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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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| Notices: the woman & gentleman's servant who enquired for the heir of the late Rev Mr Coxeter of Midsomer Norton or Norton St Philip in Jan & Feb last, who now enquire at printer will receive a reward. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 976/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: for sale by private contract - very good strong beer casks with grounds & hops in them. At Jonathon Stagoll's known as Gallon House, High Littleton, within ½ mile of 16 coalpits. May be viewed anytime, also cellar to let. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 976/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: benefit Mr Warrell & children - historical play " King John" at Theatre Royal on 20 Jun. Tickets from Mr Warrell, St James St [no price] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 976/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: public night - illumination & fireworks with music at King James's Palace (or Lyncombe Grdns), Mon 28 May. Tickets 1s at Mr Meyler's Library in the Grove, Mr Lintern's music warehouse, Chuchyard & at uppr gate of gardens. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 976/ article:3 e |
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| Fashion: for sale - cheap Indian & British muslins by Samuel Slack at The Pheasants, Bath St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 976/ article:3,d |
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| Breeding: "The Young Volunteer" will attend Swan Inn, Frome each Wednesday; Lords Arms, Westbury Wed evening; Crown Inn, Devizes Thu; Melksham, Atford & Box on Fri; and Full Moon, Bath on Saturday & Sunday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 976/ article:2 e |
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| Agriculture: to be sold, 1200 gall of very good cider, 40 cider casks, 400 fine young cherry trees, enq E Chancellor, Chew Magna or Richard Chancellor, Compton Dando Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 977/ article:2 c |
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| Deaths: accident - Monday last, [unnamed] 12 year old son of John Prichard of Timbrell's Court nr Old Bridge, drowned in Avon near Dolemead. Father died at home recently. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 977/ article:3,d |
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| Leisure: Spring Gardens grand fete & fireworks 13 June. Tickets 1s at the Gate, & at Mr Pritchard's, Parade Coffee House. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 977/ article:3 c |
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| Property: for sale in fee - neat convenient cottage at Holt, late summer residence of gentleman, decd. Coachhouse, stable for 3 horses, garden , 5 acre land. also, 4 wheel carriage for sale with safe steady mare. Enq printer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 977/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture inc Mahoon harpsichord, china, prints etc. At large house cnr of Abbey St (facing chairway to Abbey Baths) on 22 & 23 Jun by Mr Plura. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 977/ article:3 b |
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| Art: Messrs. Rosenberg, Stephany & Co, Ivory Sculptors to Queen. Specimens to be seen at Mr Rosenberg's shop in N. Parade, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 977/ article:1,c |
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| Leisure: Mr Galindo’s benefit - "The Tragedy of Othello" at Theatre Royal Bath now fixed for Thur 10 May (in lieu of that given up earlier given to Voluntary Contributions for Defence). Tickets from Mr Galindo, 5 Abbey Green, etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 977/ article:3,d |
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| MIlitary: Wilts gentlemen & yeomanry cavalry Chippenham Troop - Lieut Gen Norris to be capt, vice Bayntun resigns; cornet Walter Gaby to be lieut, vice Norris. Warminster troop: Thomas, Marquis of Bath to be lieut, vice Barton who is reinstated as cornet Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 977/ article:3 b |
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| Travel: for sale - neat postcoach with removable box, all in good state of repair. Enq Mr Edward Morton, coachmaker of Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 978/ article:3,a |
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| Fashion: John Meredith, linen drapery, Wade's Passage, Bath has new stock of printed muslins & calicos. Funerals also completely furnished. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 978/ article:1,c |
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| Leisure: Spring Gardens each Saturday, public tea with music, French horns & clarinets. Tickets 1s include tea or coffee, at Gate of the Gardens. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 978/ article:3 c |
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| Charity: kind assistance required for a lady crippled for 8 years due to a stroke of the dead palsy, her husband a tailor of no success. Donations recvd 17s 6d. R Cruttwell will receive more. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 978/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: Villa Gardens - public afternoon tea next Friday 19 June with music. Tickets 1s each inc tea or coffee. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 978/ article:3 c |
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| Publications: "The art of healing" by Thomas Marryat MD. 12th edtn, price 4s & sold by R. Cruttwell & booksellers in Bath & Bristol. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 978/ article:1,c |
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| Leisure: benefit of Mr Edwin - "The Child of Nature" with "Midas" at Theatre Royal, Bath on Tue 15 May. Mrs [sic] Edwin will go through the 6 divisions of the New Broadsword Cavalry exercise. Tickets from Mr Edwin, 22 Orchard St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 978/ article:3,d |
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| Finance: bankruptcy - Edmund Hood, coachmaster of Bathwick. Certificate [of discharge] on 21 May Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 978/ article:3 b |
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| Publications: "Choir Gaur" the Grand Orrery of the Ancient Druids commonly called Stonehenge, by Dr John Smith, inoculator for smallpox, pubd today in Qto, printed for the author, sold in London and by Bath booksellers price 4s sewn Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 979/ article:3,a |
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| Fashion: Charles Abbot, laceman, linen draper, Milsom Street to relocate. House & shop to let. Apply Charles Abbot. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 979/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: for sale - free share of 200 acres coal, Great & Little Veins, ca. 5 miles from Bath. Enq at printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 979/ article:3 c |
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| Publications: a poem/song entitled "Sweet Meat has Sour Sauce" or " Slave Trader in the Dumps" Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 979/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Leisure: ## Villa Gardens - display of fireworks & musical entertainment on piano by Mr Bryson's three musical children on 22 Jun. Youngest 3yrs old, middle 6 yrs [prodigies] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 979/ article:3 c |
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| Property: for sale - leasehold estate inc 3 messuages or tenements in a considerable manfrg town [? Bradford]. Also 2 cottages, 200 acres. Enquire Mr Clutterbuck, Bradford on Avon Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 979/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture at 28 Rivers St, Bath of a lady quitting the house incs. pier & dressing glasses, girondelles. On the premises on May 16 by Mr Viel. Catalogue from auctioneers, Union Place, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 979/ article:3,d |
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| Leisure: ## New Assembly Rooms - 10 subscribers request G.M of subscribers to Dress Balls, to consider the conduct of a subscriber to Balls. G Colebrook, G Piggot, J Waters, Jas Leigh Perrot, Will Clavill, Harry Daniel Mander, Harry Daniel Mander, J Battin, C Purvis, W Provis Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 979/ article:3 b |
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| Crime: Mr Thos Bullock, watchmaker of Bath, robbed of watches etc 15 Apr last, will prosecute anyone who has pawned or received valuables for George Strickland, clockmaker of Bath (recently acquitted elsewhere) or wife Elizabeth (found with some of Mr B's watches on her person & had pawned others, now in gaol). Contact Mr B, or Mr Worgan, watchmaker of Bristol. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 980/ article:3,a |
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| Travel: Cirencester to Lambridge Turnpike - trustees to meet at Beaufort Arms, Petty France on 5 July 10 o'c. James Ludlow, Clerk Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 980/ article:1,c |
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| Livestock: auction - live & dead stock & farming equipment of Benedict Angel, esq, decd at Studley House nr Calne on 14 June by T Brown. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 980/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Nathan Garrick, esq, late Lieut. of H M Yeoman of the Guard & nephew of the late celebrated David Garrick, esq. [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 980/ article:1 b |
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| Charity: a man bred to a genteel line reduced to penury by misfortune & sickness humbly seeks donations. Leave at Mr Bull & Mr Meyler's libraries & Mr Cruttwell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 980/ article:3 c |
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| Property: for sale - at Cumberwell, Bradford on Avon, freehold, mansion house, 2 farms with 246 acres, & lime & building stone quarries. Now let to Benjamin Alexander & Ambrose Alexander. Partcrs Mr Clutterbuck, Bradford Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 980/ article:1,c |
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| Travel: wanted to purchase - modern postchaise in good condition; enquire Mr Grey’s Livery Stables, St James's St, St James's Sq, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 980/ article:3,e |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Marquis & Marchioness of Stafford, Earl & Countess of Kinnaird, Lady Lisle, Lady Glanville, Lady E Monck, Hon Mr & Mrs Bouverie, Sir Edward Bayntun, Sir John Jarvis, Sir Horace Mann, Dean of Lichfield [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 980/ article:3 b |
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| Agriculture: grain etc prices - Devizes last Thurs, wheat 48s-54s/, barley 20s-21s/, oats 17s-20s, beans 27s-32s/, peas 28s-32s/qtr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 981/ article:3 c |
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| Travel: Cirencester to Lambridge Turnpike - shares for sale as £50 or £100 tickets on security of tolls at all gates. Apply James Ludlow, clerk, Beaufort Arms, Petty France. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 981/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: auction - household goods of Benedict Angel, esq, decd at Studley House nr Calne on 15 & 16 June by T Brown. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 981/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: ## several complaints that the pitching & paving in the streets & lanes are in bad condition owing to the neglect of those who have been ordered to repair same. If not done in time, Commissioners will seize on premises for payment. Bath City 26 June 1788 - J Smith clerk Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 981/ article:1 c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lady Croft, Hon Mr Mrs & two Masters O'Neil. [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 981/ article:3 c |
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| Health: "Worm medicine" in form of gingerbread nuts. Mr Mason's daybook contains receipt [recipe]. Sold by R. Cruttwell, printer, Bath. [no price given] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 981/ article:1,c |
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| Property: to let -17 Circus, Bath, on 7 year lease after July next. Enq. Mr Gardiner, 9, cnr Bennet St, Circus Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 981/ article:3,e |
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| Visitors: royalty - HRH Prince of Wales this morning condescended to a sitting with Mr Rosenberg, profile painter to their Majesties. The neatness of Mr Rosenberg's execution means there can be little doubt of his being happy in a resemblance of HRH Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 981/ article:3 b |
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| Agriculture: grain etc prices - Warminster last Sat (bshl of 9 gall), wheat 24s-28s & beans 14s-16s/sack. Barley 20s-22s & oats 15s-17s 6d/qtr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 982/ article:3 c |
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| Property: for sale - tenements, closes, lands of Elizabeth England, decd of Marshfield. At Symonds Inn, London, on 5 July by John Wilmot. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 982/ article:1,c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture of Michael Ormsby, esq. At Great House, Lansdown on 19 & 20 June by Mr Birchall . Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 982/ article:3 c |
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| Law: General Qtr Sessions for Somerset - at Bridgewater on Wed 16 July. Jurors, constables, bailiffs of hundreds etc to attend at an early hour on Thurs 17 July. Staple, clerk of the peace Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 982/ article:1 c |