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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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| News: weather - severe thunderstorm at Sodbury on Wed. Also cow belonging to a gentleman in Horton struck dead by lightning. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1382/ article:3 d |
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| Property: auction - several small f/hold & l/hold estates, property of Dr Gunning in common fields of Batheaston, Swainswick, Somrst, & Cold Ashton, Gloucs. At latter end of Oct. Partcrs Mr Gunning, attorney at law, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1382/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: notice to creditors of Mr Edward Mitchell, late of Corsham, clothier, decd (late in partnership with Edward May, also decd) to meet at Pack Horse Inn, Corsham on 12 Oct. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1382/ article:2 d |
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| Goods: for sale - fine Golden Pippin & Cockagee cider, some fine perry, 1 horse chair with Mooore's patent springs & elastic seat. At Repository & Livery Stables by C. Demander on Saturday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1382/ article:2 d |
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| Deaths: Wm. Moody, esq.of Bathampton, Wilts, JP & alderman of Wilton & Salisbury - aged 70 after a long illness - Wed evening Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1382/ article:3,c |
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| Military: Somerset Fencible Cavalry have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation on the secret expedition Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1382/ article:1,a |
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| Notices: ## Mr Plura, upholder & auctioneer, thanks to his friends for helping after the fire, at his warehouses last Friday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1383/ article:3,c |
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| Publications: views of principal seats of nobility & gentry, 25 parts, 1st pub 2 Oct 1786. 3s each at all booksellers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1383/ article:4 c |
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| Sport: backsword at Worton, Potterne nr Devizes on 22 & 23 Sept. Prize 4 guin on 22nd & 5 guin on 23rd - at leat 1" blood to run. Prizes to revive this ancient manly sport. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1383/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: creditors on effects of William Allen, gent, decd late of Boreham (resided for several months before death in Walcot parish) to send A/Cs to Mr Windsor of Warminster. Debts to be paid to him. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1383/ article:2 d |
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| Travel: for sale - light crane neck phaeton with plated harness for single horse, property of gentleman. Enq. Kilvert's coachmaker, opp Westgate Bldgs Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1383/ article:2 e |
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| News: Mrs Dart, widow of Rev. Philip Dart is elected pumper of this city for coming year Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1383/ article:3,c |
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| Finance: Royal Exchange Assurance Office - premiums falling due on 24 Jun now payable, Alexander Watson, secretary. Agents - Chippenham, Wm Taylor; Devizes, James Sutton Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1383/ article:1,b |
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| Finance: Bath fire offices - directors meeting 30 Sept, will liberally reward those known to them who assisted at fire in John St [Mr Plura's]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1384/ article:3,c |
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| Finance: creditors of the late Rev Richard Olive of Chew Magna, decd to make further dividend 2s in £. Meet at Angel Inn, Redcliffe, Bristol on 9 Sep. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1384/ article:1 c |
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| Property: for sale - 2 houses, 1 on Russel St, & 1 on Oxford Row. Partcrs Mr William Phillips, Monmouth Street, St John's Court, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1384/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture etc, the property of Mrs Windsor in Corn St, Bath on 25 Sep by Thomas Bird. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1384/ article:2 d |
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| Property: ## to let half furnished - cheap house, first & largest in Lower East Hayes, , rent £70 10s p.a, taxes included Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1384/ article:2 e |
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| Industry: ## letter re manufacture of silk & leather gloves. Village of Montacute - all employees making gloves - girls aged 5 or 6 can earn 4s to 5s/ week - now 2/3 village unemployed as ladies prefer silk gloves & French gloves, notwithstanding the enormous penalty Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1384/ article:3,d |
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| Finance: Old Bath Fire Office, St John's Pl, Bath - premiums now due on policies expiring Midsummer. J L Davis, secretary. Agents - Mr Groom, Melksham; Mr Heath, Chippenham Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1384/ article:1,c |
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| Crime: ## arson/ists who fired house of Dr. Smith, Gay Street on 18 Sept. City magistrates offer 100 guin reward & two fire offices offer £50 each on conviction of person/s presently unknown. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1385/ article:3,c |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - creditors of Richard Fry, clothier, dealer & chapman to meet at Packhorse Inn, Corsham on 13 Sep. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1385/ article:1 d |
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| Property: for sale or to let - dwelling house with stable at Woolley; also adj, garden & orchard about 2 acres. Apply Mr Smith or Mr Clutterbuck of Bradford, Wilts. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1385/ article:3 d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Princess Gallitzin, Sir Robert & Lady Clayton, Lady Blakistone, Sir Samuel Hannay, Sir Charles Ventris Field, Hon Mrs Cole [NOTP], Gen Blathwayt. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1385/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let - neat furnished house on W-side of Catherine Place. Enquire at Mr Thicknesse's Hermitage Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1385/ article:2 e |
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| Goods: auction - large variety household furniture & 2 billiard tables at 2 Grove St. 16 Jul by Mr Nonmus Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1385/ article:3,d |
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| Property: to let - family accommodation in vicinity of Chipping Sodbury. Furnished premises occupd by single person for whom the house is too large. Enq printer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1385/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture at 3 Wood St. On 22 Sept by Thomas Bird, auctioneer . Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1386/ article:3,c |
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| Law: ## letter re action at recent Assizes against a Vicar's for non-residence in his parish for 12 months. Vicar also Master of Bruton Grammar School. Compromise settlement. Writer considers the statute of non-residence should be repealed. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1386/ article:2 b |
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| Goods: auction - property of a gentleman leaving Bath, at Rivers St, cnr of Gloucester St, on 18 & 19 Sep by E English (of Broad St). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1386/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - will open with comic opera "Inkle & Yarico" & "The Midnight Hour" on 26 Sep. Performances Sat only next month. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1386/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the "Spinning Jenny" for cotton manufacture at his seat at Cromford, Derbyshire Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1386/ article:3 b |
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| Finance: caution in Bath Journal 2 Jul not to trust me, Eliz. Barret - left husband John Barret, journeyman & tailor 9 Orchard St. after he beat me, threatened to kick me downstairs for visiting my sick & aged mother. All creditors send demands to me at my mother's 7 Orchard St. Witnessed W. Williams Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1386/ article:3,d |
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| Charity: Bath City Dispensary & Asylum - church collections for this cause on Sunday 9 Jun amounted to £223 6s 2d Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1386/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture & effects (of a gentleman leaving Bath). At house opposite Boarding School, Trim St, Bath on 26 & 27 Sept by T Bird (of Queen St). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1387/ article:3,c |
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| Travel: new elegant postcoach on plan similar to mailcoach, from Lamb Inn, Bath at 6 am each day via Chippenham to Swan with Two Necks, Lad Lane, London, 4 inside. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1387/ article:2 d |
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| Employment: a sober steady pressman, who is a complete workman, wanted by the printer. Apply by letter post paid. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1387/ article:3 d |
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| News: Coroner E Divn Somerset - the violent contest for post concluded unexpectedly at Ilchester last Wed evening by Mr Higgins declining the poll. Whereupon Mr Layng duly elected Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1387/ article:3 c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl of Suffolk, Sir Thomas Hyde Parker (NOTP) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1387/ article:3 b |
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| Notices: tenants of Bath Corp. who have not paid water & other rents due Midsummer please pay Thu & Fri each week Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1387/ article:3,e |
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| Goods: auction - all household furniture, stock of beer (4,000 galls) etc of Mr Edward Canton of Antelope Inn, Market Pl, Chippenham, on premises 1 & 2 Jul by Harry Russ. Also, house to let. Enq Mr Heath, attorney, Chippenham Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1387/ article:1,d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Hon Mrs Onslow [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1388/ article:3,d |
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| News: Address to King from Sheriff & Grand Jury of Somerset, presented by James Stephens, esq (Sheriff) attended by County MPs (Sir John Trevelyan, bart & Edward Phelips, esq). (London Gazette, St James's 5 Sept). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1388/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Crime: caution to journeyman bakers - "Whereas I Thomas Brewer have at sundry times defrauded my master Mr John Brake of various sums of money etc" witness John Courtenay, signed Thomas Brewer. [No place named] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1388/ article:3 d |
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| News: the 30th anniversary of Their Majesties' Coronation was celebrated yesterday in Bath with bell ringing. Principal citizens invited by Mayor to an elegant meal at the Guildhall. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1388/ article:3 c |
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| Marriages: Mr Merrifield, stable keeper, to Miss Sarah Liddiard, daughter of Mr Thomas Liddiard in Corn Street, on Thursday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1388/ article:3 b |
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| Property: to let - Alfred House in Alfred St. Apply Mr Cruttwell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1388/ article:3,e |
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| Finance: Wilts & Western Assurance Soc, or Salamander Fire Office - receipts for premiums now due. Principal offices, Mr Bunn, Frome; Mr Timbrell, Trowbridge; Mr Barton, Warminster; Mr Carter, Bradford Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1388/ article:1,d |
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| Marriages: Mr Drayton (Master of Academy in Bennet St, Bath) to Mrs Allingham of Bath, on Sun. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1389/ article:3,d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lady Rich [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1389/ article:3 b |