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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: beauty & health - "Noble's tooth powder" for cleaning & whitening & curing gum disease. Price 1s/paper. Sold by Youngchild & Panchaud, perfumers at 2 Bond St, Bath; T Mills, bookseller in Kingsmead Sq & V Goldstone, apothecary in Green St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 595/ article:3,a |
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Property: for sale - freehold, 2 acres pasture "The Cloud", Lyncombe & Widcombe parish. Lately occupd by Mrs Osman, now Mr Aslett. Rent £3 12s 6d p.a. Partcrs Robert Forman, attorney, Walcot Street. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 595/ article:2,c |
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Law: leave given to bring bill for amending Act of last session re hawkers & peddlars, by removing restraints. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 595/ article:1:00 AM |
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Property: to let on lease - unfurnished double-bowed country house in E. Hayes. 7 beds, dressing room, dining parlour & drawing room, kitchen, servants hall, good cellaring, offices & pleasure gardens, 4 stall stables, coach house with 2 servants rooms above. Enq Mr Cross, Milsom St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 595/ article:3 b |
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Architecture: Bath Improvement Bill - colliery proprietors in parishes of Timsbury, Midsomer Norton etc etc resolve to call public meeting at Bell Inn, Radstock on 9 Apr to consider most effective way of preventing proposed Bill Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 595/ article:1 b |
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Travel: horses for sale - beautiful bay mare, 14 hands, rising 6 yrs old, to carry a lady; also bay gelding, 15 hands, rising 7 yrs old, for road or hunting. Price from Dash's Stables [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 595/ article:3,c |
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Crime: ## alleged violent death of pupil of School of Industry - report circulating that George Mullins died from blow from Mary Honeybone, mistress of school is without foundation. Sgd. John Sibley, Lodington Egerton,Thos.West Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 595/ article:2,e |
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Goods: auction - all household furniture & effects of Mr John Neave, The Green, Devizes on 19 & 20 Mar by R Knight Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 595/ article:3 c |
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Property: to let immediately - house of late Nehemiah Donnellan, esq in Walcot, with 2 coachhouses & stabling for 5 horses, boat & boathouse & conveniences & gardens with fruit trees. Also to be sold strong chariot & 4 horses, 2 fresh & young, & 2 aged. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 596/ article:3,b |
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Property: for sale - freehold 2 acre quarry, Lyncombe & Widcombe parish. Let to Eleazer Pullen, rent £2 2s p.a. Partcrs Robert Forman, attorney, Walcot Street, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 596/ article:2,c |
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News: list of charges by Mr Burke against Warren Hastings, esq Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 596/ article:1:00 AM |
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Fashion: linen drapery & muslin, real French cambrics, 30s to 140s from Percival & Cunditts, Milsom Street. [units not stated] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 596/ article:3 c |
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Travel: ## Bath Improvement Bill - turnpike commissioners meet to object to increasing tolls. Members - Walter Wiltshire, Henry Walters, G Baddeley, Capt Fraine, Capt Greenwood, Benj Colborne, Wm Sainsbury, Mr Symons, Mr Cook Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 596/ article:1 b |
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Property: auction - several fee farm or ground rents, total £56 6s 6d p.a., payable for ever out of messuages [etc] in Ballance St, Walcot, at Greyhound & Shakespeare Inn on 3 April by C Trimnell, auctioneer Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 596/ article:3,c |
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Property: for sale - freehold messuage or house in Vineyards, Bath late occupd Mrs Sarah Bywater, decd. Ground rent £4 p.a. Details Mr Taylor, attorney, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 596/ article:2,e |
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Finance: debtors of Mr John Neave, The Green, Devizes to pay same to Mr Powell or Mr Cooke, Mr Badman or Mr Butcher of Devizes Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 596/ article:3 c |
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Goods: auction - furniture at house in Abbey Green lately occupied by Mr Guest. On 25 May by Mr Evatt. Also house to let immediately. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 597/ article:3,b |
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Property: for sale - 3 acre pasture "Barn Close" [proby in Lyncombe & Widcombe]. Let to Mr Quarman, rent £8 p.a (lease until 1803 negotiable). Partcrs Robert Forman, attorney, Walcot Street, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 597/ article:2,c |
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Deaths: Mrs Gray, wife of Charles G Gray, esq, at Warminster [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 597/ article:1 b |
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Property: to let - furnished, 4 New King Street with very airy backwards opening to fields & every desirable convenience. Apply Mr Marshall, bookseller, Milsom Street, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 597/ article:3 c |
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Leisure: the Miss Flemings Spring Ball for their scholars at Lower Assembly Rooms on 22 Apr. Tickets from the Miss Flemings, John St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 597/ article:1 c |
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Charity: pauper charity - subscribers to attend meeting at The Dispensary, Wood Street, 3 Apl. S. Dobson, chairman Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 597/ article:3 d |
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Leisure: Spring Ball for the Master of Ceremonies [presumably Mr Tyson] on 9 Apr. New Assembly Rooms. Tickets Mr Tyson, Brunswick Place & local libraries Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 597/ article:3,b |
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Goods: auction - household furniture, incl pianoforte by Longman & Co, & 18-day clock, the property of gentleman leaving housekeeping. On the premises 44 St James's Sq, Bath on 21 Mar by H Thurston Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 597/ article:3 c |
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Goods: for sale - new & good 2nd-hand furniture, low prices. At ware room, Westgate Buildings, Queen St, Bath, opened 12 May. Details at warehouse or Messrs Davis & Bartlett's, cabinet & upholstery warehouse in Union Pssge, or at J Brabham's, lwr end Thomas St. Also good paper hanging at 1½d/yd. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 598/ article:3,b |
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Property: for sale - freehold, public house "The Bell", Holloway, let to Mr Tho. Forden. Leased from 1780 (negotiable), rent £18 7s p.a. Partcrs Robert Forman, attorney, Walcot Street, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 598/ article:2,c |
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Publications: "Dissertations on Origin Nature of Intelligent Beings & on Divine Providence & Religious Worship" by J Z Holwell FRS. Printed by R Cruttwell for author & sold by L Bull on Lwr Walks, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 598/ article:1 b |
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Services: E Champneys, upholder etc begs leave to tell his friends & public he is removed to 32 Kingsmead Street where he humbly solicits the continuance of his friends. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 598/ article:3 c |
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Travel: for sale - new crane-necked phaeton with head & wings finished with plated furniture; elegant perch phaeton; modern 2nd hand phaeton; & whiskey etc. At Phillips & Thornthwaite's, coachmaker, Monmouth St, St John's Court, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 598/ article:1 c |
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Property: for sale - for benefit of creditors of Mr Joseph Jenkins, 4 compact freehold dwelling in Devonshire Bldgs - grounds rents - nos 13 & 14 @ £2 5s each, nos 20 & 21 @ £2 12s 6d each. By Mr Plura at Great Room, 10 Milsom St on 2 April Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 598/ article:3 d |
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Music: benefit concert of Mr & Miss Cantelo - New Assembly Rooms on 25 Apr. Tickets 5s Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 598/ article:3,b |
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Employment: wanted - situation as assistant in millinery or haberdashery business or to wait on a lady. Enq Mr Plumpton, silk mercer, Bond St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 598/ article:3 d |
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Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Judge Clive & Lady, Hon Mrs Pitt [NOTP], Gen Smith Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 599/ article:3,d |
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Property: for sale - freehold messuage, Holloway. Let to Mrs Holloway, tenant at will, rent £8 10s p.a. Partcrs Robert Forman, attorney, Walcot Street, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 599/ article:2,c |
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Law: Somerset, General Qtr Sessions of the Peace at Brewton [Bruton] on 25 Apr, general attendance by bailiffs, constables, jurors on 26 Apr. Staple, Clerk of Peace Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 599/ article:1 c |
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Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl of Guildford, Earl of Lisburne, Earl Wemyss, Sir Edward Bayntun, Sir J Phillips, Lord Bishop of Durham [NOTP]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 599/ article:3 c |
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Travel: proposed Great Western Canal from London to Bristol via Salisbury - general meeting on 29 Apr in Council Chambers, New Sarum. G Y Fort, chairman Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 599/ article:1 c |
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Travel: horse for sale - black of the cart kind, 15 hands 3 ins, rising 7 yrs old, a few miles from Bath. Enq at the Printing Office [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 599/ article:3,d |
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Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Earl & Countess of Plymouth, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Hon. Mrs Pearce, Sir Robert Herries & Lady, etc. NOTP Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 599/ article:3,b |
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Property: to let - shop & part of house eligibly situated for retail trade at 6 Bridge St, Bath. Enq Mr Bally, upper cnr Milsom St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 599/ article:3 d |
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Marriages: Mr Benjamin Hancock, maltster to Miss Wilton of Wilton, a young lady with fortune at Warminster last Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 600/ article:3,d |
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Property: for sale - freehold messuage, Holloway. Let to Mrs Happerfield, tenant at will, rent £8 8s p.a. Partcrs Robert Forman, attorney, Walcot Street. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 600/ article:2,c |
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Employment: clergyman's daughter, genteel & liberal education, seeks lady of character as companion. Apply to Mrs Talbot, 36 Milsom St, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 600/ article:1 c |
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Charity: General Hospital - collections for support of hospital in all places of divine worship in Bath next Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 600/ article:3 c |
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Employment: ## a good plain cook wanted for household duties - sober, sedate, unmarried, elderly, not fond of gadding abroad. A person who has never lived in Bath preferred. No person from a lodging house need apply. Leave partcrs at printing office. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 600/ article:1 d |
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Music: Mr Rauzzini announces 4 concerts at New Rooms inc Messiah 4th April & selection from Handel oratorios 7th April. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 600/ article:3 d |
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Marriages: Mr Charles Williams of Bath, to Miss Mary Ann Weare (niece to late N. Weare, esq. of Wellington) in Bristol on Tue Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 600/ article:3,b |
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Property: to let - desirable estate at West Littleton nr Marshfield, with farmhouse etc & 230 acr land. Enq Mr John West of Widcombe, or Mr Millward, attorney, Keynsham Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 600/ article:3 d |
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Marriages: Joseph Hare, esq of Great Houghton, Northants to Miss Ann Elizabeth Sanders of Sywell Northants, at St James's Church, Bath on Tuesday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 601/ article:3,d |
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Property: for sale - freehold messuage, Holloway, let to Mrs Jones, tenant at will, rent £14 p.a. Partcrs Robert Forman, attorney, Walcot Street. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 601/ article:2,c |