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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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| Education: Abbe Rudemare, MA at Paris Uni. teaches French language, Latin & Geography. Terms - 8 lessons for 1 guinea. Letters to Bull's library Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1284/ article:3,d |
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| Property: auction - small estate "Honeybrook Farm" in parish of Biddestone St Nicholas in occupn of Mr John Wilkins. At Bear Inn, Chippenham on 15 Jun by Harry Russ. The estate is free from Land Tax Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1284/ article:2,c |
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| Health: remedies - "Dalby's Carminative mixture" for wind, gripes etc, sold by W Taylor, bookseller in Church St, Kingston Bldgs, Bath. Price 1s 3d/bottle. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1285/ article:1 c |
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| Livestock: stray horse - gelding found at Angel Inn, Westgate St, Bath. Any who proves ownership & pays expenses may have animal. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1285/ article:2,d |
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| Charity: Richard & Ann Arundel with 4 children & 1 more due, no bed as seized for rent & minimal nourishment, ask for help to provide food. Apply printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1285/ article:3 d |
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| Sport: Somerst Game Certs, contd - Francis Fisher (Batheaston), John Godfrey, esq (Lambridge), Rev Race Godfrey (Hinton Charterhouse), Richard Goldstone (Bathford), John Hooper, esq & James Hooper, esq (both Walcot), Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1285/ article:2a |
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| Crime: greyhound dog stolen from George Ladd, gamekeeper of the Manor of Weston near Bath. Reward of 2 guin to anyone giving information leading to conviction. Robert Forman, steward. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1285/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: ## food prices - lump sugar lowered to 11d/lb at Stevenson's Tea Agency Office (entrance through Three Tuns, Stall St, Bath). Also teas from 2s 6d to 10s/lb Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1285/ article:3 e |
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| Property: to let - 8 Bond St. now in possession of Mr Cox quitting muslin business. Stock & lease to be taken at a fair appraisement Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1285/ article:3,d |
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| Travel: for sale - low elegant phaeton with handsome livery lace, as new, only used few weeks, inc. harness, pole & shafts. Also handsome postchariot, little used with fashionable hammercloth. Enq Mr George Arnold at White Lion Inn, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1285/ article:2,d |
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| Finance: Land Tax set at 4s in £1 for one year. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1286/ article:3 b |
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| Property: to let - house in Horse St, Bath in possession of Mr Robert Telling, linen draper & haberdasher. Good for linenshop or apothecary business. Enqe Richard Singer, St James's Parade, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1286/ article:3,c |
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| Property: to let - house for small family, 3 bedrooms garden orchard 3 acre paddock at Church Yatton, 10 miles Bath, 3 miles Chippenham. Apply Mr Richard Taylor, Church Yatton. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1286/ article:3 d |
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| Sport: Somerst Game Certs, contd - Samuel Kelson (Beckington), William Kelston (Dunkerton), John Levett, esq (Farleigh), William Gore Langton, esq (Newton Park), Edward Lyne, esq (Saltford), Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1286/ article:2a |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - John Williams, late of Bath, coachmaker, horse dealer, coal dealer, victualler & chapman. Creditors to meet & prove debts at house of John Dover, the Lamb, Stall St on 18 Sep. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1286/ article:3 d |
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| Employment: ## wanted - sober countryman to drive chaise. No person who has driven hackney chaise will be treated with, apply Mr Powney, grocer, Brock St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1286/ article:3 e |
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| Employment: gamekeeper wanted - single man who understands breaking of dogs & fishing. Apply Mr Marshall, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1286/ article:3,d |
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| Travel: auction - 5 shares in Kennet & Avon canal from Newbury to Bristol, at Angel Inn, Reading on 15 Jun by Mr Hawkes. Enq Mr Hawkins, Reading Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1286/ article:2,d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord & Lady Tracey, Lord & Lady Garlies, Lady Eaglestone, Sir Wm. York & Lady, Sir Thomas Champness, Sir Chas Rolte, Sir Thos Whitmore & Lady, Sir Chas Sidley, Sir Thos Cave & 2 Misses, Gov Came, Gen Concord. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1287/ article:3 b |
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| Publications: "Farmers Magazine & Useful Family Companion" publ today, five vols, 1 guin. Available R Cruttwell, Bath & newsmen & booksellers. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1287/ article:3,c |
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| Property: to let - house at Newton, stable, coach-house & garden. Partics Mr Griffith, Newton. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1287/ article:3 d |
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| Sport: Somerst Game Certs, contd - Joseph Mitten (Beckington), Benjamin Milward (Keynsham), Thomas Neate, esq (Walcot), John Nash (Walcot), Thomas Palmer (Keynsham), Packstone Peterson & Thomas Peterson (both Weston), Rt Hon Earl Poulett (Hinton House), Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1287/ article:2a |
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| Agriculture: to let - from Michaelmas, several acres of French grass & 8 acres meadow in Twerton. Apply Mr John Smith, White Hart Inn, Twerton, or Mr Percival, attorney, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1287/ article:3 d |
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| Travel: for sale by hand - stone waggon with 4 horses & their harness in the Marketplace on Sat 21 July at 12 o'clock Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1287/ article:3 e |
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| Travel: to let by auction - West Harptree turnpike tolls at Blagdon turnpike, currently let at rent of 31s 10d - at Ring of Bells, Compton Martin 26 Jun Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1287/ article:3,d |
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| Property: auction - lot 1/2, messuage in Market Pl, Trowbridge in occupn Phillip Cadby, shopkeeper; lot 2/2, 2 closes pasture called Upper & Lower Common Ground (7½ acr) at Steeple Ashton Common, at George Inn, Trowbridge 20 Jun. Enq Mr Clutterbuck, Bradford Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1287/ article:2,d |
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| Deaths: Rt Hon Countess of Harborough at her lodgings in Bath last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1288/ article:3 b |
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| Publications: "Essays on agriculture, planting etc", 2 vols, 10s 6d. Letters from Society instituted in Bath. [Bath Agricult &c Soc] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1288/ article:3,c |
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| Finance: creditors of Mr Samuel Green, butcher of Bath to meet at Mr Harding's, victualler, Newmarket Row on 16 Aug. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1288/ article:3 d |
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| Sport: Somerst Game Certs, contd - William Pearse (Walcot), Benjamin Pew MD (Midford Castle), John Smith (Twerton), John Smith & Rev Martin Stafford Smith (Lyncombe & Widcombe), John Smith, esq (Combe Hay), Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1288/ article:2a |
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| Leisure: fete at Villa Gardens (consisting of concert & display of fireworks & "Curious Naval Engagement" intended for Duke of Clarence's birthday postponed by weather to 31 Aug. Tickets 1s each at Mr Milgrove's Bond St, or Mr Marrett's, Milsom St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1288/ article:3 d |
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| Property: to let - 1 Walcot Terrace with well stocked walled garden, sloping gently to the Avon. Supplied with water in & outside. Enq at house or of Mr Willams, Abbey Churchyard Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1288/ article:3 e |
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| Charity: Bath City Infirmary & Dispensary - church collections on Sun 10 Jun were £211 6s 1d. Additional items make grand total £215 14s 7d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1288/ article:3,d |
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| Travel: auction - Bradford turnpike tolls at Turnpike House, Woolley St, Bradford 8 Jul. Wm Bush, clerk to trustees Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1288/ article:2,e |
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| Military: press for seamen begun at Bristol yesterday se'nnight, upwards 400 men taken before magistrates, 300 discharges having families or poor condition. In Bath, only a few have been taken since Mon last. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1289/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: ## Shop tax - committee appointed last Thursday have prepared petition for shopkeepers to sign at Guildhall on Sep 1 at 4 pm (all expected to sign). William Mandell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1289/ article:3,d |
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| Publications: "Sermons of Bishop Wilson" £1 2s printed by R Cruttwell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1289/ article:3 d |
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| Sport: Somerst Game Certs, contd - Wm Alexander Webber & Thomas Walters, esq (Batheaston), John Whittington (Weston), John Williams (Freshford), Matthew Worgan, esq (Woolley), Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1289/ article:2a |
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| Employment: steady sober man wants a gardener's place. Prefers a place in Ireland or Wales. Apply IR at Greyhound & Shakespeare, Market Place, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1289/ article:1 b |
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| Travel: ## auction - postchaise property of a deceased gentleman. [Very good description] e.g plated furniture, venetian blinds, 3 lamps, spring curtains, luggage frame etc. At The White Hart on 21 July by Mr Spackman Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1289/ article:3 e |
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| Travel: auction - several horses (cart & hackney), new post-chaise, new gig, 2 whiskeys, one horse chaise etc. At Walker's Repository, Bear Yard, Bath on 30 Jun Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1289/ article:3,d |
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| Crime: ## bankruptcy - Cmssnrs at new meeting agreed that I (John Webb) did not defraud my customers & I was discharged (following earlier complaint by John Usher, solicitor). My chief creditor, holder of all my property still had had me re-arrested. Being unable to provide bail, I am transferred from Bath prison to Ilchester gaol. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1289/ article:2,e |
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| Property: to let - house in King's Court by Cross Bath, 3 rooms/floor, dining room 20' x 17' wide or could be large apartment. Kitchen on ground floor. Enq Mr King or at house. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1290/ article:3 c |
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| Education: Frome School - A Crocker to take a few boarders into school. Numbers to be small. Terms known upon applying to school. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1290/ article:3,d |
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| Publications: letter, re MPs; "New experiment for the prevention of crimes" [Mr Gilbert's proposals]; adultery; & the Patriotic Committee meeting at the Guildhall; also meat prices above the medium value of 3d/lb; etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1290/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Science: ## patent taken out at Lord Chamberlain's office for vessels (boats) steered by steam engine, without assistance of wind or sails (London, 2 Sept). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1290/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Travel: Mercury postcoach from Christopher & Greyhound Inns, Markt Pl, Bath at 7am daily to London in 14hrs. The Royal Blue from Bath at 4pm daily exc Sun. Performed by Potter, Hodges & Lane Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1290/ article:1 b |
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| Agriculture: ## Corn Laws - farmers meetings at Devizes, Warminster & Salisbury resolved to use "Winchester" bushel 8 galls/bushel) to buy & sell corn or gain (as statutes of King Charles 2nd) from 1st Aug. W Dyke, James Roles, John Day Pinckney - chairmen Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1290/ article:3 e |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture of Stephen Vezey, bankrupt, also gig & bay gelding & rick of good meadow hay - at Melksham 29 & 30 Jun by R. Knight. Catalogues Kings Arms, Melksham; Woolpack, Trowbridge; auctioneers, Devizes Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1290/ article:3,d |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - John Adams, glassmaker of Chelwood, dividend 4 Jul (Tue Gazette) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1290/ article:3,b |