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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: Cambridge, 29 Sept - at Stirbatch Mon last, Derbyshire cheese 41s-43s/cwt, single Gloucester 44s-46s, double Gloucester 56s/ Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1532/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Employment: wanted - servant for small family, aged over 30, must wear livery, able to dress hair, wait at table & must be of light weight in case of travelling. Enq at Mrs Lee's china shop, Bennett St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1532/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: cheese prices - Michaelmas Fair Winchester 24 Oct, cheese from 30-36s/cwt, sales not brisk Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1532/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: auction - all household effects of a family quitting Bath. At 23 Bennett Street on 11 Sept et seq by Mr Spackman. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1532/ article:3,d |
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| Marriages: John Wm Delap Wilson, esq to Miss Anna Maria Eliz Reynolds at Bathwick this morning Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1532/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Ford, saddler & harness maker, at Frome last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1532/ article:3 b |
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| Publications: Dr Johnson's Dictionary. Sat 15 Oct 1s. Number one, to be published weekly. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1533/ article:4,c |
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| News: ## re. letter in Bath Journal claiming that Mr Dodd (the surgeon who attended William Parsons after he was robbed & assaulted etc) had not been thanked or paid. Legal duty of Widcombe parish to provide surgical assistance, etc. £1 12s paid to a parish officer, as part of Mr Dood's demand. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1533/ article:1 b |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal, Bath - 18 Oct, "The Rivals" by R B Sheridan, with musical farce "The Quaker" at 6pm. Boxes 4s, pits 2s 6d, gallery 1s 6d, upper gallery 1s Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1533/ article:3,d |
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| Finance: Old Bath Fire Office - gen meeting of co-partners at Guildhall on 10 Nov. M Davis, secretary. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1533/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: Mr Wm Evans, common brewer, Walcot, Bath (late partner with Mr Powney) is continuing the brewing business at same address alone. Orders delivered at Mr Saunders, grocer, Saville Row will be punctually attended to. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1533/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Dodd at her house in Lyncombe, lately [no date]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1533/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Daniell, stationer & organist, at Frome last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1533/ article:3 b |
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| Travel: coach Bristol Bath & London. leave London 8pm, arrive 3 Tuns Inn, Bath before 10 am. Four inside passengers £1 12s ea, none outside. Armed guard & coachman. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1534/ article:4,c |
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| Finance: person from London will buy into business in Bath or 20 miles around, not to exceed £100. Letters to A. B. at printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1534/ article:1 c |
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| Services: calendering & clear starching - Elizabeth Potter of 11 Cock Lane, Bath thanks customers for past business & assures every attention Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1534/ article:3,d |
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| Livestock: horses for sale - pair of seasoned grey geldings nr 15 hands high, fit for chariot or phaeton. Partcrs from & view at Mr Watson, Crescent Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1534/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: Mr Daniel Powney, late partner with Mr Evans takes over the stock & business of Mr John Owens at ale & beer brewery opposite the Guildhall High Street Bath. Orders received at Powney's grocery, Brock Street or the brewhouse punctually attended to. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1534/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Rev Edmund Lovell LLD, Archdeacon of Bath & Keynsham, at Batt's place, Taunton after a long illness Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1534/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Lewis, sister of Mr Lewis, saddler. [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1534/ article:3 b |
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| Health: remedies - "Moores Old Established Worm Powders", packets 6s & 3s with directions. R Cruttwell, St James's St, Bath next to church. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1535/ article:4,d |
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| Finance: any with demands on Hon Charles Hamilton, decd, late of Lansdown House to send accounts to John Jefferys, Crescent, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1535/ article:1 d |
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| Employment: steady woman cook wanted immediately - in a gentleman's family nr Bath. Enq Mrs Lambe, grocer of Stall St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1535/ article:3,d |
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| Fashion: ## William Driver, French stay maker announces his sale of Silesia, Holland & Tick stays, from £1 1s to £1 16s, corsets & riding waistcoats from £1 8s to £1 16s, at his premises opp Blue School nr Trim Gate, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1535/ article:2 c |
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| Employment: carpenter wanted to lead half a score men. Married man preferred. Apply The Angel, Westgate Street. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1535/ article:3,e |
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| Churches: Lord Bishop of Bath & Wells has appointed Rev James Phillott DD, rector of Bath to succeed late Dr Lovell in the Archdeaconry Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1535/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: a quantity of butter deficient in weight was seized in our market on Saturday, & given to the poor. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1535/ article:3 b |
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| Finance: ## large increase in poor rate last 1 to 2 years (said to be £100, 000 p.a). Comment on taxes. Stock market strong (London leader) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1536/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Finance: all persons with demands on John Burge, gentleman, decd, late of Chapel Row to send accounts to John Jefferys, Crescent, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1536/ article:1 d |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture & effects of gent leaving Bath, in room in yard of Three Tuns Inn & Tavern, Stall St, Bath on 16 Oct by W Howton Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1536/ article:3,d |
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| Leisure: Seward's exhibition of tumbling, singing, dancing & puppet show of "Mr Punch & his Merry Family" at the Great Auction Room, Cheap Street, Bath on 29 Oct & every evening except Saturday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1536/ article:2 c |
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| Services: 20,000 loads of rubbish wanted - 3d per load will be given delivered nr the new chapel, Henrietta Street, Laura Place, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1536/ article:3,e |
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| Deaths: Mrs Bruce, a maiden lady of Bath, Fri Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1536/ article:3 c |
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| Travel: Kennet & Avon Canal - navigation was opened from Hungerford to Great Bedwyn (an extent of 16 miles) on Tuesday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1536/ article:3 b |
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| Deaths: Theodore Luders, esq of Bath, late of the dragoons at Leghorn. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1537/ article:1,b |
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| Finance: all persons indebted to estate of Gerard Dusign, esq, decd to pay debts to Mr Samuel Howse, Westgate St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1537/ article:1 d |
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| Goods: auction - household goods & furniture of a lady who has left Bath, at 22 Circus, Bath on 28 Oct by E English Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1537/ article:3,d |
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| Property: auction - messuage or tenement with malt house, barn & stable plus ¾ acre land situated at Biddestone St Nicholas, in occup Mr Thomas Sartain. Also adj new-built tnmnt with stable & garden in occup Mr Ann Alborne. At Bear Inn, Chippenham on 21 Nov by Thomas Brown, . Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1537/ article:2 c |
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| Notices: lady's caravan trunk lost - on Saturday night between the White Hart, Stall St & New Inn, Widcombe. Reward 2 guin on its return to Mr Pickwick at White Hart. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1537/ article:3,e |
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| Deaths: Mr Ralph Critchley, pinmaker late of city of Gloucester, in Bath on Sun aged 40 Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1537/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: Salisbury Assizes - Thos Gribbey capitally convicted for stealing a watch at Frome & received sentence of death. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1537/ article:3 c |
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| Employment: housekeeper wanted - for small family, for general managment of house partic. kitchen. Particulars Mr Lucas, York House. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1538/ article:1,c |
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| Property: for sale - Mr Ormsby's house, gardens etc on Lansdown Rd, Bath. Proposals to be received by Hugh Carleton, esq at Mr Beiry's, St John's Place. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1538/ article:1 d |
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| Publications: "Entick's New Spelling Dictionary" revised & corrected by Wm Crakelt MA, pubd 18 Oct, sold by R Cruttwell & all booksellers price 4s (to ½ guin with extra binding). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1538/ article:3,d |
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| Finance: Bath Sun Fire Office - meeting of directors at Old Rooms on 10 Nov. J Salmon, secretary. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1538/ article:2 d |
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| Inns: Henry Ballanger (late from Mrs Williams, decd at the Greyhound & Shakespeare) now at Three Tuns Inn. Note London & Bristol coaches every day. A good ordinary every day at 2 o'clock. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1538/ article:3,e |
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| Military: Essex Light Dragoons - well known in Bath, to be augmented. Apply Cornet Gregson, Black Swan, Broad St, Bath who is authorised to give certificates for enlisting men Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1538/ article:3 d |
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| Crime: Thomas Isles, private in Somerset Provisional Cavalry committed to Dorchester Castle charged with attempting to rape a married woman of Sherbourne. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1538/ article:3 c |
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| Employment: ladies maid wanted - ability in hairdressing, millinery & clear starching. Particulars Mr Lucas, York House. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1539/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: at Barton Fair on Thurs, cheese in short supply, best cheese 38s-42s/, two meal 32s-34s/ (Gloucester, 2 Oct). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1539/ article:2 b |