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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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| Goods: auction - all live & dead-stock & husbandry implements, effects of Mr William Cottle of Henly Farm, Box parish. Inc. 20 ewe sheep, 5 cows, 6 draught horses, 1 2yr-old colt, 3 pigs, On the premises on Tue 31 Mar by Harry Russ. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 661/ article:2 e |
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| Goods: auction - furniture, prints, household furniture, paintings, books etc, property of lady leaving Bath. At 71 Great Pulteney St., Bath on 30 & 31 Mar by E. English. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 662/ article:2 e |
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| Goods: Samuel Howse resigned from his wine & spirit trade on 25 Mar. Mr Henry Walters & Mr Matthew Hill (his brother in law), will continue business at his house in Westgate Street under the name "Walters & Hill". Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 663/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Leisure: benefit Mr Paul (treasurer) & Mr Bartley (box book-keeper) - comedy "The Pilgrim" followed by farce "Poor Vulcan" (previously enacted at Covent Garden Theatre, London) at Theatre Royal Bath on 26 Mar. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 664/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Leisure: benefit Mrs Twisleton - tragedy "Venice Preserved" followed by farce "The Lying Valet" at Theatre Royal Bath on 28 Mar. Tickets Mrs Twisleton, 6 Pierrepont St, Bath; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 665/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: to let - by month or year, furnished, Perrymead House in parish of Lyncombe & Widcombe (on Rtside of raod to Prior Park) with garden, coach-house & stable, late in occupation of Rev Dr Stone. Enq Mr Harris at Perrymead House. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 666/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Art: auction - fine paintings, drawings, plaster busts & bronzes , at his Great Room, 10 Milsom St, Bath on 30 Mar. by Mr Plura. Inc works by Vandervelde, Albert Durer, Wilson, Moreland, Wouwermans, Tintoretto, etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 667/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Leisure: Spring Ball for MC of New Assembly Rooms, Mon 13 April. Tickets Mr Tyson, Brunswick Place; & at Bull's, Barratt's & Marshall's libraries. [no price] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 668/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: Spring Ball for MC of Lower Assembly Rooms, Fri 17 April. Tickets [no price] at Mr King's, Harington Place; at Bull's, Barratt's & Marshall's libraries. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 669/ article:3 c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Countess of Montrond, Sir John & Lady Hopkins, Sir H. Burrows [NOTP], Admiral Bowyer, Admiral McBride. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 670/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: John Merewether, esq of Marshfield, to Miss Lean of Fenchurch Street, [? London] on Sat [21 March]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 671/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Thomas Harford, esq, alderman & Bath J.P., at his house at East Hayes on Sun[ 22 March]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 672/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: the lady of Sir John Caldwell, bart., at Weston on Wed. morning. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 673/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Miss Aldworth of Ireland in St James's Square on Wed.. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 674/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mrs West, age 92, mother of Mr West, tailor of Bath, at Rode last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 675/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mr James Russell, some time since an eminent butcher of Bath, in London last week . Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 676/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mr Gainsborough, lodging-house keeper of Bath in his 67th year on Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 677/ article:3 d |
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| Military: ## under County Quota Act, 19 seamen to be raised in the 3 city parishes of Bath, to be decided at a united vestry meeting in the Abbey Church tomorrow [26 Mar]. Number for Walcot parish 26, & for Widcombe & Woolley 4. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 678/ article:3 d |
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| Publications: "A Description and Explanation of some Remains of Roman Antiquities dug up in City of Bath in the year 1790" by Gov. Pownall, to be published next week, price 2s 6d, printed by R. Cruttwell in Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 679/ article:3 d |
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| Travel: for sale - complete coach (built by Hatchet) only done 160 miles; 2 postchaises; a chariot & pair of harness; & light gig. Phillips & Thornthwaite, coachmakers, Monmouth St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 680/ article:3 d |
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| Travel: for sale - 5 yr old bay gelding, 15 hands 3" high, master of 20 stone, lowest price 50 guin. Also, 6 yr-old bay mare, suitable for a lady. Enq Ostler, at White Lion, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 681/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: all persons indebted to estate of late William Cottell, decd, tailor, to pay Mr Samuel Ewing, attorney, Westgate St, Bath on or before 20 May. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 682/ article:3 d |
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| Notices: Loyal Union Society - members meeting to be held at house of Mr Wm. Howell, Full Moon on the Borough Walls to discuss celebration of their beloved sovereign's birthday by walking in procession to the Abbey Church on Thurs 4 June. Signed S. Griffith, J. Parry & A. C. Farthing (stewards) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 683/ article:3 e |
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| Property: to let or for sale - complete building called St James's Mews at back of St. James's Sq. Large roomy yard, stable for 24 horses, 8 coach-houses, apartments over stable suitable for family. Enq from the owner A. Ward at the Mews. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 684/ article:3 e |
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| Livestock: stolen/strayed - a black cropp'd mare-pony, 10 hands high, rising 6yrs old, from Primrose Hill, Weston. If strayed, ½-guin reward for info .If stolen.2 guin reward on conviction. Samuel Derrick, at Mr Orchard's, Back St., Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 685/ article:3 e |
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| News: weather - Dr Herschell's prediction of a 13-week frost was fully completed on Wed last. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 686/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Art: sale of Sir Joshua Reynold's collection on Tue - Rembrandt's "Vision of Daniel" sold for 170 guin, his "Susannah & The Elders" for 156 guin; Wouwermans "The Halt of Banditori" for 103 guin; Claude "An Italian Landscape" 145 guin; Rubens "Boys Blowing Bubbles" 175 guin; Van Dyck's "Portrait of Rubens" 120 guin. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 687/ article:4 c |
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| News: Mr William Chivers, prizemaster at Falmouth, & late of Bath recommended by Sir Sydney Smith to the Lords of the Admiralty on his bravery for saving a French ship from 4 days of severe gales. Her cargo estimated at £20,000 was safely landed at Falmouth. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 688/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Leisure: the Miss Flemings will hold their Spring Ball for their scholars at Upper Assembly Rooms on Wed 15 April. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 689/ article:1 b |
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| Employment: young woman wants place as lady's maid - perfect mistress of hairdressing, millinery & mantua making, no objection to going abroad. Letters for A.F. to be left at Mr Smith's, poulterer, Northgate Str, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 690/ article:1 c |
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| Employment: middle-aged man wants place as butler & valet - can dress both ladies & gentlemen's hair in the present fashion. Letter for M.R. at Mr Watkins, cheesemonger in Broad St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 691/ article:1 c |
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| Property: auction - lot 1/3, dwelling house & workshops in Westgate Street, Bath, property of Mr Francis Kilvert, coachmaker, bankrupt. At Lamb Inn, Bath on Mon 13 April by C. Trimnell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 692/ article:1 c |
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| Property: auction - lot 2/3, messuage of land called Pidgeon Door, Condover, Salop, rent £16 p.a, in possession Mr Griffiths. At Lamb Inn, Bath on Mon 13 April by C. Trimnell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 693/ article:1 c |
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| Property: auction - lot 3/3, lease of garden & stock near the Barr, Upper Bristol Road, 15 years to come. At Lamb Inn, Bath on Mon 13 April by C. Trimnell. Partcrs, auctioneer & Mr Falnner in Horse St; or Mr R. Falkner, Argyle Bldgs, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 694/ article:1 c |
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| Property: ## for sale - dry house in most airy part of St. James's Parade, 2 good rooms/floor, 4 garrets, wash-house, brew-house, small neat garden. (St James's Pde has the peculiar advantage of a day watchman to prevent nuisance). Enq to the printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 695/ article:1 e |
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| Politics: on Friday, the Royal Assent was given to the Exchequer Loan Bill; the Fruit; Salad Oil; the Waste Silk & Timber & Rock Salt Bills (London, 30 March). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 696/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Military: Recruiting Officers shall not in future give more than 15 guin for a recruit for the General service; & 10 guin for the Fencibles. Magistrates have power to discharge any recruit not enlisted under a beating order & all seafaring men entered as recruits shall be given up to the Navy and their bounty [for Army service] disallowed Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 697/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Military: ## unlawful recruiting - cause at Stafford Assizes with action against a major, a lieutenant, an ensign & a serjeant for trespass & false imprisonment by enlisting the plaintiff when intoxicated & confining him to a cell for 5 weeks. Freed under Habeas Corpus, the verdict was for plaintiff with £145 damages. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 698/ article:2 b |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - James Cross of Bath, Zachary Bayly, elder of Lyncombe & Widcombe, Zachary Bayly, yngr & Nathaniel Bayly of Bath, Robert Gutch of Wells, & Thomas Cross of Clifton, bankers. Certificate 18 Apr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 699/ article:2 c |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - Sarah Armstrong, widow, ironmonger of Bath. Certificate 18 Apr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 700/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol since last - beef 101 trc, 7 brls; butter 264 tubs, 10 frkns; deals 72¾c.; deal ends 6¼ c.; flax seed 597 trc; fir timber 4 pieces; hams 3 hghds; hickory nuts 2 brls; hides 100; indigo 6 brls; linen (Irish) 52 packs, 9 boxes; oakboards 6075 ft; oats 539 qtrs; oranges & lemons 401 chests, 88 boxes; pine boards, plank & joist 81,397 ft; pitch 109 brls; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 701/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol, CONTD - pork 57 brls; rosin 6 hghd; saffrafras 2 hghd; staves 913c, 2 qtrs; tar (American) 996 brls; tallow 15 hghd; turpentine 268 brls; tongues 5 firk; wine (Lisbon) 14 pipes, 20 hghds. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 702/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: grain etc prices - Devizes 26 Mar, wheat 54s - 68s, beans 48s - 56s, hog peas 56s - 74s, barley 34s - 39s, oats 26s - 29s, vetches 64s - 76s per qtr. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 703/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Warminster [not dated] wheat 53s-67s; barley 37s-42s; oats 24s-29s; beans 49s-56s/qtr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 704/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: average corn prices, England 21 Mar, wheat 60s 3d; barley 35s 3d; rye 42s 2d; oats 23s 2d; beans 46s 5d; peas 55s 9d/qtr. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 705/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: bread prices - peck loaf 17lb 6oz, 3s 1d; ½-peck loaf 8lb 11oz 8dr, 18½d; quartern loaf 4lb 5oz 8½dr, 9¼d (from Market Herald) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 706/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: meat prices - Smithfield 30 Mar, to sink the offal, beef 2s 6d - 3s 6d, mutton 3s 8d - 4s 4d, veal 3s 9d - 4s 8d, pork 3s 8d-4s 4d/stone of 8lbs Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 707/ article:2 c |
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| Travel: for sale - crane-necked travelling coach with an imperial, seats & well at bottom, suit family in the country. Reasonable price, can be seen at Dash's Riding School, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 708/ article:2 d |
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| Goods: auction - household goods & furniture of late Rev Mr Keate, decd. At Parsonage house at Laverton nr Frome on Thu 9 April et seq. by Mr Jones Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 709/ article:2 d |
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| Military: 10 guin bounty will be given by Bath parishes, St Peter & St Paul, St James & St Michael [churchwardens & overseers listed] to every volunteer to serve in H.M's navy during the war. 26 March 1795. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 710/ article:2 d |