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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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| Charity: well disposed Christians asked to help a poor man with wife and 3 children. Once lived comfortably, now through misfortune in great distress. Donations to the bar at Morgan's coffee shop in the Grove, or the Parade coffee house, will be acknowled Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 145/ article:3 b |
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| Travel: carriage to London - Mail Diligence leaves Three Tuns, Bath c. 6pm & arrives at Swan with Two Necks, Lad-Lane, London next morning at 8 am [14 hrs]. By Williams & Co, Bath etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 145/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Fuller, (wife of Mr Fuller) at The Lamb, Batheaston on Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 145/ article:3,c |
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| News: ## extraordinary size of mouse caught in trap, induced a gentleman of Box to open it - found prodigious number of worms some 3 inches long & ¼ inch circumf. Preserved in spirits & fill an ounce vial. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 145/ article:3,d |
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| News: derangement of King George IIIrd, his will, his wealth Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 145/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Agriculture: corn business lately carried on by Bond & Stone will now be William Bond only, 8 Margaret's Bldgs, or his warehouse on the quay. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 145/ article:1c |
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| Deaths: at his house in Belvedere, --- Cure , esq. NFD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 145/ article:3,c |
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| Marriages: Mr Joseph Parsons, shoemaker of Bath to Miss Elizabeth Edgecombe of Malmesbury. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 145/ article:3,b |
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| Health: Daniel Shengles of By-Dalimor, Wilts had cancer of the lip for 1½ years, cured by Mrs Plunkett, daughter of the late Dr Plunkett. She can be spoken with at Mr Lieb's house, corner of Chandois Bldgs Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 146/ article:3 b |
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| News: Wiltshire Gen Quarter Sessions - details incl sentences. Mr Wright, late turnkey, elected keeper of county gaol at Fisherton in room of late Mr Maggs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 146/ article:3,d |
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| Charity: debtors in town prison give thanks to lady who gave 5s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 146/ article:3,c |
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| Fashion: Prynn & Collins, linen drapers & mercers, 26 Market Place, Bath - light gold still taken at its full value. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 146/ article:3,d |
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| Politics: Spitalfields silk weavers - some 30,000 persons feel bitter effects of present stagnation of trade Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 146/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Publications: "Bagatelle or the Bath Anniversary" - a poem, parts 2 & 3, 1s 6d each from L. Bull, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 146/ article:1,c |
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| Health: Course of Dietetic lectures by Dr Willich commencing @ Old Rooms for those desirous of health & beauty. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 146/ article:3,c |
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| Deaths: Rev Robert Augustus Johnson (Rector of Wistanstow, Salop) in Bath on Tue 8 Jan. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 146/ article:3,b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - [no titled people], General Clethering. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 147/ article:3 b |
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| Inns: Three Tuns Inn & Tavern being fitted up & opened by J Williams (who kept Beckhampton, Wilts for 10 years) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 147/ article:1,b |
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| Crime: theft - Charles Jones & William Davis committed to Ilchester Gaol on Thursday for stealing clothing from house in Walcot St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 147/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: Peter Paul, London Tea House, cnr Green St nr St Michael's Church, Bath. Fresh teas arrived by late ships from China. Good common Bohea 1s 10d, good congou or Souchong 3s 8d. Patent chocolate & coffee with refined sugars at lowest prices. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 147/ article:3,d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord Archibald Hamilton, Sir Frederick Eden, Sir Richard Geo. Meredyth, Sir Henry Mainwaring, Sir John Caldwell [NOTP]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 147/ article:3,b |
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| Employment: active middle-aged man wanted - as assistant on a wool loft, to manage "pickers, scriblers & spinners". Enq Mr Turner, Trowbridge [nfd] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 147/ article:1d |
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| Charity: "Stranger's Friends Society" of Bath - thanks for benefaction of 2 guin. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 147/ article:3,c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Elizabeth Bosanquet (relict of late Jacob Bosanquet, esq) at her house in Berkeley St on Wed. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 147/ article:3,b |
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| Deaths: Hon Mrs Cope, at her Milsom St house (previously lived at Bel View [Bellevue] nr Bath) on Wed. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 148/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: ## notice from Corporation to Chair-men on placing of chairs in street. Those aggrieved by misplaced chairs, extortion or insolent behaviour in chair-men may receive redress by application to Mayor at Guildhall (Mon & Thursday). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 148/ article:1,b |
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| Crime: Ann Stewart (alias Franker) & Elizabeth Goodenough, committed to Shepton Gaol for receiving stolen items from Charles Jones & William Davis Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 148/ article:3,c |
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| Goods: spruce beer - recommended by the Faculty as the best antibiotic, universally drunk at tables of the first families in the Kingdom. Sold 4d/quart, full Winchester measure at London Tea Warehouse cnr Green St nr St Michael's Church, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 148/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: James Warren, esq of Walcot House (died in Nice [France]) on Friday 19 Dec 1788. One of H M Justices of the Peace. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 148/ article:3,b |
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| Property: to let, next Lady Day - farm at Cully Hall, Bitton. Apply Dr Lee, Gay St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 148/ article:1,d |
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| Deaths: wife of Samuel Jennings, in Hooper's Court nr Walcot Church, while stooping to clean the hearth on Sun. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 148/ article:3,c |
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| Deaths: Mr Noah, snr (formerly eminent tailor of Bath) on Sion Hill a few days since. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 148/ article:3,b |
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| Deaths: Admiral Holcombe, at his lodgings in Bath, on Tuesday. Possessor of considerable estates in Pembrokeshire. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 149/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: ## official warning by Corporation - chairs placed other than place appointed by Mayor, will suffer penalties allowed by Act regulating chair-men. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 149/ article:1,b |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Thurs [19 Jan] opera "Robin Hood" with "The Old Maid"; Sat [21 Jan] "School for Scandal" with entertainments. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 149/ article:3,c |
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| Health: "Narrative of the effects of Bath Waters in various kinds of Paralytic disorders, admitted into Bath Hospital from end 1770-1785, 52 cases". Pubd today by Order of the Hospital Committee. Price 1s 6d for benefit of Hospital. From Dilly, Poultry, London. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 149/ article:4,c |
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| Deaths: Mrs Sherborne, at the Weighing engine in Saw Close, Bath, at an advanced age last week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 149/ article:3,b |
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| Health: "Howe's pectoral lozenges" for diseases of the lungs, colds, coughs, shortness of breath, asthmatic, phthisicky [sic] & consumptive complaints. From Howe's Warehouse, 34 Milsom St, and Mr Cruttwell, printer. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 149/ article:1e |
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| News: fire at Mr Gough's, baker, Common Close, Warminster, Tue evening 9 Jan. In his furze & faggot house. Consumed stable with 5 pigs, a pointer dog. Also, malthouse of Mr Brookes's, publican contng 15 hhds of strong beer destroyed. Handsome subscription to men who stopped flames. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 149/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Arnold, wife of Mr George Arnold at White Lion Inn, on Sat. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 149/ article:3,b |
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| Crime: attempted break-in to house of Mr John Attwood, brazier in Stall St, last Friday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 150/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: ## official warning to chair-men contd - no chair to be placed on any terrace or footway except N & S Parades, Westgate & St James do, Edgar's & Princess Bldgs, Paragon & Axford's Bldgs, Belmont & Oxford Row. Must be 10' from houses. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 150/ article:1,b |
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| Publications: "State of Ottoman Empire" by Elias Habesci, a Greek. Price 6s. Sold by W Taylor & J Marshall, booksellers bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 150/ article:4,a |
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| Publications: "Herries' Family Bible" by Rev John Herries AM - with superb frontispiece dedicated to Bishops, - & Coat of Arms elegantly engraved at bottom of plate. Printed for C Stalker, 4 Stationers Court, Ludgate Hill, London & sold all booksellers, price weekly parts 6d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 150/ article:4,d |
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| Deaths: Mr Foy, dentist, at his house in Wood St, Bath lately. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 150/ article:3,b |
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| Publications: "The Art of Healing" by T. Marryat MD, 12th edition. Price 4s Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 150/ article:1,d |
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| Crime: Somrst Quartr Sessions - Charles Tellin & Stephen Gordon, 7 years transportation. For stealing saddle & bridle etc from Mr Charles Davis on Mount Beacon & 2 trunks from carriage of Mr Ogle in White Hart Inn Yard. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 150/ article:3,d |
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| Deaths: Mrs Slater (relict of late Rev Mr Slater, Rector of Saltford & Vicar of Keynsham) at her house in Lansdown Road yesterday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 150/ article:3,b |
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| Sport: the buck turned out at Lansdown, last Friday - taken alive, to be used again next week. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 151/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: ## official warning to chair-men contd - chairmen attending Theatre to keep each end of chair full 10' directly opp theatre doorway. - Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 151/ article:1,b |