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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: letter from a gentleman on board "The Endeavour" dated Woolwich 18 July, with an account of Capt. Cooke's [sic = Cook's] discoveries in the South Seas. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 940/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Goods: auction - standing elm timber, in 5 lots (in Chadley Ground, Wood Ground, Poor Lays & Webb's Mead, Sheephouse ground, & Long Lays). At house of Mr Richard Poore, King's Arms Inn, Melksham on 8 Oct. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 947/ article:1 d |
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| Property: to let - for term of 3 or 8yrs, dwelling house in Orange Grove, Bath. Enq Messrs Hill & Birchall at their Queen Square warehouse, or at the house Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 945/ article:1 d |
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| Crime: ## Dr Ingenhouse returning on chaise to Bath last Friday when stopped by highwayman at Walcot Turnpike & robbed of 5½ guin & small French repeating watch [described] (thought to be same highwayman as one nr Newbury) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 932/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: ## Ralph Allen, esq., was robbed of a gold watch & 1½ guin nr Twerton last Fri evening. Shortly after that a gent from Bristol in chaise nr Globe at Newton was also robbed of a large sum. The highwayman & his horse [both described] then left on road to Wells Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 933/ article:3 c |
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| Agriculture: average prices of grain, 5-10 Aug, (Winchester bshl of 8 gals) - London, wheat 5s 6d/bshl, rye 1s 0d, barley 2s 11d, oats 2s 3d, beans 3s 3d; Wiltshire, wheat 5s 9d, barley 3s 0d, oats 2s 4d, beans 4s 0d; Somerset, wheat 6s 0d, rye 3s 3d, barley 3s 2d, oats 2s 0d, beans 3s 3d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 939/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Marriages: Rowland Carter, esq., to Miss Sedgley, at Bristol (London, 3 Sep) [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 958/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: horticulture - to gentlemen florists, gardeners etc, sale of large collection of flowers & roots belonging to late Mr Edward Pierce of Trowbridge. Discounts for bulk purchase. Enq Mr Robert Bright, or Mr William Whitaker, jnr of Trowbridge Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 955/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Crime: previous reports of a highwayman being arrested having committed several robberies in this area are not true, now seems he has gone westward as more reports from Bridgewater & Bilton. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 968/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: ## New Assembly Rooms - nearly completed. The 1st stone was laid by John Wood, esq., architect on 4 May 1769, it is finally to open next Oct, cost £20,000. [Detailed description,]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 938/ article:3 d |
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| Sport: recent game law passed against killing of game [details] between hours of sunset & sunrise. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 953/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Charity: Society for apprenticing poor boys in the Hundreds of Chew, Chewton & Keynsham - gentlemen met at Keynsham Church on Friday & collected £62 10s 6d for this cause. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 936/ article:3 c |
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| Agriculture: plenty of grazing for horses just ½ mile from Bath at 2s/6d per week. Enq James Ewing, brewer in Westgate St Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 957/ article:3 b |
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| Property: for sale - messuage in Bridewell Lane, lately leased by John Perry, tailor for term of 99 yrs from Corp of Bath. Enq Mr Gunning, attorney of Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 950/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Deaths: Mr Ward, stationer & printer, at Bristol (London, 3 Sep) [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 959/ article:3 c |
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| Travel: ## turnpike tolls between Bath & Warminster have increased from £300 to £1000 p.a, owing to road improvements between Bath & Salisbury via Warminster. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 967/ article:3 c |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - at Warminster last Sat, (bshl 9 gall. 1 quart), wheat 40-52s/, beans 36-40s/, barley 28-29s/, oats 20-22s/qtr Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 929/ article:3 c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath [none listed] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 960/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Sainsbury, snr, an eminent master builder of Bath on Saturday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 965/ article:3 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Pierce, attorney at his Trowbridge house, a week yesterday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 964/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let - large house at corner of Milsom St, Bath, now occupied by Mr Henry Youngclass. Enq Mr Gunning, attorney of Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 949/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Property: to let or sell - dwelling house 5 Paragon Pile [Bldgs], Bath. Enq B. & J. Axford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 920/ article:1 d |
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| Agriculture: Gen Qtr Sessions Bruton Somerset, 9 Apr 1771, penalties for non-compliance with standard Winchester bushel - imprisonment for buying overweight & selling underweight; for selling corn or grain other than by Winchester bushel, forfeiture of all corn & grain sold & fine 40s, etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 915/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Agriculture: ## Gen Qtr Sessions Bruton Somerset, 9 Apr 1771, Order for compliance with standard Winchester bushel, etc - all measure for bshl, ½-bhsl, peck, gallon, pottle & quart to be according to the KIng's standard of the Exchequer as 25 Ed 3d & 10 & 16 Chas. 1st. Every city, borough or markt town to have common standard measures, sealed & to be checked twice yearly Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 913/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Deaths: James Brown as a result of falling from roof of Flying Machine [coach] while coming down Kingsdown Hill. He had lived as ostler with Mr Tucker at the Greyhound, in the Market Place [details of family, etc] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 937/ article:3 c |
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| Agriculture: Gen Qtr Sessions Bruton Somerset, 9 Apr 1771, non-compliance with standard Winchester bushel - penalties for Mayors, etc, neglecting to make or seal standard £5 for 1st offence, £10 for every other offence (divided between the prosecutor & the poor); Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 914/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Leisure: to persons desirous of having booths on Claverton Down in Bath Race week - may take ground of farmer James Clement, who will attend Claverton Down on 4 Sep 10am - 4pm to receive agreed money. Booths to be set up on Sat [21] or Mon [23 Sept] next preceding Race Day, & begin removing on Sat 28 Sept, & totally clear on following Monday [30 Sep]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 921/ article:1 d |
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| Travel: William Tucker, brewer & coal merchant of Kingsmead Sq., Bath has taken over Mr John Emery's business as carrier between Bath & Bristol. He sets out from his Warehouse in Walcot St., Bath every morning except Sunday, for Bell Inn, Thomas St, Bristol, & returns same evening (19 Aug. 1771).. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 919/ article:1 c |
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| Property: to let - large yard & warehouses on the Avon by Bath bridge & in road from Bath to Bristol (property of late Mr William Brokenbrow, leather dresser, decd, late of Twerton). Also 4 tnmnts adj., suit servants/workmen. Stock in trade for sale. Enq Mrs Anne Brokenbrow of Twerton; or Wm. Percival, attorney of Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 923/ article:2 c |
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| Goods: Mr White of Castle Inn Marlborough has assortment of fine Old North Wiltshire cheeses of different sizes which can be sent at short notice to all parts of England, Scotland or Ireland, & which will bear a voyage to the East or West Indies. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 954/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Marriages: Mr Robert Ring, to Miss Polly Frank, at Bristol (London, 27 Aug). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 928/ article:3 b |
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| Crime: old Mary Weaver returning from Bradford Leigh Fair last night [Tue 27 Aug], was robbed of all her profit (9s) from selling cakes & gingerbread Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 934/ article:3 c |
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| Visitors: Henry Hoare has just arrived from Italy to his seat at Stourhead. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 963/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: Richard Edgell of Frome has opened a marble quarry. He works monuments, chimney pieces, etc. Much cheaper than any in Bath (4 Sep). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 942/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: for sale - a waggon & a timber carriage, each has iron axle before [in front]. Enq Mr Thomas Lewis at Widcombe; or Mr Richard Gollidge opp St James's Pde., Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 946/ article:1 d |
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| Property: ## Town Commons - auctioned off yesterday on a 7-yr lease to Mr John Dean for £225 p.a. As the previous tenant Mr Abraham Wintle only paid £180 p.a, the City's Freemen (& owners of the Common) will now receive 16s 3d each. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 931/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: claimants on the estate of Mr Edward Pontin, jeweller, late of Bath to send A/Cs to William Percival, attorney; debtors to pay same (Bath 26 Nov). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 918/ article:1 c |
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| Notices: Bath Commissioners seek contractors to undertake maintenance of street lamps, fountains & glasses. Provision of ironwork at [price] per lb; for lead per lb; for fastening & removing each iron at per iron; for lampheads made with best tinplates & painted at per head; fountains, per doz; lampglasses not less than 11" at per glass. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 943/ article:1 c |
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| Health: remedies - various of late Mr Ward's medicines (drops for scorbutic, paste for piles & fistula, liquid sweat for cold & fevers, etc). Sold by appointment by Mr Bull in Bath, Mr Handcock [sic = Hancock](Frome), Mr Burrough (Devizes), Mr Stuart (Bradford), etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 952/ article:2 b |
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| Travel: proposed bill of rules for carriages arising from late improvements in high carriage wheels. No carriage to have wheels more than 10 ft high; wagons, 8 horses 2 abreast, wheels 12" within 12; etc. If passed, this will save half the present expense of repair of roads. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 917/ article:1 b |
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| Churches: Octogon Chapel - private property. Sittings for strangers in Bath for 1, 2 or 3 months, either in recess (where 6 fires kept) or in any other part of the Chapel, by application to Mr Bullman, clerk at Mr Herschell's in New King St., Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 944/ article:1 d |
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| News: 1000 lbs of tea found in the house of the Spanish Ambassador [in London] & were carried away to the Custom House (London, 6 Sep). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 969/ article:1 b |
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| Leisure: Bath Races at Claverton Down from 27 Sept [list of details]. There will be ordinaries [meals] each day of the Races, & a ball at Simpson's Rooms on Tue, & at Gyde's Rooms on Fri. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 951/ article:2 b |
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| Leisure: Rode Fair or Revel - will be held at the old time, so this year will be on Mon 16 Sep. N.B. the wrong date was cried [announced] at the Bradford Leigh Fair last Tue. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 927/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Deaths: Rev Mr Martin, master of free grammar school in Warminster for nearly 30 years & Rector of Shroton, Dorsetshire, a few days ago. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 966/ article:3 c |
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| Finance: Laudable Society of Annuitants, estab 1766, of benefit of all ages, now in new London offices. Admit either sex who at age 50 yrs entitled to an annuity [pension] of £25, £50, £75 or £100 p.a for life. Terms of admission from Mr William Kingston, stationer of Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 956/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Crime: Charles Green strongly suspected of stealing a horse at Bradford Leigh Fair on 26 Aug, the property of Jeremiah Godwin of Holt. 2 guin reward for apprehending him, or account thereof, from J. Godwin, or Mr Armstrong at Three Swans in Shaftesbury, Dorset. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 948/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Law: ## Bristol Assizes on Mon se'nnight - several inhabitants of St James's won an action against Mr James in Stoke's Croft for nuisance from his keeping a great number of pigs, their dung, etc., creating offence. Mr James was ordered to remove his pigs by 6 Apr 1771. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 935/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: New Assembly Rooms - to open with a subscription ball on Thursday, 26 September Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 961/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath to open on Sunday or Monday preceding the Races Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 962/ article:3 c |