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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: ## for sale - 2 patent washing mills, as new, 1 by Betham, other by Tilt, London. Enq W Haskings, calico glazer & silk stocking dresser 15 Walcot St, Bath opp Pelican Inn Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 908/ article:3,e |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture etc at 1 Lansdown Pl, Bath on 6 May by Mr Spackman. Also, house is to let. Enq Mr Spackman, Chapel House, Lansdown PL Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 909/ article:3,e |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture etc of gentleman leaving Bath. Removed from 12 Milsom St (where sale not permitted) to 10 Milsom St on 15 May by Messrs Plura & Bally Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 910/ article:3,e |
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| Property: ## auction - Middle Hill Spa, Box, inc. the spring of mineral water. Assembly or Tea Room 39' long, standing 4 carriages, stabling for 9 horses with lodgings over. Could convert to 2 houses. On premises, 1 Jun by Messrs Plura & Bally. Partcs Mr Palmer, architect; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 911/ article:3,e |
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| Goods: auction - all household furniture, plate, linen, glass etc of Mr William West. At Middle Hill Spa, Box on 1 June by Messrs Plura & Bally. By order of Trustees. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 912/ article:3,e |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - bees wax 1 punch, camwood 1050 billets, elephants teeth 1807, American flour 1684 barrels, gum copal 1 punch, oats 1520 bushels, wheat 7607 bushels, wood (cedar, bay magnolia) 86 pieces Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 913/ article:4,c |
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| Finance: House of Commons Cmmteee recommend issue of £5 million Exchequer Bills in sums £100, £50 & £20, up to 50% on security of actual goods or property. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 914/ article:1 b |
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| Agriculture: Agric report for April - young wheat promising. Pork still 4s 6d/stone, veal sold alive at 6d/lb. Provisions generally an alarming price. Wool fallen 1/3d on last year. Hay rising. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 915/ article:1 b |
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| Goods: Messrs Ford & Co of Bath - sale of machinery, stock & furniture etc postponed. Creditors to meet at Castle & Ball Inn [Northgate St] Bath on 16 May to consider statement of affairs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 916/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: Cirencester to Lambridge nr Bath turnpike road - Trustees meet at Beaufort Arms, Petty France on 21 May. James Ludlow, clerk, Sodbury 4 May Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 917/ article:1 c |
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| Livestock: for sale - pair of grey coachhorses. Owned by gentleman for 3 years. Can be seen at Partridge's livery stables, back of the Circus. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 918/ article:1 e |
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| Agriculture: commodity prices - Devizes 2 May, wheat 44s - 60s, oats 28s - 30s, barley 26s - 33s, beans 36s - 48s, peas 36s - 44s/qtr; Warminster 4 May, wheat 36s - 60s, barley 24s - 36s, oats 20s - 26s, beans 36s - 48s/qtr. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 919/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: Mark Lane, 6 May - large supply of wheat, heavy sales & prices lowered. Total 5054qtrs wheat sold at av 50s 2d - 16½d lower than last week. Fine flour 42s, 2nds 38s-39s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 920/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: average price grain England 13 Apr - wheat 6s 3¾d, rye 4s 7¾d, barley 4s, oats 2s 7d, beans 4s 5 5/8d, peas 4s 7¼d Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 921/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: bread prices - peck loaf 17lb 6oz, 2s 7d; ½-peck loaf 8lb 110z, 15½d; quartern 4lb 5oz, 7¾d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 922/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: average price sugar, w-e 1 May, 56s 7¾d/cwt, excl Customs Duty Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 923/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: meat prices - Smithfield, to sink the offal, ox beef 2s 6d-3s 4d; we mutton 3s-3s 6d; veal 3s-4s 4d; lamb 3s 4d-4s 4d; pork 3s 4d-4s/stone of 8lbs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 924/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: Assize of Bread, Bath magistrates - 1d wheaten loaf to weigh 8oz 2dr, 2d wheaten do 1lb 0oz 4dr, 3d wheaten do 1lb 8oz 6dr, 6d do 3lb 0oz 12dr, 1 s. do 6lb 1oz 8dr; 6d standard 3lb 7 oz 10 dr; 6d household 4lb & 10dr. Wheat 7s 6d/bushel & inc. allowance for baking & carriage. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 925/ article:2 b |
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| Fashion: pure wheat or starch powder for hair 1s/lb from William Moore of Orange Grove at the Universal Toy Shop & J Carsley in Wade's Passage at the only warehouse for ornamental hair. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 926/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: auction - all mostly new household furniture of a large house nr Pump Room, Abbey Church Yard. 4 poster bed, Field & Press bedsteads, goose feather bedding, carpets, harpsichord by Kirkman etc. On 9 May at 11 o'clock by J Stafford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 927/ article:2 c |
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| Travel: Warminster & Frome to Bath turnpike road - next meeting of trustees at Black Dog Inn, Standerwick Common 14 May at 11 o'clock. James Edgell, clerk Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 928/ article:2 c |
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| Finance: John Osborne, baker of Biddestone St. Nicholas, Wilts has assigned all his estate for benefit of creditors. Creditors to apply to office of Mr John Heath, attorney at law, Chippenham within 1 month. Signed John Frost & Thos Russell. 8 May. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 929/ article:2 c |
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| Property: to let - new-built messuage or tenement & garden, 8 Walcot Terrace, Bath. Apply Mr Wm. Phillips, Portland Place, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 930/ article:2 c |
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| Charity: Society for Relief of Widows & Children etc - report of meeting in London on 23 Apr. Subs recvd to date inc Bath £354 12 6s, Bradford Wilts £21, etc etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 931/ article:2 d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Sir John Sebright, Hon Mr & Mrs Leslie, Hon Mr York [NOTP], Adm Barrington. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 932/ article:3 c |
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| Charity: ## Casualty Hospital - a subscriber, having heard the money belonging thereto cannot at present be come at, has sent a donation of £10. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 933/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr John Griffiths to Miss Rose Blackstone of Bathwick at St James Church, Bath [no date]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 934/ article:3 c |
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| Health: General Hospital - the roof is being raised to provide an additional suite of apartments to admit more patients. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 935/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Lady Charlotte Hamilton, only daughter of the Earl of Hadington [sic], in Bath on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 936/ article:3 c |
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| Health: Bath General Hospital - the Hon & Right Rev Shute Lord Bishop of Durham was chosen president on Wednesday. Governors as follows - Henry Hippisley Coxe, esq MP, John Strode, esq, Granado Pigot, esq, William Davies, esq, Rev Dr Fothergill, Rev C K Savage Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 937/ article:3 c |
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| Law: ## Doctors Commons last Friday - Rev John Wood, rector of Newton St Loe won case against Robert Francis & Wm. Collins for forcibly stopping the transport of corpse of a non-parishioner being buried in the church. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 938/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: ## Mrs Elmes, wife of an apothecary & some time since widow of Mr Yescombe, attorney of Bath, in the poor house in Walcot last week. She has been rich, but became a drunken beggar. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 939/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: Robert Hamilton age 22, a native of Londonderry, was executed on St Michael's Hill Bristol on Friday for breaking open & robbing the shop of Mr Lyne, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 940/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: James Truebury near 60 years old, working in the quarry behind Lansdown Crescent was killed by falling stones on Monday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 941/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: committed to Devizes Bridewell - Francis Bye for stealing leather from Eleazer Newman at Castle Combe & also Thomas Wood for breaking into the house of Mr Jeffery Halliday in Corsham & stealing 4 cheeses, flour & 2 pairs of shoes. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 942/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: benefit Mr Floor, prompter - "Romeo & Juliet" with comic opera "Robin Hood" at Theatre Royal Bath on 6 May. Tickets Mr Floor at 25 Stall St, Bath, opposite Lamb Inn, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 943/ article:3 d |
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| Inns: Old Inn Renew'd at Bathford. Thomas Evill carrying on business of his father late Mr Thos Evill. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 944/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: persons having demands on Thomas Salmon, tilestone quarryman of Kingsdown, Box to send accounts to Thomas Evill at the Old Inn Renew'd at Bathford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 945/ article:3 d |
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| Employment: wanted - immediately apprentice to surgeon apothecary. Apply printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 946/ article:3 d |
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| Employment: wanted - footman who understands the care of the sideboard, can dress hair & has no objection to ride post. Must wear livery & be well recommended. Apply printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 947/ article:3 d |
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| Travel: we hear all private hackney men & the lesser inns of Bath continue to let horses & carriages at the old prices. We doubt not that the great inns will return to the former charges. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 948/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture, single French plate 68" x 40", bookcase 7' 2" wide, fortepiano, fowling piece, billiard table, of gentleman leaving Bath. Removed from his house 12 Gt Pulteney St to Great Room 10 Milsom St on 15, 16 & 17 May by Messrs Plura & Bally Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 949/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: benefit for Deacon & Shrimpton, doorkeepers - concert of vocal & instrmntl music at New Assembly Rooms, 8 May. Vocalists, Mr Huttley, Mr Russell, Mr Dalmer, Mr Howell, Mr Gray & Miss Gopell. Tickets 5s each or ½-guin/3 tickets Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 950/ article:3 e |
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| Publications: "Thoughts on the plan brought forward for building a Free Church in Walcot Parish, together with answer to several objections that have been made to it" by Philagathos, price 6d pub next Monday. Printed & sold by R Cruttwell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 951/ article:3 e |
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| Finance: George Lacy, chairman of Bath, will not be responsible for any debts of his wife Susannah who has left him without just provocation. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 952/ article:3 e |
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| Travel: William Camp, servant, apologises for breaking the toll bar on the Kelston Rd. Has repaired the bar & paid the toll owing so avoided prosecution by the Commissioners. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 953/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - beeswax 120 lb; camwood 2½ tons; cotton 215 bales; elephant teeth 600; fustic 850 pcs; American flour 1000 brls; old iron 10 hghds 14 trc; lemons & oranges 336 chests; CONTD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 954/ article:4 b |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol, contd - mahogany 115 logs; rice 70 trces; Madeira wine 8 pipes 6hghds; Nicaragua wood 4,717 pcs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 955/ article:4 b |
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| Finance: calling-in of present silver coinage looked for - people exchanging light silver for whatever they can get. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 956/ article:1,b |
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| News: Council of Jamaica have voted £10,000 as a gratuity for the bread fruit tree expedition. £5,000 of that sum voted to Capt Bligh as Commander on that service Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 957/ article:1,b |