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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: S. Ford, milliner of Milsom Street, Bath quitting business, is replaced by her niece Mary Plura, who entered the shop & business this day (dated 9 Sep).. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 970/ article:1 c |
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| Notices: lost - in Bath or Bristol last Wed night, a small box containing a silver sugar bason [sic ?= basin] with blue glass, 5 gold mounted smelling bottles & a draft on Robert Child, esq., payable to Mr Wm. Evill or order, not endorsed, drawn by Earl of Lichfield (payment stopped). 1 guin reward to whosoever brings to Mr Evill in Bath or Mr Boucher in Bristol. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 925/ article:3:00 AM |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Livestock: stolen or strayed - on 26 Aug between 6 & 8pm, a dark brown saddle gelding [horse] from field at Bradford Leigh belonging to Robert Hiscocks. 5 guin reward from Jeremiah Godwin of Box on recovery. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 922/ article:2 b |
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| Deaths: Miss Catherine Wignall, daughter of Mr Wignall, schoolmaster in Bath, on Friday [6 Sep]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 987/ 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 - at reasonable rent house at lower end Avon Street, Bath, 8 rooms incl kitchen on same floor as parlour. Also small house in a court. Enq Wm. Tucker, brewer in Kingsmead Square, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 971/ article:1 c |
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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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| 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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| Property: auction - 3 lots, l/hold, 995 yrs unexprd, estate of 3 substantial stone-built houses on N. side of Queen St, in the Ambury, Bath, GR £3 6s each inc. land tax. Each 18' in front, 28' deep, with 2 attic chambers, large dining room & antechamber on 1st flr, 2 parlours on gnd flr, kitchens, servants halls, pantries, wash & brewhouses. At Three Tuns, Stall St., Bath on 19 Sep by Mr Clarke, broker Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 973/ 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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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath [none listed] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 960/ article:3 c |
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| Agriculture: fine harvest in general; in West of England a plentiful harvest in all sorts of grain as seen for 20 yrs (London, 7 Sep). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 974/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Property: for sale - 2 tenements or dwellings in Flower's Garden, Walcot, each with garden fronting Bathwick with country views. Enq Mr James Mantle at "Hat & Feather", Walcot. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1004/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Finance: creditors of Mr Wm. Brokenbrow, leather dresser, late of Twerton to send accounts to widow Mrs Anne Brokenbrow in Twerton or to Wm. Percival, attorney in Bath. Also appeal for his missing pocket book containing names which he was seen using in Shepton Mallet. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 978/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Livestock: for sale - fine brood mare [full bloodstock detailed]. Enq Mr Axton's stables, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 976/ article:2 d |
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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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| Agriculture: grain prices - Warminster last week (bshl 9 gall. 1 quart), wheat 50-62s/qtr, beans 36-40s/, barley 26-30s/, oats 20-22s/, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 984/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: Wm. Maxwell, esq., appointed postmaster for Bath in room of Thos. Foley who resigned. Mr Wilkinson appointed one of the surveyors of General Post Office in room of Mr Maxwell. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1013/ 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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| Goods: sale of autumn & winter silk starts tomorrow at the Peacock in Union Passage, Bath (19 Sep). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 992/ article:1 b |
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| Property: to let or for sale - house opposite Infirmary at lower end of Bond St, Bath, with 2 good parlours, could convert to shops as good business situation. Enq Benj. Axford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 996/ article:1 c |
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| Goods: auction - all household goods & furniture, etc., of Sir Bourchier Wrey, bart., at Turley [Turleigh] House near Bradford, Wilts on 26 Sep. Catalogues from Benj. Axford, Bond Street; W. Cross, Milsom Street; & Bond Street coffee house. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 981/ 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: a Ridotto [public entertainment with music & dancing] at New Assembly Rooms on 30 Sep. Subscriptions taken at York House, 1 guin for 1 gent + 1 lady, ½ guin single gents ticket & 7s for ladies. Subscription book for winter season to be opened. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 993/ article:1 c |
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| News: extract of letters from Edinburgh (Scotland, 10 Sep) re. trial of Regulators at Wilmington, Virginia [America], 6 were executed & 6 pardoned. Also more detail on massive flooding on river in Virginia in May Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1002/ article:2 b |
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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 |
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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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| Leisure: next Bradford Assembly on 23 Sep at New Bear Inn. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 994/ article:1 c |
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| Health: remedies - "Velnos' Vegetable Syrup", specific in all impurities of the blood & juices whether scorbutic or venereal. Sold at 10s 6d/bottle by Mr Cruttwell in Bath; Angel & Simpson (Chippenham), Burrough (Devizes), Hitchcock (Corsham), etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1019/ article:4 d |
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| Property: to let - messuage in Stall St, Bath (contiguous to the Pump Rooms & Baths) with 5 large rooms on parlour floor, dining room & 3 good bedchambers on 1st floor, 8 large bedrooms on attic stories, servants rooms, kitchens, etc. Fit for lodgings or boarding. Enq Mr Jacob Smith, attorney of Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1001/ article:1 d |
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| Goods: for sale - all household goods, listed, of a gentleman in Taylor's Court near the Bell, Walcot. By Messrs Hill & Birchall on 19 Sep. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 977/ article:2 d |
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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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| Marriages: Mr John Atwood, snr., cutler, to Mrs Eliz. Johns, at Walcot Church yesterday [Tue 17 Sep]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1016/ article:3 d |
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| Finance: partnership between Wm. Somerton & Wm. Dearman, cheesemongers of Bath is now dissolved by mutual agreement. Creditors of partnerships or separate accounts to go to Wm. Somerton; debtors to pay Wm. Dearman. Trade continued by Wm. Somerton.(16 Sep). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1006/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Goods: auction - all household goods of Mr James Scane, deceased, at his late dwelling house, the Crown Inn, Devizes on 23 Sep et seq. Catalogues from T. Burrough & J. Herring (both in Devizes). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 998/ article:1 d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Countess of Northampton, Lord Fortescue, Lady Malpas, Lady Ann Simpson [NOTP], Gen Johnson & lady. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 985/ 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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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord Francis Seymour & Lady, Lord Vane, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Sir Richard Bampfylde, Sir Ed. Bayntun. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1011/ article:3 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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| Leisure: we are informed that Messrs Kuhff & Fitzwater (who have provided the sideboards for the Ridotto in Haymarket) are now coming to Bath to do the same for approaching Ridotto at New Assembly Rooms. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1012/ article:3 d |