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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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| Education: ## Mr Aldrit opening school for young gents, teaching reading, writing, arithmetic, in large mansion at Stony Littleton in Wellow nr Bath on 5 June. With/without board, room for servants. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 919/ article:1 d |
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| Property: to let - genteel lodging, 2 parlours, 2 beds, cellar, stable & rooms for servants, situated on trout rivulet at Stony Littleton in Wellow nr Bath. Many pleasant walks. [? Enq Mr Aldrit] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 920/ article:1 d |
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| Politics: 6 candidates for borough of Hindon - Wm. Beckford, esq, Sir Henry Gough, Gen. Smith, Bamber Gascoyne, John Frost Widmore & -- Wraxall, esq. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 921/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Deaths: David Yeatman, dairyman of Standlynch 13 May - fell asleep "much in liquor" with candle in hand - suffered severe burns Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 922/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Deaths: William Masters, esq., on the road to Bath where going for benefit of his health, formerly a Consul up the Levant. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 923/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Births: wife of Robert Bundy, nr Downton, gave birth to 2 boys & 1 girl on Wednesday. All are likely to live Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 924/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Crime: free pardon granted to Catherine Hill of Seend who was capitally convicted at Salisbury for murder of her illegitimate child. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 925/ article:2a |
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| Travel: postcoach to Weymouth - leaves from Angel Inn, Westgate St, Bath on Mon, Wed, Fri 7am, & arrives at Weymouth 6pm. Returns Tue, Thu, Sat. Price 16s. Calls at Antelope, Sherborne (J. Beale); Ansford Inn (J. Perry); New Inn, Cannard's Grave (W. M. Beale); Angel, Bath (E. Pickwick). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 926/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture, books, china of John Pye, esq, decd, at his house 11 New King St, Bath on 7 & 8 Jun at 11am by Wm. Birchall, upholsterer & undertaker, Queen Sq, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 927/ article:2 c |
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| Property: for sale or let - house in Keynsham, 2 doors from Kings Arms, 7 mi Bath on road to Bristol. Can be viewed after 10am. [no other details] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 928/ article:2 d |
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| Travel: postcoach leaves Angel Inn, Westgate St, Bath daily, except Sat at 2pm. to London, 5 passengers. Fare £1 6s. Diligence to Exeter departs 5am every morning. Coach to Oxford Wed & Sat leaves 6 am; to Bristol 9am every morning; to Frome on Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 3pm. Performed by E. Pickwick & Co. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 929/ article:2 d |
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| Finance: bankrupts - Catharine D'Oyley & Sarah Welsford, milliners, of Bath to surrender on 31 May, 6 Jun & 4 Jul at Guildhall, London Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 930/ article:3a |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl of Dartmouth, Lord Jersey, Lord Cunningham, Gov Holwell & Lady, Sir Francis Bassett & Lady [NOTP]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 931/ article:3a |
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| Marriages: Mr Corp of Edinburgh University to Miss More (dtr late Henry More, esq) of Layton, Essex by Rev Archdeacon Chapman on Monday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 932/ article:3a |
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| Deaths: Rev Mr William Churchward of Devon, in Bath on Monday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 933/ article:3a |
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| Deaths: Mr John Whittick at the Hand & Shears, Walcot St, Bath yesterday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 934/ article:3a |
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| Music: Annual Breakfast Concert - (used to be at Spring Gardens) now to be held at Mr Gyde's Garden Walks & Rooms 25 May 10am. Entrance from iron gates on North Pde. Tickets 3s 6d incl. breakfast from T. Whitehead's music shop, Pump Room Psg; Mr Gyde, Pump Room Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 935/ article:3a |
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| Music: Annual Breakfast Concert at Mr Gyde's Rooms 25 May - performed in garden with band of clarinets & horns - instrumental & vocal music. Band for those who wish to dance cotillons Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 936/ article:3a |
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| Leisure: benefit of Mr Browne - poem by author of "Emma Corbett" [no name given] recited at Theatre Royal Bath last night [as interlude after "The Orphan"]. Good review of his performance. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 937/ article:3 b |
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| Property: to let - drawing room & parlour apartment at house of Mr Cruttwell, surgeon, Queen Sq, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 938/ article:3 b |
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| Notices: lost bank note - payable to Mr Peter Burrell, value £10, no. K811 dated 5 Oct, signed J. Warren lost nr Catherine Pl, Bath on 17 May. 1 guin reward from printer. Payment stopped - no greater reward offered. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 939/ article:3 b |
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| Politics: Somersetshire Committee - meeting to be held Castle Tavern, Taunton 13 Jun at noon to discuss "Special Affairs". Philip Stevens, chairman, Edmund Broderip, secretary Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 940/ article:3 b |
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| Property: private sale - 5 messuages or tenements in Gracious St, Bath in possn of Messrs Bazely, Church, Ballinger, Watts & Tague respectively, rents total £35 11s. Enq Wm. Percival, attorney, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 941/ article:3 b |
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| Property: private sale - 2 dwelling houses in Broad St, Bath in possn of Messrs John Dial, grocer & Thomas Thornton, butcher rent £39 p.a, ground rent 9 guin. Enq Wm. Percival, attorney, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 942/ article:3 b |
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| Property: auction - several messuages or dwelling houses, building plots in parish of Walcot to be sold in 7 lots. Enq Mr John Hooper at Walcot; Mr Moger at Leek & Crown, Horse St, Bath; or Mr John Fowell, attorney, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 943/ article:3 b |
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| Property: auction in Walcot parish - lot 1/7, f/hold dwelling house in River's St fronting Margaret Pl now let for £30 p.a; lot 2/7, dwelling house behind lot 1 fronting Cottle's Lane known by sign of the Punch Bowl, let for £31 10s p.a. Enq Mr John Hooper at Walcot Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 944/ article:3 b |
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| Property: auction in Walcot parish - lot 3/7, 2 freehold messuages/tenements on L. side of Ballance St; lot 4/7, 3 freehold messuages/ tenements on R side of Ballance St; lot 5/7, 4 messuages/tenements in Crooked Row. Enq Mr John Hooper at Walcot Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 945/ article:3 b |
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| Property: auction in Walcot parish - lot 6/7, 2 long leasehold messuages/tenements facing Cottle's Lane; lot 7/7, several lots of building land. Enq Mr John Hooper at Walcot Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 946/ article:3 b |
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| Property: for sale - last house but one on West-side of Gay St, Bath in possn of Henry Irwin, esq. Enq Mr Charles Phillott at Bath Bank Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 947/ article:3 c |
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| Agriculture: best Norfolk turnip seed at 9d/lb from Bath Agricultural Soc. Enq E. Rack on St James's Pde, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 948/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: benefit of Mr Jackson - "The Conscious Lovers", a comedy, with musical interlude "Buxom Joan" & farce "The Mayor of Garret" at Theatre Royal, Bath on Sat 27 May. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 949/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: benefit of Mr Brookes - a comedy "The Fashionable Lovers", with musical interlude "The Recruiting Sergeant", & farce " The Irish Widow" at Theatre Royal, Bath on Tue 30 May. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 950/ article:3 c |
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| Publications: catalogue of books for 1780 (collected from libraries of late Rev Catcott of Bristol & Rev Mr Frank of Bath) for sale from 1 Jun from Arthur Browne, bookseller, stationer & printseller on the Tolzey, Bristol; and Bath booksellers & printer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 951/ article:3 c |
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| Publications: "Popery Unmasked" just printed, price 1d from booksellers of Bath & printer [Mr Cruttwell]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 952/ article:3 c |
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| Travel: horse for sale - brown mare fit for lady or light gentleman, at Saracen's Head, Broad St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 953/ article:3 d |
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| Fashion: Thomas Coward & Co, wholesale & retail linen drapers, mercers & lacemen, at upper cnr Bond St, Bath (from Coventry St, London) is also at his shop "Three Crowns", Wade's Psg nr the Grove, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 954/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: 2nd dividend of effects of Jacob Rawlins of Cherhill, Wilts will be paid at Catherine Wheel, Beckhampton 7 Jun. Creditors to bring a/cs. Debtors to pay or be prosecuted. William Crook, Joseph Jennings Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 955/ article:3 d |
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| Art: auction - a quantity of stone inc. 16 tons alabaster in 2-ton lots, at Mr Stone's warehouse on Bath Quay on 26 May 11am by Wm. Misset (broker, sworn appraiser & auctnr) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 956/ article:3 d |
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| Art: auction - 2 alto reliefs 3' 4" diameter,"The Grecian Marriage" & " Novia Nuptia" cast from Mr Wilton's (King's statuary) moulds, price 10 guin (proprietor paid 15 guin at auction of Mr Parker's collection) at Mr Stone's warehouse on Bath Quay on 26 May by Wm. Missett (broker, sworn appraiser & auctnr) top of Horse St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 957/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture, next door to Punch Bowl in Horse St, Bath Saturday 11am by Wm. Missett (broker, sworn appraiser & auctioneer of Horse St, Bath). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 958/ article:3 d |
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| Charity: contractors to supply Bradford on Avon workhouse from 5 Jun to 29 Sep to apply to Thos. Bush & Thos. Timbrell, churchwardens. Requirements - 2nd & coarse flour (provide samples), malt, coward cheese, mutton, beef, candles, soap. Attend vestry 2 Jun Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 959/ article:3 d |
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| Publications: "The New Young Man's Companion" - incl. English grammar, business & trade, measuring, geography, farriery, astronomy, gardening & botany by Rev Geo. Brown, MA (author of Universal Letter Writer), printed for Alex. Hogg, & sold by booksellers in Bath & Bristol Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 960/ article:4 c |
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| Finance: proposed new taxes - sweet wines 6s/barrel; starch & hair powder 3d/lb; posthorse tax ½d/mile to be paid by owners on any machine (coach, berlin, landau, chariot, calash with 4 horses) used to convey passengers Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 961/ article:1 b |
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| Politics: Somersetshire Committee - meet at Castle Inn Taunton on 13 Jun. By order of Philip Stephens, chairman. Edmund Broderip, sec. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 962/ article:1 c |
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| Agriculture: best Norfolk turnip seed - supplied at 9d/lb from E. Rack, Bath Agric Soc, St James's Parade, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 963/ article:1 c |
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| Property: to let - country lodgings half mile Bath. Enq F. Groom, coal merchant, Abbey St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 964/ article:1 c |
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| Education: Mrs Palmer, boarding school for young ladies, at Keslton opens 12 Jun. Boarding & learning to read & write 12 guin p.a & 1 guin entrance; learning to dance £3 p.a, ½ guin entrance; learning French £4 p.a & ½ guin entrance; learning writing & arithmetic 1 guin p.a & 5s entrance. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 965/ article:1 c |
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| Livestock: pair of black geldings [horse] to be seen at house of Mr Macpherson, gardener, nr South Pde, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 966/ article:1 d |
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| Property: to let - centre house in Taylor's Court, Cornwell Bldgs, Bath. Also, house in Northgate St occupd by Mr Molland, pastrycook. Also, small house in garden behind house in Northgate St occupd by Mrs Taylor. Enq Mrs Taylor Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 967/ article:1 d |
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| Travel: Melksham turnpike - meeting of trustees at Kings Arms, Melksham on 6 Jun. Harry Willoughby, clerk to trustees Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 968/ article:1 d |