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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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| Music: 6th subscription concert at New Assembly Rooms on 3 Jan. Principal performers (vocal) Miss Cantelo, Mrs Pieltain, Miss Poole, Mr Incledon & Sgnr Rauzzini; etc. 3 remaining concerts at ½ guin subscription. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 48/ article:3,b |
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| Music: benefit concert for Mrs Pieltain (formerly Chanu) - at New Assembly Rooms on 6 Jan at 12 o'c. Tickets 5s, from the Pump Room & Mrs Pieltain, 4 Fountain Bldgs, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 49/ article:3,b |
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| Music: benefit concert for Miss Pool - at New Assembly Rooms on 12 Jan, am. Tickets 5s from her at 13 Trim St; etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 50/ article:3,b |
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| Fashion: for sale - winter silks & satins by Lonsdale & Buttress at first house, North Parade. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 51/ article:3,b |
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| Goods: for sale - black silk lace for ladies hats etc from J. Gale, hatter, hosier & haberdasher in Wade's Pssge, Bath. 3" lace for 3s/yd equal to what is commonly sold for 7s etc. Trimming lace 1s/yd. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 52/ article:3,b |
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| Music: White Lion New Musical Society - Ladies night at Town Hall [Bath] on 12 Jan. Performers include Lord Cork, Lord Conyngham, Sir John Gardener, Sir Chas. Bampfylde. Tickets from the sec., Mr Bernard, Orchard St, Bath. Meeting to arrange business at White Lion on Sat 6 Jan at 1 o'c Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 53/ article:3,b |
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| Goods: Peter Paul at his Tea Warehouse, cnr of Green St nr St Michael's Church, Bath. Also coffee, chocolate, cocoa, refined sugars & patent spruce beer, latter at 6s/doz. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 54/ article:3,b |
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| Publications: "A new experimental enquiry into the nature & properties of the Cheltenham water" by A. Fothergill MD, FRS, MRCP (Lond) of Bath. Printed by R. Cruttwell, & available from Bath booksellers price 1s 6d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 55/ article:3,b |
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| Property: auction - lot 1/3, f/hold dwelling house, 13 South Parade, Bath, fee farm rent of £9 9s p.a. Current tenant Mrs Davis. Tenancy expires Lady day 1787. At White Lion Inn, Market Place, Bath on 12 Jan by Mr Plura Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 56/ article:3,b |
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| Property: auction - lot 2/3, l/hold, dwelling house in Northgate St, Bath facing Borough Walls, held under Bath Corporation for remndr of 99 yrs. Present tenant at will, Mr Sone, grocer, & used as grocery shop since first built. Quit rent 16s 8d p.a joint with lot 3. At White Lion Inn, Market Place, Bath on 12 Jan by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 57/ article:3,b |
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| Property: auction - lot 3/3, l/hold dwelling house adj lot 2, also held by Corporation for remndr of 99 yrs. Tenant Mr Lionel Lee, linen draper, shop on premises. Quit rent of 16s 8d p.a joint with lot 2. At White Lion Inn, Market Place, Bath on 12 Jan by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 58/ article:3,b |
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| Leisure: Devizes Assembly at Town Hall [Devizes] on 10 Jan. To begin at 6 o'c Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 59/ article:3,c |
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| Leisure: benefit Mrs Esten - "The Way to Keep Him" at Theatre [Royal Bath] on 11 Jan, with Mrs Esten performing as "The Widow Belmour", & Mr Dimond as "Lovemore", plus entertainment. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 60/ article:3,c |
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| Notices: Eton Dinner 9 Jan at York House. (Bath, 6 Dec). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 61/ article:3,c |
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| Leisure: benefit concert for Mr Cramer, jnr - at New Assembly Rooms on 10 Jan at 6.30 pm. Act 2, Handel's music. Tickets from Mr Cramer at Mr Birchall's, Queen Sq; etc [No price] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 62/ article:3,c |
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| Leisure: last French reading of 3rd subscription at Lower Assembly Rooms. Subscription readings comedy "La Partie de Chaisse de Henry IV" on 5 Jan. Repeat of comedy "La Soiree des Boulevards" next Sat only at 1 o'c. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 63/ article:3,c |
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| Music: triple harp concert by Mr Evans at New Assembly Rooms. Tickets 2s 6d from Mr Evans, 33 Walcot St; Pump Rooms; etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 64/ article:3,c |
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| Fashion: sale - Wm Smith & Co, mercers, Abbey Churchyard leaving Bath after Xmas & selling all stock. Stripe satins 2s/yd, rich figured satins 3s 6d to 5s 6d, coloured ducapes & armoliners at 3s 9d & 4s 9d etc plus 300 plain satin night gown lengths. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 65/ article:3,c |
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| Education: Frome Selwood Grammar school reopens on 22 Jan under Rev. Mr Walters. Instruction of youth in classical learning, writing & arithmetic. Boarders possible. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 66/ article:3,c |
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| Education: Mrs Ford & sister's new school opens 15 Jan - offer young ladies board & education, needlework, tambour & dancing, French, India painting etc. at King St, nr Irongate, Frome Selwood. Fees 10 guin p.a, admission 1 guin. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 67/ article:3,c |
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| Education: T Duddridge's Academy for young ladies & gentlemen in Cheap St, Bath reopens on 8 Jan. English, writing, book-keeping, mensuration etc. Also, an evening school for adults qualifies pupils "for trade" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 68/ article:3,c |
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| Health: a gentleman offers all purpose cures, gout, venereal disease etc. Write to Dr A. Z at 10 (opposite Mr Evatt's), Westgate St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 69/ article:3,c |
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| Fashion: for sale - at Prynn & Collins, haberdashery, 26 Market Place, Bath. Detailed list e.g. wide printed calicos at 2s 2d & 2s 4d, checked book muslins 2s/yd. Irish cloth 7d/yd & cheap household linen. 1500 muslin aprons 4s to 6s 6d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 70/ article:3,d |
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| Leisure: Ball for MC at Lower Assembly Rooms on 5 Jan. Tickets Mr King, 4 Queen Square; libraries; & Lower Rooms. [No price given] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 71/ article:3,d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl of Scarborough, Lady Ligonier, Lady Forster, Lady & Miss Chetwyn, Lady Cotterell, Lady Guise, Sir John Pole, Sir James Dunbar, Sir N Nugent [NOTP], Gov. Holwell, Gen Clarke Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 72/ article:3,d |
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| Art: miniature likenesses in stained wax, offered by Mr Percy, modeller at Mrs Osman's, opp the Guildhall. Solicits orders from gentry/nobility. Last Bath orders on 23 Jan Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 73/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Moss, wife of Lord Bishop of Bath & Wells (& sister to Sir Philip Hales, bart., & to Lady Dowager Radnor) died at his Lordship's house in Grosvenor Place last Tuesday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 74/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Morton, wife of Mr Morton, coachmaker of Bath, after a long illness on Friday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 75/ article:3,d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Pilson's [?] new comedy "He Would be a Soldier" performed last night [Tue 2 Jan]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 76/ article:3,d |
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| News: poaching conviction - mean artifice was used to convict Potter for exposing [poached/stolen] partridge for sale. Gentlemen have offered to reimburse the sum paid on Kelson's information. Reports about case in the last Bath Journal not strictly true. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 77/ article:3,d |
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| Leisure: long review of Collins's "Morning Brush" performed yesterday [Tue 2 Jan, also advertised for 4 Jan at Lwr Rooms]. Series of comic turns & short plays listed inc. "The Stage Blunders of Theatrical Impostors" [performances by Garrick listed]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 78/ article:3,d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Thursday [4 Jan] "Robin Hood" with "Robinson Crusoe"; Sat, tragedy "Werther" with entertainments. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 79/ article:3,d |
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| Travel: ## new postcoach from Tuns Inn & Lamb Inn, Bath daily 6am to Swan with 2 Necks, Lad Lane, London; in 14 hours + guard. 4 inside, "usual" fares. Perfomed by Williams, Dover & Co, Bath; etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 80/ article:4,a |
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| Travel: Bath & Oxford mail coach, from Tuns Inn, Stall St every am at 10.30 to Cross Inn Oxford. 4 inside passengers 1 guin, outside & child on lap ½-price. Proprietors Williams & Hulbert, Bath (& others at stages). Contd Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 81/ article:4,a |
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| Travel: Bath & Oxford mail coach contd - office to open at Mr Ponter's, Turk's Head, Broad St. Bath [coach illustration] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 82/ article:4,a |
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| Health: remedies - "Henry's Calcined Magnesia" - purgative corrects stomach disorders etc, at 2s 8d/bottle inc duty. Uncalcined magnesia in boxes 4s & 6s. From W Taylor, bookseller, Church St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 83/ article:4,a |
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| Publications: "Henry's Observations on Magnesia" 2s 6d. Coloured plan of Bath & 5 miles round 1s 6d. W Taylor, bookseller, Church St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 84/ article:4,a |
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| Health: remedies - "Dr Anderson Scots Pills" - for stomach, bilious & dropsical complaints; sold by appointment from London manufacturer by R Cruttwell, Bath. Boxes 5s, 2s 3d & 1s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 85/ article:4,a |
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| Travel: Bath to London postcoaches - leave Christopher Inn & Greyhound & Shakespeare Inn, Market Place Bath 4pm daily exc Sat to Holborn, Snow Hill & Wood St, London respectively, stop at Piccadilly, London each way. Fare £1 5s, outside half price - contd. Performed by Mountain, Ibberson, Brown & Collins. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 86/ article:4,c |
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| Travel: London postcoaches contd - return coaches from 3 London inns 5 pm each day to Bath. Performed by Mountain, Ibberson, Brown & Collins. Bookings from new office at White Horse, also at Mr Sheppard's opp Walcot Church. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 87/ article:4,c |
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| Health: remedies - "Anti venereal injection powder" for gonorrhoea advertised, promises secrecy, certainty & expedition for both sexes. Sold at Mr Meyler's, stationer in The Grove, Bath at 10s 6d packet. plus vegetable bottle syringes to administer it. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 88/ article:4,c |
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| Health: various remedies - "Pectoral Essence of Coltsfoot" for coughs, consumption & other respiratory diseases. 3s 6d/bottle. "Velno's Original Vegetable Syrup" for venereal diseases without mercury 11s 6d/bott inc duty. Sold wholesale & retail by R Cruttwell, St James's St, Bath also by Mr Barratt, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 89/ article:4,d |
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| Health: various remedies - "Dr Smyth's Restorative medicine" for general debility. 11s 6d/bottle. "Leake's Piluta Salutaria" for venereal diseases & scurvy etc at 2s 9d/box. Sold wholesale & retail by R Cruttwell, St James Street, Bath; also by Mr Barratt, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 90/ article:4,d |
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| Crime: 70 female prisoners in Newgate removed, to be conveyed to Botany Bay to assist in populating that intended settlement (London, 5 Jan) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 91/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Fashion: "Venus's Vegetable Bloom" for the complexion & "Asiatic toothpowder & tincture" sold by R Cruttwell, Bath. [no price given] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 92/ article:1,b |
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| Health: "Dr Steer's Opodeldoc" for chilblains, rheumatism, bruises etc. 2s/bottle inc duty. Sold by R Cruttwell, W Taylor, L Bull, J Marshall, Hooper & Keenes, S Hazard, J Barratt, M Lambe, H Knight, T Horton H Parry & N Jones in Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 93/ article:1,b |
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| Goods: John Kendall, grocer & tea man at the Golden Canister. Pierrepont St, Bath. Fine teas, Mocha coffee etc. China & glass to hire & sole vendor of Wheble's Kensington candles. [no prices given] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 94/ article:1,b |
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| Education: Mr Benjamin Bush, Chew Magna boarding school for boys age 5 - 13 years. New term starts 15 Jan. Reading, writing gramatically, merchant's accounts, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, dancing. 12 guin p.a & 1 guin entrance. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 95/ article:1,b |
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| Publications: "A Dissertation on Growth of Wine in England" by F X Vispre, pub today price 1s 6d. Also Sir Edw. Barry's Treatise on the wines of the ancients. Printed R Cruttwell, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 96/ article:1,c |
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| Art: Miniature paintings offered by Mr Daniel at no 3 Abbey Green to gentry while in Bath for season. No charge if likeness not achieved. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 97/ article:1,d |