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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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| Publications: "Letters on agriculture & planting, published by Bath and West of England Agricultural Society, 7 vols £1 19s.,"The Farmer's Magazine" 5 volumes 20s., "Dictionary of Husbandry, Planting & Gardening", 1 vol 10s. [printed by R. Cruttwell & available all booksellers] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 461/ article:1 b |
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| Publications: "A Liberal Version of the Psalms" by Rev W. R. Wake, vicar of Blackwell, curate of St Michael's Bath, in 2 vols 7s, printed by R. Cruttwell & available all booksellers] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 462/ article:1 b |
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| Publications: "Postscript to the New Bath Guide" by Anthony Pasquin, 2s 6d., "Bath, Its Beauties & Amusements" 6d., "An Essay on the Preservation of Health" by Wm. Falconer of Bath MD, FRS, 2 vols., 1s 6d. [printed by R. Cruttwell & available all booksellers] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 463/ article:1 b |
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| Publications: ## "Cautions to the Heads of Families concerning the poison of lead and copper in cooking utensils" by A. Fothergill of Bath MD, FRS 1s 6d., "Dr Corp's Essay on Jaundice & the Use of Bath Water" 1s 6d. [? printed by R. Cruttwell & available all booksellers] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 464/ article:1 b |
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| Military: the Mayor & Corporation of Bath thank the Hon. Lord Visc Falmouth & his corps of gentlemen of the Cornish Cavalry for their honorable conduct & deportment during their continuance in Bath (Guildhall, 19 Feb.). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 465/ article:1 c |
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| Property: to let - large & elegant house, 38 Milsom St, Bath, suitable for a large gentleman's family, or genteel lodging house. Enq Mr Plura, 10 Milsom St., or Mr Randall of Paulton. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 466/ article:1 c |
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| Property: to let - grist mill & dwelling house at Monkton Combe Mill nr Bath, with skin-house, three pits & 2 rooms for drying wool. Fit for a miller, skinner or clothier. Apply Mr Robert Langley at Waterhouse nr the premises. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 467/ article:1 c |
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| Agriculture: for sale - a good quantity of very good hay by the rick or ton. Enq Daniel Canvin, blacksmith, Temple Cloud [? near Hallatrow] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 468/ article:1 c |
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| Leisure: New Assembly Rooms - meeting of subscribers to Dress Balls at New Assembly Rooms on 21 Feb, resolved that no professional actors or musicians be admitted to these balls, card assemblies or public walkings in the Rooms. Gill Badeley, esq, chairman. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 469/ article:1 d |
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| Music: Pump Room - meeting of subscribers to Dress Balls at New Assembly Rooms on 21 Feb, also resolved that committee approach Bath Corporation for improvements in music at the Pump Room. Corporation receive a lot of money from the waters. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 470/ article:1 d |
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| Leisure: Bath Catch Club - 6th Gentlemen's night (9th meeting) at the White Hart Inn on 6 March. President takes chair at 7 o'c, & catches & glees commence precisely at 7.30 o'c. Committee meeting at White Hart on Thursday at 1 o'c to ballot for new members. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 471/ article:1 d |
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| Leisure: benefit for Mrs Didier - a comedy "Duplicity" with farce "The Romantic Lady" by Sir Rd. Steele, at Theatre Royal Bath on 26 Feb. Tickets Mrs Didier, 1 Orchard St, etc. [no price] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 472/ article:1 d |
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| Leisure: benefit for Mr Keasberry - comedy "Such Things Are" with musical entertainment "The Farmer" at Theatre Royal Bath on Sat 28 Feb. Tickets Mr Keasberry in St James's Street. [no price] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 473/ article:1 d |
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| Music: Bath City Infirmary & Dispensary - annual concert to be held at Upper Rooms on Wed 4 Mar under direction Sgnr Rauzzini Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 474/ article:1 d |
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| Property: auction - dwelling house in Walcot St, Bath formerly in possession of Mr Forman, [attorney], decd. At Castle & Ball Inn, Bath on Tuesday 3 March by Wm. Evill. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 475/ article:1 e |
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| News: the number of deaths in London Metropolis within the last few months was double that in same time since the Plague last century. Mortality chiefly among the poor & attributed to cost of food & clothing (London, 23 Feb). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 476/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - George Vasey, hosier of Bath (from Saturday's Gazette).. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 477/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol since last - ashes (pearl) 79brls; boards (pine) 10c, 2 qtrs; elephant's teeth 120; flax seed 197 trc; iron (pig) 2 tons, 14c; lemons & oranges 10 boxes; nuts (hickory) 2brls; oats 2960 bshls; peas 40trc; staves 314c, 3qtrs; succades 2 boxes; tar 472 brls; turpentine 16brls; wine (Lisbon) 13 buts. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 478/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Devizes 19 Feb, wheat 50s-62s, beans 50s-54s, hog peas 58s-72s, barley 35s-40s, oats 26s-29s/qtr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 479/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: average corn prices, England 14 Feb, wheat 58s 4d; barley 34s 8d; rye 41s 4d; oats 22s 2d; beans 45s 8d; peas 57s 6d/qtr. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 480/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: bread prices - peck loaf 17lb 6oz, 2s 11d; ½-peck loaf 8lb 11oz, 17½d; quartern 4lb 5oz 8dr, 8¾d (from Market Herald) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 481/ article:2 b |
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| Property: to let - messuage or tnmnt & shop in Pippett St, Bradford now in the renting of Mr Thomas Nicholls, tailor & shopkeeper Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 482/ article:2 c |
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| Charity: Widow Tabor (whose husband was run over by a cart & killed on 3 Feb), has no bed to lie on, not 6d to support herself & 2 children. Donations thankfully received at Mr Wood's; Mr Shaw's; & the Mr Hallett's, Cheap St; Mr Large, Broad St; Mr Goldby, hosier, Church St; & at Libraries Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 483/ article:2 c |
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| Property: private sale - all the messuage with stables & buildings called "The George Inn" between Bath Street & St James's Prde, Bath, suutablemfor street to connect Stall St through Bath St to Lwr Borough Walls. Greatest part held by Hospital of St John the Baptist, at rent £6 p.a. Remaining part held by by Corporation of Bath, 4s p.a Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 484/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: household - "Universal Genuine Liquid Blue" for dying, prepared and sold wholesale & retail by J. Cuff, chemist (successor to Howe & Co), Milsom St., Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 485/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: for sale - at reduced prices, whole stock of choice, valuable plants & trees, also greenhouse plants. Would accept offer for whole stock plus newly-built house, hothouse & summer house. Richard Jones, Rose Hill House nr Beacon Hill, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 486/ article:2 d |
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| Finance: the partnership dissolved today 20 Feb between Joseph Sheppard & Samuel Shingles, woolstaplers of Frome. Business continued by Samuel Shingles. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 487/ article:2 d |
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| Agriculture: auction sale - ca. 100 tons prime hay in fields adj. Bath to Devizes turnpike Rd, at Shawhill Farm near Melksham on 16 Mar by Harry Russ Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 488/ article:2 d |
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| Charity: ## for industrious poor - meeting at Guildhall Bath on 21 Feb. 2535 familes (9037 persons) given a total of £152 2s 7d. As the severity of the weather continues, another collection must be made at places of worship on Wed 25 Feb. Subs since last total £33 10 6d [itemised] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 489/ article:2 d |
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| Fashion: Mr Albrecht returns to 7 George St, Bath - makes stays, corsets, riding waistcoats, elastic stays & corsets, riding habits, great coats, sbort spencers, dresses & full dress orange emblist spencer (unique to him) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 490/ article:2 d |
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| Agriculture: Board of Agriculture describes the culture of potatoes in relation to culture, planting, rotations, storage and potato bread Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 491/ article:2 e |
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| Finance: Budget Mon 23 Feb - Mr Pitt proposed new taxes on foreign wine, rum, brandy, British spirits, tea, coffee, cocoa, insurance, imports of fruit, groceries, raw silk, stamps, hair powder & franking. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 492/ article:3 b |
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| Charity: concert for benefit of Bath City Infirmary & Dispensary [no place stated] on 26 Feb, vocalists Mrs Second, Miss Gopell, Mr Russell, Mr Williamson, Mstr Taylor, etc 3 c Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 493/ article:3 c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Countess de Perigord, Lady Ely, Lady Malmsbury, Lady Smith, Lady Carew, Hon Col & Mrs Monkton, Hon Mrs Wallop, Sir John Hales [NOTP], Gen. Mayers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 494/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr J. Bickham, jnr., of Leman Street, Goodman's Fields, to Mrs Cook of the Castle Inn, Bath lately. [no actual date] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 495/ article:3 c |
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| Charity: on account of the mildness of the weather, the collections intended to have been made this day [Wed 25 Feb] at several Churches etc was relinquished. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 496/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: correction - the preferment of Mr Strangways, copied in our last issue, is not true. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 497/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Scott at her house in Catherine Place, Friday last. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 498/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Rev Christopher Hatton, age 79, rector of Marston Mortein & Malden, Berks, at his house in Lwr Charles St, Bath, on Friday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 499/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Wm. Taylor, many years a bookseller in Bath, long afflicted by a paralytic disorder, on Saturday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 500/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: Mary Hughes, a notorious shoplifter, was committed to Shepton Mallet Bridewell on Thursday [19 Feb] for robbing the shop of Mr R. Prynn, draper [in Bath]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 501/ article:3 c |
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| Charity: letter thanking Edward Harington, esq., of Harington Place, Bath thanking him as the patriotic author of the pamphet "Desultory Thougts on the Atrocious Cruelty of the French Nation" & of donating profits of same to widows & children of those who fell in glorious victory of 1 June 1794 under Lord Howe. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 502/ article:3 d |
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| Agriculture: ## Bath & West Soc. endorses promotion of potato growing by Board of Agriculture, due to the damage done to the wheat crop by floods & succeeding frosts. Suggests potatoes grown where wheat had failed, headlands, small tracts of land, etc. W. Matthews, sec Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 503/ article:3 d |
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| Charity: Daniel Sheppard was drowned in the Avon 10 days ago leaving wife & 5 children. Any donations gratefully received at Mr Hazard's library, Cheap Street; or Mr Cruttwell's. Thanks for donations totalling £2 7s 6d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 504/ article:3 d |
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| Music: benefit for Master Taylor age 13 yrs - concert at New Assembly Rooms on Wed 11 March, Mstr Taylor plays a musical instrument. Tickets 5s from Master Taylor, 2 Trim St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 505/ article:3 e |
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| Leisure: Devizes Assembly - last subscription assembly at Town Hall [Devizes] on 2 March to begin precisely at 6 o'c Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 506/ article:3 e |
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| Leisure: benefit for Mr Murray - Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" with farce "The Little Hunchback" at [Theatre Royal Bath] next Tue, [3 Mar] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 507/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture, linen, wearing apparel & some groceries of Mrs Dibbens, lately decd, at 11 Morford St, Bath on 27 Feb. by C. Trimnell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 508/ article:3 e |
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| Leisure: benefit for Mr Murray - Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor" [no venue stated - probably at Theatre Royal Bath] on Tuesday next. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 509/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture linen etc of Mrs Dibbens, lately deceased. At 11 Morford St, Bath on Fri 27 Feb by C. Trimnell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 510/ article:3 e |