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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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| Property: auction - Vezey bankruptcy contd - lot 2/4, 2 messuages, grounds & orchard at Broughton Gifford in occupn Jas Brown, Isaac Gerrish, Jas Deadman held from Lord of Manor. At White Hart Inn, Atford, on 8 Sep, by Harry Russ. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1760/ article:1 e |
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| Churches: Rev John Thomas Casberd LLD, prebendary of Wells has been instituted to the United Livings of Llantwit Major & diocese of Llandaff Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1760/ article:3,b |
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| Property: to let - house within 5 minutes drive Bath. Garden & stable. Particulars Mr Norman, surgeon, Milsom St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1761/ article:1,d |
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| Leisure: Lower Rooms, there will be no dress ball this week owing to death of Princess Amelia. First cotillon ball 14 Nov [7 Nov]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1761/ article:3 c |
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| Agriculture: Wm Matthews, sec to Bath Agric Soc, Hetling House, Bath - best seeds of of all roots, plants & grafts. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1761/ article:2 c |
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| Music: Mr Harington, very celebrated oboist (lately arrived from Continent) giving performance at Concert on Wed [? 16 Dec]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1761/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: auction - 8 lots, estates of Mr Richard Maltby in parish of Widcombe & Lyncombe. At Great Room, 10 Milsom Street 22 Oct by Messrs Plura & Bally. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1761/ article:3 e |
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| Property: auction - Vezey bankruptcy contd - lot 3/4, messuage at Atford in occupn Robt Cox held under grant of 1000 yrs (900 remaining), at White Hart Inn, Atford 8 Sep by Harry Russ Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1761/ article:1 e |
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| Marriages: Rev Henry Hodges Mogg MA, rector of Tellisford, to Miss Singer, dtr of Richard Singer, esq of Chippenham, at Chippenham by Rev W R Sainsbury on Tuesday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1761/ article:3,b |
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| Health: "Oriental vegetable cordial" 5s/bottle. Sold by Mr Cruttwell, Hazard & Mrs Tagg, Bath [see 15 Sept 4a]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1762/ article:1,d |
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| Property: to let - stables & yard business of capital inn on the Bath Road. Coming in will be £300. Enq printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1762/ article:3 c |
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| Property: Wm Matthews, sec to Bath Agric Soc, Hetling House, Bath - cast iron pipes for underground water; estates bought & sold, lowest mortgages negotiated. Seeks several sums £100 to £1000 on good securities, 5% interest given Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1762/ article:2 c |
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| Music: Sat last [5 Dec] at New Rooms, concert by 10 year old violinist Master Bridgtower (a mulatto son of an African gentleman of Bath). Also Mr Harrington, performer on the oboe. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1762/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: auction Maltby estates - lot 1/8, dwelling house, coachhouse, stables, greenhouse, garden etc now let to Mrs Cracraft, tenant at will at £60 p.a & all taxes. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1762/ article:3 e |
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| Property: auction - Vezey bankruptcy contd - lot 4/4, a net yearly income of £34 2s for the life of Stephen Vezey. At White Hart Inn, Atford 8 Sep by Harry Russ. Enq Mr Moule, attorney, Melksham; or auctioneer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1762/ article:1 e |
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| Marriages: Mr Gaites, jnr, hairdresser, to Miss Ettell of Batheaston [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1762/ article:3,b |
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| Travel: Warminster & Frome to Bath turnpike - trustees meet by adjournment at Woolpack Inn, Beckington on 13 Dec. J Maskelyn, clerk. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1763/ article:2,b |
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| Property: wanted - small neat house for gentleman's family within 3 - 5 miles Bath. Letters to R Smith, esq at printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1763/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: ## for sale - a large quantity of bricks, tile, Cornish tile, Stourbridge bricks, grind-stones, malt-kiln tiles, & Dutch & Liverpool tile for chimneys etc. From Evan's brickyard, lwr part of Quay, Bath nr turnstile Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1763/ article:2 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Hopley, dancing master of Bath on Friday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1763/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: auction Maltby estates - lot 2/8, new dwelling built house now let on lease to Rev Thomas Street for 21yrs at £50p.a & all taxes Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1763/ article:3 e |
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| Military: Melksham Gentlemen & Yeomanry - Sam Heathcote, capt; Benj Webb, gent, lieut; Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1763/ article:2 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Glover, wife of Mr Glover, silversmith in Milsom St, Bath, Wednesday, aged 37, leaving 5 children Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1763/ article:3,c |
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| Property: for sale - Little Summerford Farm, Wilts. 110 acres. House & farm. Fit for gentleman farmer, tenant will show premises. Enq Mr John Gape, attorney Cerne Abbas. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1764/ article:2,b |
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| Crime: Francis Edwards age 20 escaped from Shepton Mallet gaol. 5 guin reward if apprehended & brought to gaol from Henry Shroll, keeper. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1764/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: ## stolen from a child in Larkhall on Saturday - a sheep with distinct double brand marking, the property of Rev N Morgan, rector of Charlcombe. 5 guin reward for discovery & conviction of offender. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1764/ article:3 b |
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| Agriculture: Bath Agriculture Soc etc - annual meeting at Hetling House yesterday [Tue 8 Dec]. Followed by elegant dinner at White Hart. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1764/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: auction Maltby estates - lot 3/8, new house adj to lot 2, now let for 7yrs to William Chester, esq at £50 p.a & all taxes Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1764/ article:3 e |
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| Military: Beckington etc Volunteer Assn - Thos Royen, esq, capt Troop of Cavalry; Wm Chislett, jnr, gent, lieut; Joseph Mitten, gent, cornet Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1764/ article:2 c |
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| Deaths: Col. Thos Balfour of the North Lowland Fencibles, at his lodgings in Perrymead, aged 46 on Friday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1764/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture & effects of Mr Wm James, decd of Mill St, Bradford. On the premises 12 & 13 Dec by Wm Pitman, auctioneer & undertaker (partcrs from Wooley St). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1765/ article:2,b |
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| Goods: H Pettingal, jnr, mercer, North Parade, has returned from London with stock of eminent weaver deceased. Greatest value. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1765/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let or for sale - a roomy warehouse with contiguous dwelling house & corn lofts adj, nr the Quay, late occup James Palmer, cornfactor & bargemaster. Enq Mr Daniel Brown, Beauford Sq or Mrs Rainsdorp, 8 St James's St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1765/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: ## bread prices - Assize of Bread, 1d wheaten loaf 7oz 6 dr, 2d 14oz 12dr, 3d 1lb 6oz 1dr, 6d 2lb 12 oz 4 dr.; wheat 8s 3d/bushel inc allowance for baking & carriage, etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1765/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: ## auction Maltby estates - lot4/8, 3 closes of pasture containing 35 acres in cultivtn, close to Holloway turnpike & let to Mr Farndon Groom at £63 p.a (advantages for building on). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1765/ article:3 e |
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| Agriculture: wheat prices - Devizes 36 to 52s/qtr, Warminster 35 to 53s, Newbury 34 to 54s, Reading 34 to 54s Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1765/ article:2 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Mary Dennis, only surviving dtr of late Rev John Dennis of Durham, at Bathwick, at an advanced age on Monday, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1765/ article:3,c |
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| Charity: Sundays Schools in Bath - long list of subscribers with amounts given, total £397 17s. Also summary of expenses, inc salary of 11 masters & 19 mistresses for 560 children in Sunday Schools. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1766/ article:2,c |
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| Fashion: Wm. Smith & Co, Abbey Churchyard, Bath. Large assortment of black silks, as they are quitting Bath. Very low prices, from 3s 6d - 4s 6d/yard. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1766/ article:3 c |
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| Services: Wm Dicker of Widcombe continues laying out of parks, gardens, roads & improving boggy lands. Sells peaches, nectarines, apricors, plums etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1766/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Samuel Smith, esq of Saville Row on Sat. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1766/ article:3 b |
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| Property: auction Maltby estates - lot 5/8, close of pasture Lower Foxhill c. 8 acres, let to Messrs Williams at £8 p.a (land tax allowed). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1766/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: fabric dyes - apricot colour dye, blues etc for dyeing linen, cotton, muslin, silk etc giving that fashionable tinge so much in use. Sold wholesale or retail at 6d, 1s, 2s, or 4s/bottle by T Hunt, druggist, Green St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1766/ article:2 d |
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| Deaths: Rev Mr Bere (formerly of Bath) in London, recently Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1766/ article:3,c |
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| Charity: Sunday Schools - committee met Dec 6. Report not less than 560 children instructed & upwards of 110 employed in their "School of Industry" at lwr end James St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1767/ article:2,d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Duke of Newcastle, Earl Camden, Earl of Dalhousie, Countess of Berkeley, Countess of Corke, Countess of Castlehaven, Lord Bayham, Mons le Baron de Baert, Mons le Viscount de Boure, Lady Gibbons, CONTD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1767/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: John Smith (successor to Mr Evill), the original Shoe warehouse, 20 Stall St, Bath. Shoes, boots of own manufacture at reasonable prices. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1767/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Thurs [10 Dec], "The Merchant of Venice" with "The Farmhouse"; Sat [12 Dec], "The Heiress" with entertainments. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1767/ article:3 b |
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| Property: auction Maltby estates - lot 6/8, 2 closes of pasture "Wynyards" & "Five acres" of c.13 acres, let on lease to Mr Heneage Ginder at £37 16s (land tax allowed). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1767/ article:3 e |
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| Agriculture: auction - 10 tons hay, 6 good milch cows, 1 sow & pigs, 5 store pigs, wagon, 2 horses c. 45 acr after grass to let. On the premises Prior Park nr Bath. by Wm Howton on 5 Sep Enq auctioneer, Angel Inn Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1767/ article:2 d |