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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 - household goods, capital telescope & 8-day clock. At 2 Trim St, Bath (lately occupied by Mr Drake) on Thu 13 Dec by Thomas Bird. House to be let immediately, apply auctioneer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1903/ article:2 b |
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| News: the trial of Warren Hastings, esq., at the Bar of The House of Lords is fixed for 13 Feb 1788 (London, 11 Dec). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1904/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Publications: letter to Bath Chronicle re. inconsistencies in Mr Thicknesse's account of his military expedition & rebuke for his behaviour Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1905/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Notices: Friendly Brothers of St Patrick belonging to the Bath Knot are desired to meet Monday 17 Dec at 4 pm, when dinner will be on the table. Gentlemen wishing to honour the company with their presence are requested to send their names to bar of White Hart on Sat 15th Dec. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1906/ article:3 b |
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| Property: wanted - country house within 3 miles Bath, fit for gentleman's family, with coach-house, stables, garden & pleasure ground. Partics Mr Spackman, coachmaker, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1907/ article:3 b |
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| Art: most striking likenesses in miniature on a peculiar plan by M. Lightfoot, prices 6s to 10s 6d. Shades taken from 12 noon to 4pm each day, fittings in 1 min, at her lodgings at Mr Stafford's, 3 Abbey Green, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1908/ article:3 b |
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| Employment: place as coachman wanted by young man - can drive 4 horse team, has undeniable character from gentleman in London who he has served 3 years. Apply I. A., 7 Orchard Street, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1909/ article:3 b |
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| Property: auction - complete paper-mill & dwelling, parish of Bitton, ½ mile off Bristol Road. At the Greyhound & Shakespeare Inn, Bath on Sat 27 Feb 1788 at 12 noon. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1910/ article:3 b |
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| Music: New Musical Society - next meeting Fri evening 14th December, Mr Dawson in chair. Catches & glees begin at 7pm. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1911/ article:3 c |
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| Charity: Casualty Hospital charity - the trustees return most grateful thanks to Mrs Thicknesse for her capital performance at St Margaret's Chapel in aid of their instant undertaking. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1912/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: H. Pettingal, jnr., mercer on North Parade has many silks & satins to offer to furnish funerals. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1913/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: New Assembly Rooms - the Ball for the M.C will be on Mon 31 Dec. Tickets from Mr Tyson, Brunswick Place, Bath; Marshall's library; & Rooms. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1914/ article:3 c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord Rivers, Lord Grantley, Sir F. Vane, Sir John Caldwell, Archdeacon of Dublin, Hon Miss Norton, Hon Miss Pitt [NOTP], Gen. Campbell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1915/ article:3 c |
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| Fashion: Dobson, hairdresser (from Bury Street, St James, London) is in Bath for the season.To be heard of at Mr Dawson's 4 Northgate Street, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1916/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: Mon last, Mr Edward Anderdon, apothecary was elected a member of Bath Common Council in the room of Mr Jacob Smith (promoted to court of Aldermen on death of the late Johnson Robinson, esq). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1917/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: a meeting of Bath Body Corporate was held last week to determine measures to improve the Lower Town, the plans show it will every bit as elegant as the New Bldgs & reflect great honour on the Corporation. An application to Parliament for a lottery is suggested. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1918/ article:3 c |
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| Agriculture: Bath Agricultural Soc - the AGM was held at the Lower Rooms yesterday [Tue 11 Dec]. Many premiums were adjudged. Afterwards, the gentlemen dined at the White Hart Inn, where an elegant entertainment was provided. The Earl of Ailesbury (President) sent a remarkable fine doe. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1919/ article:3 c |
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| Music: review - it was the general opinion of the audience at St. Margaret's Chapel yesterday [Tue 11 Dec] that the singing of Mrs Thicknesse, in point of sweetness & expression, is not matched even by the first singer of the age. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1920/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr John Walker of Ashton Keynes Wilts to Miss Isabella Bennet of Stanton, a few days since Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1921/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: James Paynter, esq of St. Burgenor, Cornwall to Miss Betty Wetherhead of Bath, on Thursday [6 Dec] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1922/ article:3 c |
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| News: ## all heads of families are asked to discharge servants who walk before sedan chairs to & from New Assembly Rooms, & whose clamorous and indecent behaviour was much complained of on Wed evening last Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1923/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: John Moxham, a Quaker, after a lingering illness from a general decline, at Melksham a few days since. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1924/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: review - the excellent comedy "The New Peerage" at Theatre Royal Bath was much applauded, Miss H. Lee, Mrs Simpson, Mr Dimond, Mr Didier, Mr Blisset & Mr Powell (playing Sir John Melville) were all most elegantly attired thanks to liberality of management. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1925/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: Bath Guardian Soc - warning re. a woman purporting to be M. Hiscocks, but is really named Stewart (tall thin & pock marked & of a shabby genteel appearance) is practising a mode of swindling within Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1926/ article:3d |
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| Notices: ## complaint to the Commissioners for cleaning the streets - they were never more shamefully neglected, now only swept weekly though required daily. They used to be swept twice a week, but now the ashes are merely carried away. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1927/ article:3d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - tomorrow Thur, "The Heiress" with "Who's the Dupe?"; Sat, "The School for Scandal" with entertainments; Tue, by desire "Such Things Are" with "Cross Purposes" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1928/ article:3d |
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| Education: to the nobility - Mr Held, French teacher is lately arrived from Spa, & can teach French or German, at 6 Stall St, Bath opp Pump Room Passage. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1929/ article:3d |
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| Publications: "Bath Waters" by A.W., MD. A conjectural idea of its Nature & Qualities, to which is added putridity & infection unjustly imputed to fevers. Pub today 2s, Printed & sold by S. Hazard, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1930/ article:3d |
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| Publications: 2nd volume of "The Spiritual Register" 2s in boards or 2s 6d bound. An authentic account of the Lord's Dealings by Thomas Wills A.B, chaplain to the Countess of Huntingdon, Minister of Spa Fields Chapel London, formerly Magdalen College Oxford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1931/ article:3d |
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| Employment: to parents & guardians, wanted an apprentice to a druggist & chemist in large market town 90 miles from London. Apply Mr Geo. Williams, Belvedere, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1932/ article:3 d |
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| Fashion: prepared shamoy [chamois] leather socks, stamped "Seares & Harbin" for prevention of chilblains, a desirable object for a cold climate. Allowances made for captains of ships & others who may take a quantity. Apply Mr Tully, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1933/ article:3d |
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| Crime: Bath Soc of Guardians - a long black silk cloak stolen from parlour of Mr Thomas Chilton in Westgate Bldgs last Sat; a drab livery greatcoat with red collar, black sleeve linings & one pocket (used for oats) stolen from passage of Mr Cross, Milsom St, on Mon evening. 5 guin reward on conviction from Cmmttee. W. Meyler, secretary Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1934/ article:3d |
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| Goods: Bury, 5 Dec - at Bury Fair on Sat, butter sold for 33s-35s/firkin; 1-meal cheese sold for 4½d-5d/lb, 2-meal cheese for 3½d-4d/, 3-meal cheese for 3d, & flet cheese for 2d/lb Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1935/ article:4 b |
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| News: Bristol 5 Dec - at a meeting of the Bridge trustees last Mon, it was agreed to let, for building on immediately, the ground on N-side of the new street (to be called Bath St) from the Bridge into Temple St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1936/ article:4 b |
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| Music: concert for benefit of Pauper Charity for Medical & Chirurgical Assistance for the Poor at New Rooms on Wed 2 Jan 1788. Tickets 5s from Rooms, Coffee Houses, etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1937/ article:1 b |
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| Leisure: winter ball for scholars of the Misses Fleming will be at Lower Rooms on Sat 22 Dec at 6pm. Tickets 5s incl tea from Miss Fleming, John Street, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1938/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: mail coach from White Lion Inn, Market Pl, Bath every morning to Oxfod with guard. Performed by George Arnold. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1939/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: post-coach from White Lion Inn, Market Pl, Bath every morning 5am except Sunday to Exeter. Performed by George Arnold. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1940/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: post-coach from White Lion Inn, Market Pl, Bath every morning at 4am to London in one day. Performed by George Arnold. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1941/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: balloon coach from White Lion Inn, Market Pl, Bath every afternoon at 4pm to London with guard. Performed by George Arnold. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1942/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: post-coach from White Lion Inn, Market Pl, Bath, Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 8am to London in 2 days. Performed by George Arnold. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1943/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: coaches from White Lion Inn, Market Pl, Bath every morning at 4am & 9am, & every afternoon at 4pm, to Bristol. Performed by George Arnold. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1944/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: coach from Three Tuns & Lamb Inns, Stall St, Bath every morning at 10am via Wells, Bridgewater & Taunton to arrive at Exeter same evening. 4 inside £1 4s. Performed by Doddrell, Dobson, Dover, & Co. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1945/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: new mail-coach from Lamb Inn Stall St, Bath every afternoon at 4.30pm to London (Piccadilly & Lad Lane) where arrives 8am next day. [Performer not named] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1946/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: coach from Lamb Inn, Stall St, Bath every afternoon at 5pm to London, 4 inside £1 5s each. Performed by Dover & Co, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1947/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: mail-coach from Lamb Inn Stall St, Bath every afternoon at 3.30pm to Birmingham. Performed by Dover & Co, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1948/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: coach from Lamb Inn Stall St, Bath every morning at 10am to Swansea & Milford Haven. Performed by Dover & Co, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1949/ article:1 c |
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| Music: benefit for Mr Rauzzini - "The Sacred Oratorio of Redemption" (compiled from Handel's best works) at New Assembly Rooms on Mon 24 Dec at 6.30 pm. Tickets 5s of Mr Rauzzini at Mr Birchall's, Queen Sq. Bath; etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1950/ article:1 d |
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| Travel: post-coaches from Greyhound & Shakespeare, & Christopher Inns, Market Place, Bath every morning except Sunday at 10am to Pope's Head & Pelican, St Thomas St, Bristol. Performed by M. Williams & Co., Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1951/ article:1 d |
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| Travel: postcoaches from Greyhound & Shakespeare, & Christopher Inns, Market Place, Bath every afternoon at 4pm, well guarded, to Holborn, Snow Hill & Wood St, London. Fare inside £1 5s, outsides 14s. Performed by Mountain, Ibberson, Walker, Brown, Bushnell, Vines & Co. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1952/ article:1 d |