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1394/ article:3 c |
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| News: "The Endeavour", Capt Cooke [Cook] from Chester to Havre de Grace, is lost in Mount's Bay (London, 17 Dec). [N.B. Capt James Cook was killed in Hawaii on 14 Feb 1779). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1421/ article:3 b |
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| Health: remedies - "Mayelston's famous Pectoral Balsamic Tobacco" [list of its wonderful properties & cures]. Only sold at makers shop in Edinburgh, & by appointment at Star & Garter opposite Gallaway's Buildings Bath, price 6s/lb. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1419/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Finance: lottery ticket with a prize of £10,000, the property of Mrs Daubuz of Gay Street, Bath, was drawn on Sat se'nnight.. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1401/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Richard Anthony, esq., of Bedfordshire, at his lodgings in the city [Bath] last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1377/ article:3 d |
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| Property: ## to let - lodging house of late Mrs Robins in Abbey Green having 8 rooms at 10s, plus garrets & 2 parlours. Rent 50 guin p.a., plus taxes. Furniture & linen available at extra cost. Enq Mr Coward at his lace warehouse in Stall Street where he is having closing down sale of his entire stock. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1327/ article:2 d |
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| Property: to let - house in Ladymead, Bath with 4 rooms/floor, & both sorts of water. Enq Mr Fowell, attorney in Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1416/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Goods: auction - standing elm timber, in 5 lots (in Chadley Ground, Wood Ground, Poor Lays & Webb's Mead, Sheephouse ground, & Long Lays). At house of Mr Richard Poore, King's Arms Inn, Melksham on 8 Oct. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 947/ article:1 d |
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| Publications: "Dissertation on Castor Oil" by Peter Canvane, M.D of Bath, MRCP Lond., F.R S. 2nd edition published this day, price 1s 6d. Printed by W. Frederick, bookseller of Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1406/ article:1 d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Thu, "The Wonder" with "The Padlock" & dancing; Sat, "All in the Wrong" with entertainments; Tue, "As You Like It" with "The Capricious Lovers" & dancing. The tragedy of "Cyrus" & a musical "The Recruiting Sergeant" currently in rehearsal & is shortly to be performed. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1398/ article:3 c |
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| Employment: apprentice wanted - by John Latty, ironmonger. Must be a sober lad with good references and able to write. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1385/ article:1 c |
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| News: flooding in the North - further news of damage done by late terrible inundation, [lists Tyne bridges etc., washed away]. The great collieries of Cheator's Haugh & North Biddick drowned & lost, etc (from Newcastle 22 Nov). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1338/ article:3 b |
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| Law: ## Bristol Assizes on Mon se'nnight - several inhabitants of St James's won an action against Mr James in Stoke's Croft for nuisance from his keeping a great number of pigs, their dung, etc., creating offence. Mr James was ordered to remove his pigs by 6 Apr 1771. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 935/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let - furnished or unfurnished, very good house in Twerton, with large garden, wall & other fruit trees, stable for 6 horse, & chaise-house, etc. Enq Mrs Brokenbrow at the house; or Wm. Percival, attorney in Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1411/ 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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| Marriages: Mr Abraham Sandy of Newbury, to Miss Cook of Nurstead, at Devizes Chapel [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1319/ article:2 b |
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| Property: for sale - new-built messuage in Garrard St., in the Amery, Bath & large plot behind large enough for another house. Late property of Thos Parfitt, tiler, deceased. Enq Wm. Percival, attorney. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1412/ article:2 c |
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| Publications: "The Bath Picture" or a sketch of its beauties in 1771, a ballad available from Cruttwell's printing office & booksellers for 2d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1372/ article:3 d |