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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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| Deaths: Mr John Wilson, many years cook of King's College, Cambridge, at Bath on Thu [15 Oct]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2011/ article:3 c |
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| Art: exhibition of crayon painting in a new style, historic, landscape, fruit & flowers at 1 Bath Street. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2012/ article:3 d |
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| Agriculture: for sale - several hundred young apple trees of 31 [named] varieties, at Mr Allen's nursery in Frome. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2013/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction - lot 1/2, 9 Russel St, Bath property of Mrs Cholwich, decd; lot 2/2, 34 Rivers St, property of Mrs Cholwich, decd., & now in possn of Mr Searle. At York House Hotel on Wed 18 Nov by Matthew Viel. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2014/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: Mr Whale, dancing master, 16 Beauford Sq., Bath teaches favourite & fashionable dances, Scots Reels, Shantrust & Highland dances with all the Caledonian Steps. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2015/ article:3 e |
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| Music: concert in New Assembly Rooms on 4 Nov for benefit of widow & children of Mr John Loder, musician. Vocalists Miss Gopell, Mr Braham, Messrs Taylor, Williamson, Tuck, Russell, J. Ashley, A. Loder; etc. Tickets 5s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2016/ article:3 e |
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| Services: horticulture - Wm. Dicker at Widcombe nr Bath, continues to lay out parks & gardens & sell trees of every variety. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2017/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: auction - all farming stock & household furniture on premises of Mr John Painter at Twinney in parish of Wellow, on Mon 26 & Tue 27 Oct by T. James, auctioneer. Inc. 80 ewes, 50 lambs, 6 draught horses & harnes, 2 hackney horses, 1 hackney colt, 2 milch cows, 1 fat pig, farming eqpt, barn implements, brewing & dairy utensils Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2018/ article:3 e |
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| Property: auction - dwelling-house, slaughter-houses, & stable belonging to John Hooper, butcher situated in Ladymead & on lease for 99 years from St John's Hospital. At Full Moon Inn, Horse Street, Bath on 31 Oct by W. Howton. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2019/ article:3 e |
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| News: a gold mine in Ireland turns out to be real. Above 1000 people, many of whom are suffering as a result of bad harvest, are now being employed in scratching and digging up the earth for gold. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2020/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Agriculture: Arthur Young, sec to the Board of Agriculture, says there is a sufficiency of bread corn. In previous year there was a deficiency of 1/5th of the crop Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2021/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Goods: bread - a bill will be brought to Parliament ordering the Assize of Bread to regulate on a different principle than at present. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2022/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Deaths: Mr Nichols, butcher of Saltford, after a lingering illness [NFD]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2023/ article:4 c |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol, since our last - beef 111 trc; butter 248 casks, 118 frk; coffee 193 hghd, 111 brls, 910 bags, 96 trc, 5 punch; cotton 195 bales; elephants' teeth 35; flax seed 28 brls, 4 pipes & 1 ¼-cask, 13 punch, 1 trc; fustic 16 tons; ginger 531 bags; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2024/ article:4 c |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol, contd - hides (ox & cow) 20; linen (Irish) 47 packs, 33 boxes; logwood 168 tons; mahogany 3 pieces, 22 planks; piemento 209 bags; pork 70 brls; rum 465 punch, 17 hghd; santa 1 hghd; shrub 1 hghd, 1 punch; skins (calf) 70 bund; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2025/ article:4 c |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol, contd - staves, & heading 175c; sugar 6247 hghd, 510 trc, 79 brls; tallow (Irish) 10 hghd; tamarinds 5 kegs; tortoise-shell 2 brls, 1 box; wine (Madeira) 1 pipe, 3 hghd; yarn (bay) 20 packs. contd Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2026/ article:4 c |
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| News: population of America - 3,900,000 in 1790; 5,200,000 in 1795. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2027/ article:1:00 AM |
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| News: peace between Elector of Hanover & the French gets rid of the subsidy paid to Governor of Hanover of £670,000 p.a & £30 for each man killed & £18 for each horse killed. No of deaths about 17,000. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2028/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Goods: at Ross butter & cheese Fair, best making cheese sold for 38-42s/100 [cwt], Welsh butter for 9s to 9s 9d/stone of 14lbs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2029/ article:1 b |
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| Politics: food riot - at Dills in Norfolk a few days since, in consequence of the high price of bread. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2030/ article:1 b |
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| Property: auction - lot 1/8, f/hold mssge 16 Westgate Bldgs, late in occup of Mrs Cottell, decd at rent of £6 12s p.a; lot 2/8, l/hold tnmnt cnr of Bond St in occup Mr Basnett, t.a.w. at rent £65 p.a, tenant to pay all taxes. At White Hart Inn Bath on Thu 12 Nov by C. Trimnell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2031/ article:1 d |
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| Property: auction - lot 3/8, l/hold tnmnt cnr Bondt St., (adj to lot 2), in occup Mr Field as t.a.w at rent £42 p.a.; lot 4/8, tnmnt in Bond St in occup Miss Richardson s t.a.w. at rent £42 p.a. At White Hart Inn Bath on Thu 12 Nov by C. Trimnell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2032/ article:1 d |
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| Property: auction - lot 5/8, tnmt in Bond St in occup of Mr Milgrove as t.a.w. at rent £42 p.a; lot 6/8, tnmt in Bond St, in occup by Mr Fricker, t.a.w. at rent £42 p.a. At White Hart Inn Bath on Thu 12 Nov by C. Trimnell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2033/ article:1 d |
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| Property: auction - lot 7/8, tnmnt in Bond St on lease to Mr Richards, 4 yrs remaining, rent £42 p.a; lot 8/8, tnmnt in Kingsmead in occup of Stephen Longford, rent £10 10s p.a, held under Sir Peter Rivers Gay, for 1 life not renewable. At White Hart Inn Bath on Thu 12 Nov by C. Trimnell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2034/ article:1 d |
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| Goods: Vivier, cook & confectioner, Brock St, Bath selling various kinds of ice. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2035/ article:1 e |
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| Finance: Old Bath Fire Offiice - general meeting of co-partners at the Guildhall Bath on Tue 10 Nov. M. Davis, secretary. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2036/ article:1 e |
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| Goods: horticulture - Hugh Lavington, nursery & seedsman in Devizes has taken his brother Robert into partnership, trading as Hugh & Robert Lavington. Selling a large selection of trees, plants, etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2037/ article:1 e |
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| Property: auction - lot 1/2, 9 Russel St, Bath, property of & late occupied by Mrs Cholwich, decd; lot 2/2, 34 Rivers St, property of Mrs Cholwich, decd., & now in possn of Mr Searle. At York House Hotel on Wed 18 Nov by Matthew Viel. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2038/ article:1 e |
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| Charity: Lord Viscount Dudley & Ward purchased a large quantity of corn & sells it to the poor at 8s/bushel & also continues his weekly donation of meat to the poor in his neighbourhood [? Himley Hall, Dudley, West Midlands]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2039/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: Assize of Bread, Bath - wheat 13s 6d/bshl inc allowance for baking & carriage. 1d wheaten to weigh 4oz 8dr, standard 5oz 2dr; 2d wheaten 9oz 0dr, standard 10oz 4 dr; 3d wheaten 13oz 8dr, standard 15oz 6dr, h/hold, 1lb 2oz 3dr; 6d wheaten 1lb 11oz 0dr, standard 1lb 14oz 12dr, h/hold 2lb 4oz 6dr. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2040/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Devizes 22 Oct, wheat 90s-106s, barley 30s-35s, oats 26s-28s, beans 52s-60s/qtr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2041/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: average price of corn, England & wales 17 Oct - wheat 76s 3d/qtr, rye 43s 1d, barley 32s 1d, oats 21s 11d, beans 45s 7d, peas 46s 10d Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2042/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: meat prices - Smithfield 26 Oct, to sink the offal, beef 2s2d-3s2d, mutton 3s4d-4s, veal 3s 4d-5s, pork 4s4d-5s, lamb 3s4d-4s4d/stone of 8lbs. Sold 3000 beasts, & 16500 sheep & lambs Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2043/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: at Salisbury fair, up to 250 tons of cheese for sale. Very prime old cheese was scarce & sold as high as £3 3s/cwt; Somerset prime new cheese sold from 48-54s/, do. 2nd 42-46s; best Dorset cheese 44-47s/. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2044/ article:2 c |
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| Travel: ##proprietors of navigation canal between Bath & Hanham Mill met at Town Hall Bath on 21 Oct to discuss the proposed canal from Bath to Bristol. Rev Martin Stafford Smith in chair. All were opposed to the scheme. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2045/ article:2 d |
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| Property: auction - 5, E-side Edward St in Bathwick parish, belonging to the late Jacob Earl, of Bath. At Argyle House Bathwick on Sat 31 Oct by J. Stafford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2046/ article:2 e |
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| Property: auction - dwelling house, slaughter-houses & stables in Ladymead of bankrupt John Hooper, butcher, on lease from St John's Hospital for 99 yrs. At Full Moon Inn, Horse St, Bath on Sat 31 Oct by W. Howton. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2047/ article:2 e |
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| Finance: meeting of creditors of bankrupt Heneage Ginder, lodging house keeper, late of Bath & now of Upper Bristol Rd, Walcot. At Gloucester & Oxford Inn, Walcot on 2 Nov. R. A. Sheppard, attorney in Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2048/ article:2 e |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - William Page, perfumer, dealer & chapman, now or late of Bath, to surrender to Cmmsnrs at house of Richard Beck, the Full Moon Inn & Tavern, Bath on 6 & 7 Nov, & 12 Dec. Signed R. A. Sheppard, attorney, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2049/ article:2 e |
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| Property: auction - f/hold, lot 1/2, "The Guns" public house Anclift, (5 miles from Bath), now occup by John Hargrave, with c. 1 acr.; & "The Carpenter's Arms" Anclift in occupation of Samuel Mundy with 7acr & 2P; 4 closes total 14 acr 29P; also a wood in Antclift let as quarry for Kennet & Avon canal. At New Bear Inn Bradford on 16 Nov by Mr Russ Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2050/ article:2 e |
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| Property: auction - lot 2/2, 3 cottages at Upper Westwood, on lease to Henry Rudman for 99 yrs; & 2 cottages at Anclift leased to Anthony Alloway for 99 yrs. At New Bear Inn Bradford on 16 Nov by Mr Russ Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2051/ article:2 e |
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| Goods: Juliana Simpson (from London) opening Linen Warehouse opp Pump Room, Abbey Churchyard for ready-made linen & children's linen Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2052/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Goods: sale of remainder of stock of William Collins, linen-draper, haberdasher & hosier leaving his house at 27 Market Pl, Bath at Xmas. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2053/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Finance: auction - unredeemed pledges of gold, silver & metal watches, jewellery & medals of Messrs Payne & Turner [pawnbrokers] at Mr Plura'a Great Room, 9 John St, Bath on Tue 3 Nov by Mr Plura Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2054/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Goods: for sale - 2 large furnaces, one for dying & other for scouring wool, with dye-house utensils. Apply Mrs Stump, Corsham Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2055/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Music: New Assembly Rooms - 9 subscription concerts under direction Mr Rauzzini beginning Wed 13 Nov. Vocal performers Mr Braham & Mdme Mara. George Colebrooke, chairman Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2056/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: New Assembly Rooms - First Fancy Dress Ball on Thu 29 Oct. First Dress Ball Mon 2 Nov. Richard Tyson, MC Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2057/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: Lower Assembly Rooms - First Dress Ball on Fri 13 Nov. First Fancy Ball on Tue 24 Nov. James King, MC Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2058/ article:3 d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl & Countess of Harcourt, Earl & Countess of Dalkeith, Earl of Deloraine, Viscount Valentia, Lord Leitrim, Lord Coleraine, Lady Sarah Crespigny, CONTD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2059/ article:3 d |
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| Visitors: Bath arrivals, contd - Lady St Lawrence, Hon Mrs Butler, Hon Mr & Mrs Matthew, Hon & Rev Mr & Mrs Lawrence, Hon Mrs Eliott, Sir Charles Oakeley & Lady, Sir John Barclay, Sir John Macpherson, Sir William Clarke [NOTP], Gen Hammett. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2060/ article:3 d |