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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 - valuable estates of Mr Richard Maltby held on lease from Bruton Hospital for long term of 999 years situated in parish of Widcombe & Lyncombe. At Great Room, 10 Milsom Street sometime in Oct next by Messrs Plura & Bally. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1653/ article:3,d |
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| Health: "Celebrated Worm tea" for children. 1s 1½d , from R. Cruttwell & W. Meyler, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1653/ article:4,d |
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| Leisure: the annual diversions at Chippenham Mead will be on Thurs 12 & Fri 13 Sept. Ordinaries [meals] as usual Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1653/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: large assortment fresh teas, just recvd, from Peter Paul, Bath tea warehouse, cnr Green St nr St Michael's Church, Bath. [no prices] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1654/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: sale of silks at warehouse of Wm. Smith & Co, Abbey Churchyard, in consequence of their quitting Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1654/ article:1 c |
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| Education: Rev J Gerrard of Batheaston has engaged Sgnr Rossi to teach French & Italian, & for classical studies. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1654/ article:1 c |
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| Deaths: --- Sheffield, esq of Reading, at Bath on Thursday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1654/ article:3 c |
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| Employment: wanted - an upholsterer & paperhanger. Apply Plura & Bally, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1654/ article:3,d |
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| Health: "Belton's only True Blue British Oil". 1s 1½d/bottle inc duty from R. Cruttwell, M.Lambe, J. Gibbens, S. Hazard, H.Parry, H. Knight, J. Brown & M. Tagg of Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1654/ article:4,d |
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| Sport: Manor of Laverton - T. S Champneys, Orchardleigh, Frome having purchased it for preservation of game requests that all gentlemen will desist from sporting on it until the breed of game can be restored. Trespassers will be prosecuted. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1654/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: auction - Charles Abbot, linen draper & lace man has sale this evening at 6 pm. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1655/ article:3,c |
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| Notices: Frome Fair usually on 25 Nov will be held on Monday as 25th falls on a Saturday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1655/ article:1 c |
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| Goods: Potter, working upholsterer, 11 Cock Lane. Newest patterns of Wilton carpet. Woodmason's & other paper hangings. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1655/ article:1 c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Taylor, wife of Mr Taylor, bookseller in Church Street on Thursday [12 Nov] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1655/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: jewellery silver & plated goods, fans toys & trinkets, urns coffee & tea pots etc at Repository, Walks, Bath. Mr Newman has added subscription room for ladies & gentlemen to assemble in during their walks from the Pump Room. Daily papers provided. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1655/ article:3,e |
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| Military: militia regiment stations - long list of c. 96 regts & supplementary's with present locations in England. Somerset regt @ Falmouth; Som E suppl @ Charlestown camp; Som W suppl @ Market Heights; Cheshire Reg @ at Bristol; Wilts suppl @ Winchester. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1655/ article:1,b |
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| Notices: lost between Highclere, Hants & Corton Farm nr Calne, Wilts - black leather pocket book, memorandum book & parchment-covered book (of bank A/C with Messrs Drummond & Co). 10 guin reward on return to Mr Lucas at Highclere; Mr John Coleman, Melksham; or late residence of Mr Wm Coleman, Keynsham Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1655/ article:1,c |
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| Property: to let - modern house in Belvedere, occupd by Mrs Morgan. Apply Mr Plura, Milsom St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1656/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: J Ewing continues brewing business in Parsonage Lane. Contracts for year for barm can be depended on for good quality. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1656/ article:1 c |
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| Goods: for sale - the whole stock-in-trade of R Telling, [linen draper], bankrupt at 14 Market Pl, Bath, good assortment of all haberdashery. Please pay all debts to the assignee, John Ward, grocer, Widcombe. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1656/ article:1 d |
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| Deaths: Richard Biggs, esq at Camerton on Thursday [12 Nov] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1656/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: creditors & debtors of estate of late Mr Robert Price, baker & confectioner, decd, to apply to Mr John Owens, Green St, Bath on or before 27 Sept. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1656/ article:3,e |
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| Leisure: Chippenham Annual Amusements - will be held in West Mead on 23 & 24 August. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1656/ article:1,b |
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| Finance: Land Tax redemption - Receiver General will receive purchase money at the Angel, Warminster 7 Aug, the Bear, Devizes 8 Aug, King's Arms, Melksham 9 Aug & White Hart, Chippenham on 10 Aug. Edmund Wilkins, Receiver General. Forfeit 1/16th on those neglecting to pay. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1656/ article:1,d |
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| Property: to let - furnished country house "Greenaway Farm", Frome Rd, ½ mile from Bath, inc pleasure garden. Apply Mr Plura, Milsom St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1657/ article:3,c |
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| Employment: wanted immediately - a bailiff or steward to superintend large farm & estates & repairs thereof. Enq Rev Mr Prowse, Camerton, Bath. [no estate given] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1657/ article:1 c |
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| Property: for sale - substantial well built house in Axford Buildings. Partcrs W Percival, attorney. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1657/ article:1 d |
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| Deaths: Sir John Silvester, bart at the Circus on Sunday [15 Nov]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1657/ article:3 c |
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| Property: auction - lease of house of Mr Samuel Sims, the sign of the Kings Head in Lilliput Alley to highest bidder on 27 Sept. Stock in trade with furniture taken at fair appraisement. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1657/ article:3,e |
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| Finance: Kennet & Avon Canal Navigation - at quarterly meeting at the White Hart Inn, Bath, 26 Jun 1798, committee of management made a call of £5 for every whole share & £2 10s for every half share to defray expenses. John Ward, principal clerk Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1657/ article:1,b |
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| Goods: auction - household goods, china etc, also patent pianoforte with additional keys by Longman & Broderip. At 1 Northumberland Bldgs, Bath on 1 Aug by Wm Howton Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1657/ article:1,d |
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| Finance: creditors of John Bennett Popkins, esq, late of Bath to meet next Saturday, Bear Inn to consider attorney's proposal for settling his affairs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1658/ article:3,d |
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| Employment: young person, daughter of reputable tradesman, glad to engage herself as maid to a young lady of genteel family. Line to P.O at Post Office, Bath will be attended to. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1658/ article:2 b |
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| Publications: "Housekeeper's Accompt Book for 1789" published this day in quarto, 52 pages, price 1s 6d. Printed for R Cruttwell & W Taylor & sold by all booksellers in Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1658/ article:1 d |
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| Deaths: Mr Sam Caswell, son of Rev Mr Caswell, at Cold Ashton last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1658/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: auction - household effects of a gentleman quitting Bath. At auction room, Westgate Street on 24 Sep by H Thurston. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1658/ article:3,e |
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| Leisure: Wiltshire annual venison feasts - to be held at the Swan Inn, Bradford on Avon on 23 Aug. & at the Bear Inn, Devizes on 24 August. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1658/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: auction - neat household furniture at 30 Gay St, Bath on 6-8 Aug by Wm Howton. Lease of the house to be sold on premises, Tuesday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1658/ article:1,d |
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| Leisure: 2nd of 8 subscription concerts at New Assembly Rooms on 16 Nov. (3rd concert 23 Nov). Subscription 1 guin, non subscribers 5s. Selections from Handel. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1659/ article:3,d |
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| Property: auction - messuage & garden, [no address] occupied Mr Richard Stokes, £14 14s p.a. At Kings Arms, Melksham 1 Nov by S Wilkins. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1659/ article:2 b |
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| Politics: slave trade - asserted that the slaves brought down to the coast of Africa are found unsaleable & immediately put to death to save trouble & expense of sending them back. The calculation of the great Dr Franklin "every cubic inch of sugar we consume, costs a cubic inch of human blood" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1659/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - tomorrow (Thurs) [19 Nov] "The Young Quaker" with new pantomine "Gil Blas of Santilene, or, The Tool of Fortune"; Sat [21 Nov], "The Belle's Stratagem" with "The Humorist". Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1659/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: auction - household & kitchen furniture. On premises 16 Portland Place, Bath on 25 Sep by E English. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1659/ article:3,e |
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| Property: auction sale - freehold estate, N. side of Southwick Common, North Bradley. Farmhouse, bldgs & 19 acres of rich meadow land. Let to Mr Jeremiah Butcher, rent £25 p.a. Enq Printer. By Thos Lloyd, George Inn, Trowbridge 18 Aug. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1659/ article:1,c |
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| Property: Mansion House at Cumberwell with stabling for 12 horses, brewhouse, walled gardens. On good turnpike road 6 mi Bath. Enq Mr Mant, attorney, 23 Gay St, Bath. To view, Benj Alexander, Little Cumberwell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1659/ article:1,e |
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| Leisure: first Cotillon Ball at Lower Assembly Rooms to be on Nov 22. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1660/ article:3,d |
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| Property: auction - 5 tenements in Melksham parish [no more address], occupied by Thomas Small & others. At Kings Arms, Melksham on 1 Nov by S Wilkins. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1660/ article:2 b |
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| Health: hard waters now corrected - an extract from Dr Fothergill's "New Experimental Enquiry concerning Cheltenham & other waters" just published Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1660/ article:2 b |
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| Crime: James Poaw committed to Shepton Mallet Bridwell (by Leonard Coward, esq Mayor of Bath) for stealing a greatcoat belonging to to Geo. Pocock from Mr Wilkie's, victualler Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1660/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: imports at Bristol - argol 3 hghds, anchovies 102 barrels, alabaster vases 1 case, brimstone 18 tons, butter 140 firkins, campeachy wood 1,147 sticks, coffee 102 hhds, copper (old) 2 hhds, cotton 8 bales, CONTD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1660/ article:4,b |