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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 furniture, linen, china, glass etc of gentleman quitting Bath. At auction rooms, Monmouth St, Bath on 12 August by J. Stafford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2114/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, John Cross - lot 1/5, messuage with workshops, garden & 2 acr land in Turlyn [sic] occupied by Mr Thomas Cross, currier. At Swan Inn Bradford on 26 August by Abraham Small Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2115/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Cross, cont - lot 2/5, close of clover land being 1 acre 2 roods 35 perches called "Poddix" adjoining road from Turlyn to the Cross Post. At Swan Inn Bradford on 26 August by Abraham Small Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2116/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Cross cont - lot 3/5, close of arable land in wheat about 3 acres 2 roods 1 perch called Oakay, R of road from Cross Post to Winsley. At Swan Inn Bradford on 26 August by Abraham Small Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2117/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Cross cont - lot 4/5, close of arable land in wheat about 2 acres 15 perches called "Sand Close", adj road from the Cross Post to Frankley. At Swan Inn Bradford on 26 August by Abraham Small Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2118/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction, Cross cont - lot 5/5, close of arable land planted with beans about 2 acres 2 roods 16 perches called "Sartain's Ground" nr Winsley Church. At Swan Inn Bradford on 26 August by Abraham Small Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2119/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: persons indebted to estate of Wm. Evill, decd, silversmith to pay their debts to Robert Carpenter, George St. Opie Smith, Benj. Plummer & Robert Carpenter, executors Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2120/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: auction - complete household of Mr Wood (going abroad). On the premises at 2 Bath Street on 8 Aug by Mr Plura Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2121/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: auction, Messrs Lowther, bankrupt - all household furniture, linen, 2 x 8 day-clocks etc. On the premises in Walcot St on 13 Aug by C. Trimnell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2122/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: auction, Messrs Lowther, bankrupt - stock-in-trade inc doors, shutters, sashes, window casings, chimney caps, 2 marble chimney pieces & slabs, locks, etc. On the premises in Walcot St on 14 Aug by C. Trimnell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2123/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: auction, Messrs Lowther, bankrupt - unfixed materials, doors, sashes, free stone paving, stone steps, 16 polished Kingston slabs & 1 do chimney piece, flat pennant edging. On the premises in Gt Pulteney St on 15 Aug by C. Trimnell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2124/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: auction, Messrs Lowther, bankrupt - c. 200 ft nosed pennant steps, quantity square do, c 400 ft upright pennant edging, 1 wagon, 2 catrs, 4 draught horses, etc at yard in Milk St on 16 Aug by C. Trimnell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2125/ article:3 e |
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| Leisure: Spring Gardens Vauxhall - Grand Festival in honour of Prince of Wales's birthday. Music, illuminations, transparencies, fireworks by Signor Invetto. Tickets 1s at Parade Coffee House; & at the Gate of the Gardens. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2126/ article:3 e |
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| Military: Internal defence - Somerset Committee adjourned meeting on 30 July at George Inn Bridgwater. Sir Philp Hales, bart, Wm Hopkins & Samuel Daniel, esqs have each produced list of gentlemen & yeomanry to serve in Troops under their command; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2127/ article:3 e |
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| Military: ## Internal Defence, Somerset Committee meeting, contd - sum of £600 voted at last meeting to equip troops is insufficient. Resolved sum of £700 be paid to each troop; also sum not exc 2 guin for the Taunton Infantry Cavaliers & 50 Somerton Infantry Volunteers. W Hyatt, sec Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2128/ article:3 e |
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| Military: Internal Defence - voluntary subscriptions, Somerset Committee - £10,408 4s already acknowledged. Additional subs of £999 10s [detailed] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2129/ article:3 e |
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| Military: Internal Defence - Somerset Committee adjourned meeting on 30 July at George Inn Bridgwater Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2130/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - anchovies 95 brls; barilla 300 bags; beef 73 tierces; capers 10 casks; cork 5 tons; cotton 154 bags flax feed 153 hhds; glue (Irish) 2 hhds; hams 1 hhd; hides 500; indigo 15 brls; lemons 6 boxes 20 chests; linen (Irish) 188 packs, 58 boxes; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2131/ article:4 c |
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| Goods: imports, Bristol cont - logwood 22c; oil (Gallipoll) 81 pipes, 20 ½ pipes, 49 ¼-pipes; pork 168 brls 19 ½ brls; raisins 3 jars; rice 559 brls, 147 ½brls; skins (deer) 27 hhds; staves 16c 2 qrs 20; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2132/ article:4 c |
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| Goods: imports, Bristol cont - tongues 20 firkins; velves 2 tierces, 5 brls; wine (Spanish) 119 brls, 71 hhds, 6 pipes, (Oporto) 356 pipes, 14 hhds 4 ¼ casks, (Lisbon) 92 pipes, 6 hhds; yarn 4 trusses. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2133/ article:4 c |
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| Leisure: Wilts Annual Venison meeting - for Trowbridge & Bradford at Trowbridge on 21 Aug; for Devizes at Devizes on 22 Aug. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2134/ article:1 c |
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| Finance: persons indebted to Thomas Lidiard, dec'd, mason to pay their dues to Mr Robert Lidiard in James St, Bath, his executor. Robert Lidiard has taken over his deceased father's business. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2135/ article:1 d |
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| Travel: Warminster & Frome to Bath turnpike road - trustees to meet at Black Dog Inn, Standerwick Common on 19 August. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2136/ article:1 d |
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| Goods: for sale - at Bristol 100,000 ft of mahogany recently imported from Bay of Honduras. In 9 lots of 3 to 4,000 ft. Also, 70 tons of fustick. Apply Bush, Elton & Bush. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2137/ article:1 e |
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| Military: deserted from Monmouth & Brecon Militia commanded by the Duke of Beaufort, Thomas Jones of South Petherton. Reward of 20s. from Duke's steward. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2138/ article:1 e |
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| Deaths: Mr Skuse, for many years apothecary to Bath General Hospital. [No date] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2139/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Devizes 7 Aug, wheat 40-56s/qtr; barley 22-35s; beans 46-50s; oats 27-29s; peas 52s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2140/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - Warminster 9 Aug, wheat 40s-54s; barley 26s-36s; oats 23s-26s; beans 40s-48s per quarter. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2141/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: average price of grain throughout England 2 Aug - wheat 52s 3d; barley 31s 8d; rye 38s 3d; oats 22s 5d; beans 42s 9d; peas 43s 11d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2142/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: average price of sugar, w-e 6 August, 38s 1¾d/cwt excluding customs duty. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2143/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: meat prices - Smithfield 11 Aug, to sink the offal, ox beef 2s 4d-3s; we.mutton 3s-3s 4d; veal 3s-4s 4d; pork 3s 8d-4s; lamb 3s 4d-4s/stone of 8 lbs. Sold 1,600 beasts, 9,000 sheep, 3,000 lambs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2144/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: meat prices - Newgate/ Leadenhall 11 Aug by carcase, ox beef 2s-2s 8d; mutton 2s 8d-3s; veal 2s 8d-4s; pork 3s 8d-4s; lamb 3s-3s 8d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2145/ article:2 c |
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| Agriculture: average price commodities - tallow 2s 7d/stone; hay 80s-94s 6d; straw 30s-36s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2146/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture of deceased lady, removed to 11 Milsom St for convenience of sale on 25 Aug by Mr Bally. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2147/ article:2 d |
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| Property: auction - f/hold brick house (much unfinished inside) with front garden nr Mr Trotman's brickyard at Lambridge, ground rent £21. Cost upwards £400 in present state, put up at £50. At Greyhound Inn, Bath on 16 Aug by J. Stafford. Apply Mr Clarke, attorney, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2148/ article:2 d |
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| Property: private sale - house in Seymour Street apply Mr Bally 11 Milsom St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2149/ article:2 d |
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| Military: Internal defence of the Country - amount of subscriptions raised in Wiltshire now £12,779 3s [latest subs listed]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2150/ article:2 d |
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| Military: if a ballot needed to replace men taken from old estab Wilts Militia & appointed NCOs for Volunteers, expenses of finding substitutes shall be paid to parishes out of the Subscription. Such substitutes to be considered part of the 400 men voted to be raised at the 1st meeting. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2151/ article:2 d |
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| Property: auction, Robt. Moxham cont - lot 1/5, f/hold pasture "Long's Mead" nr Larkhall, Walcot, in possession of William Trotman, tenant at will, ground rent £2 10s; lot 2/5 f/hold dwelling in Fleet St, Walcot, ground rent £2 10s, at the Three Tuns on 23 August by J. Isgar Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2152/ article:2 e |
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| Property: auction, Moxham cont - lot 3/5, 2 tnmnts in Walcot (one in an unfinished state); lot 4/5, 2 tnmnts in Bedford St, (not completely finished). At the Three Tuns on 23 August by J. Isgar Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2153/ article:2 e |
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| Property: auction, Moxham cont - lot 5/5, 2 tnmnts with gardens & orchards in the parish of Marksbury. At the Three Tuns on 23 August by J. Isgar Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2154/ article:2 e |
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| Property: lot 6 - well built tnmnt in St. George's Pl, late in possn. of Isaac Fennell, ground rent £4 10s; lot 7, 3 tnmnts in Parson's Orchard, Lyncombe & Widcombe in possn. of George Gowing & his undertenants. At the Three Tuns on 23 August by J. Isgar Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2155/ article:2 e |
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| Property: auction - dwelling "Bottle & Glass" in Weston, building at cnr of the intended Lower James's St extending to river, & land intended for said street, on upper turnpike rd, ½ m from Bath; contd. At house of Edw. Davis, sign of "The Griffin", Monmouth St, Bath on 23 Aug by J. Isgar. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2156/ article:2 e |
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| Property: auction - vaults, erections & dwellings fronting turnpike rd & adj to "Bottle & Glass" in Weston parish (part of another mssg where party walls, chimneys & flues already built, At house of Edw. Davis, The Griffin, Monmouth St, Bath on 23 Aug by J. Isgar. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2157/ article:2 e |
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| Goods: private sale - valuable stock in trade of J. C. B. Campbell, bookseller, stationer, binder & printseller etc, Burton St Bath. Details G. G & J Robinson, Paternoster Row, London. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2158/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Finance: persons indebted to estate of J. C. B Campbell, Burton St, Bath to pay Mr James Hodges on the premises Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2159/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: private sale - house & shop of J. C. B. Campbell, bookseller & binder, forming 4th cnr of Burton St, Bath, details from C. G & J Robinson, Paternoster Row London. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2160/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Finance: Bank Stocks - 3% red 68; ditto cons. 67¼; 165¼; 4% con 84 5/8; ditto scrip 69; long ann 20; short 9¾; New Navy 1¾ dif; Exchange Bills 15/- pr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2161/ article:3 b |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - Thomas Bartlett, carpenter of Walcot (from London Gazette). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2162/ article:3 b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl & Countess of Peterborough, Earl Camden, Rt Hon Mr & Mrs Delatouche, Sir Henry Sheridan & lady, Sir David Williams & lady. (NOTP) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 2163/ article:3 b |