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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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| Travel: London coaches - "Mercury", 4 horses all way, leaves Christopher Inn & Shakespeare Inns, Bath 7am Mon, Wed & Fri for London (Holborn & Snowhill) in 14 hours. Also, coach "Royal Blue" leaves 4pm takes 16 hrs. Performed by Potter, Hodges & Co. Also 1½ day coach 8am daily to London. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 32/ article:2,c |
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| Property: auction - lot 1/2, l/hold, 1st house on NE side of Laura Place; lot 2/2 - l/hold, dwelling house 1 Cheapside, Bath, some time in Jan 1792 by Mr Spackman. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 32/ article:2,c |
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| Travel: Lavington Wilts turnpike collected ca £275 at 7 gates. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 32/ article:2,e |
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| Education: Devizes boarding & day school - Miss Compton advises that her school opens again on 16 Jan. The ladies have the privilege of attending a Gospel Ministry. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 32/ article:2,e |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Lord Palmerston arrived in Bath on Thursday 4 Jan. [NOTP]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 33/ article:3, d |
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| Property: auction, late Mr Jelly's estate, lot 6/14 - f/hold house cnr St James's Parade, Bath occpd Miss Dart rent £55 p.a, ground rent £6 p.a. At White Lion, Bath on 6 Jan by C Trimnell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 33/ article:2,d |
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| Property: private sale - lot 6/7, ground rents of £49 p.a for houses in Rivers St. View thro' Mr Fielder, builder, Rivers Street. Partcrs Mr Symons, attorney, Corn St, Bristol. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 33/ article:2,d |
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| Services: ## Old Bath Fire Office - has moved to 13 Stall St. If fire happens, apply George Ford, engine maker, Bridewell Lane. Firemen may attend. Keys of Engine kept at numerous listed locations. 2s/6d for 1st ladder. Markes, Davis, sec Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 33/ article:2,c |
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| Fashion: ladies & gentlemen's hairdresser - E Houlshut (from London) at 4 Bartlett St, Bath. Braids, toupees, curls & ringlets Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 33/ article:2,c |
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| Property: auction, lot 1 - Alfred Hotel (rear opens onto newly erected Baths), Lot 2 - 2 dwelling houses in Bell Tree Lane (affected by Bath Improvement Bill to widen road to Cross Bath & price will take account of this & ensure profit on resale). Some time in Jan 1792 by Mr Spackman. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 33/ article:2,c |
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| Leisure: Ball for Master of Ceremonies at New Assembly Rooms. Tickets Mr Tyson in Brunswick Place, at Bull's, Marshall's & Barrett's Libraries Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 33/ article:3,b |
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| Property: auction - part estate of Miss Ann Reynolds, decd, late of Trowbridge, currently in several occupations of Messrs John Usher, Geoffrey Guley, John Amor, Wm Pinckney & others. Particulars Mr Thring, Warminster. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 33/ article:2,e |
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| Politics: Somersetshire petition to His Majesty will be presented tomorrow by a majority of respectable freeholders, together with Bristol petition [subject not stated]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 34/ article:3, d |
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| Property: auction, late Mr Jelly's estate, lot 7/14 - f/hold house upper cnr Peter St, Bath & opp lots 2 to 6., late occupd Mr Goodger, grocer rent £42 p.a, ground rent £3. (If not sold, to be let). At White Lion, Bath on 6 Jan by C Trimnell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 34/ article:2,d |
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| Property: private sale - lot 7/7, vacant land for building Milk St, W of the Crescent & next to Bath Common. Also, ground rent £3 p.a, on small house N end of vacant land (to be called Milk St) . View thro' Mr Fielder, builder, Rivers Street. Partcrs Mr Symons, attorney, Corn St, Bristol. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 34/ article:2,d |
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| Finance: ## Old Bath Fire Office - agents, Mr Kemm, Chippenham; Mr Croom, Melksham, etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 34/ article:2,c |
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| Goods: auction - foreign china, china, glass, Indian hangings etc . At his Great Room, Parsonage Lane, Bath on 1 Jan & 2 next days by William Cross Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 34/ article:2,c |
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| Art: exhibition - inc pictures by Claude Lorraine, Van Dyke, Rembrandt, Ruysdael, Gainsborough etc. Picture Gallery at 24 Kingsmead St, open 10am to 4pm, 1s 6d inc. catalogue. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 34/ article:2,c |
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| Leisure: Ball at Lower Assembly Rooms, tickets at Mr King's, Harington Place & libraries Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 34/ article:3,b |
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| Property: auction, Reynold's estate contd - several f/hold, l/hold & copyhold tnemnts & gardens in Back St, The Corrige [sic], the Brick plot, at Wicker Hill & nr the bridgefoot in Trowbridge; also rents & 6 turnpike tickets (£100, 4 of £50, £31) yielding 5% on mortgage of Trowbridge turnpike Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 34/ article:2,e |
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| Deaths: Mrs Poitier age 24, wife to Capt. Poitier & dtr of Hon. William Molesworth, last Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 35/ article:3, d |
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| Property: auction, late Mr Jelly's estate, lot 8/14 - f/hold house (adjng lot 7) occupn Mr Brake, baker, rent £42 p.a. At White Lion, Bath on 6 Jan by C Trimnell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 35/ article:2,d |
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| Publications: "History of Somerset" by Rev John Collinson & Mr Edmund Rack. 3 vols for 3 guin. Subscriptions to Mr Cruttwell, or Mr Collinson at Cirencester, or E Rack, Harington Place, Bath; etc. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 35/ article:3,a |
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| Notices: ## warning from Corporation. Complaints to City Commissioners re. repairs by inhabitants to pitching & paving of streets & lanes. If the rules not complied with, the Act directs entry & seizure for payment. From J Smith, clerk to Commsnrs, Westgate Bldgs, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 35/ article:2,c |
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| Finance: debtors of Mr Richard Egerton, decd, late of St James parish, Bath, decd to pay Wm Burge, attorney, Bath (acting for adminstrx). Also Mr Egerton's property to be sent to Mr Burge. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 35/ article:2,c |
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| Travel: sale of horses - at the Repository & Livery Stables, Pelican Inn, Walcot - every Saturday at noon. By Mr C Demander. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 35/ article:2,c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Countess of Bristol, Lord Bishop of Kildare & family, Count Einseidel, Lady Long, Lady Willes, Lady Jones, Lady & Miss Lindsay, Hon Mr Yorke contd, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 35/ article:3,b |
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| Leisure: Ball for Master of Ceremonies - at New Assembly Rooms on 7Jan. Tickets from Mr Tyson in Saville Row; Bull's, Marshall's & Barratt's libraries; & at the Rooms. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 35/ article:3,b |
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| Deaths: Mr Bevan on North Parade at an advanced age, last Sunday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 36/ article:3, d |
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| Property: auction, late Mr Jelly's estate, lot 9/14 - f/hold public house, the Queen Charlotte, occupn Mr John Mason, rent £26 5s p.a, ground rent £2 12s. At White Lion, Bath on 6 Jan by C Trimnell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 36/ article:2,d |
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| Publications: "New Bath Guide" 12th ed, by Christopher Anstey. Price 2s 6d, sold by S Hazard, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 36/ article:3,a |
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| Notices: horse strayed - black pony from farmer Hughes of Hampton. Reward 1 crown [5s]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 36/ article:2,c |
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| Education: Sunday Schools & School of Industry A/Cs - income £1107 14s 7d, expenses inc £350 for Matron, secretary, weaver, woolcomber & 30 masters & mistresses, + £30 rent for School of Industry. Thomas Neate & George Ramsay - treasurers, A Orchard - secretary. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 36/ article:2,c |
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| Health: cancer cure without incision by Mrs Plunkett Edgcumbe opp Cornwell Bldgs nr Walcot Church. Mrs Shepherd of Lansdown was cured of cancer of the tongue Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 36/ article:2,c |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath, contd - Sir William & Lady A'Court, Sir John Pakington, Sir R Smith, Sir F & Lady Eden, Sir Thomas, Lady & Miss Byard NOTP Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 36/ article:3,b |
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| Leisure: Ball for Master of Ceremonies - at Lower Assembly Rooms 11 Jan. Tickets at Mr King's, Harington Place; libraries; & the Rooms. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 36/ article:3,b |
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| Deaths: Mrs Carey, relict of late Mr Carey, hosier of Bath, on Monday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 37/ article:3, d |
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| Property: auction, late Mr Jelly's estate, lot 10/14 - free/leasehold public house, The Leek & Crown, in Horse St, with stabling & yard behind, occupn Mr Martin Moger, rent £42 p.a, ground rent £2 12s. At White Lion, Bath on 6 Jan by C Trimnell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 37/ article:2,d |
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| Charity: Sunday Schools - latest subscriptions mean all poor children from Bath, Walcot & Widcombe received & instructed, presently schools contain 600; also a School of Industry now opened with 140 children taught to spin, sew & knit. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 37/ article:3,b |
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| Property: to let - all the Glebe Lands at Winford belonging to the Parsonage 12m from Bath, contains 100 acres, now in possn of James Morgan Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 37/ article:2,c |
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| Education: Sunday Schools etc report of management commitee 29 Dec 1788 - School of Industry takes 180 children in rotation from Sunday schools, instruction inc. sewing, spinning linen & woollen, knitting, making nets etc. From M Orchard, sec Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 37/ article:2,c |
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| Publications: "The Life of Baron Frederic Trenk" trans from German by Thomas Holcroft, 2nd ed, 3 vols. Sold by Meyler, Marshall, Campbell & Gainsborough, booksellers, Bath 12s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 37/ article:2,c |
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| Fashion: J Sayer & Co, muslin manfrs to Duke & Duchess of York have moved to 7 Milsom St, Bath, formerly at 40 Milsom St Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 37/ article:3,b |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Dowager Duchess of Leinster, Lord & Lady Trimblestown, Lady Harewood, Lady C Burke, Lady & Miss Hartopp, Lady Featherstap, Lady De Dunstanville, Sir J Turner. [NOTP] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 37/ article:3,b |
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| Crime: John Bollen, mason, attacked by 2 footpads on Claverton Down, robbed of 3s 6d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 38/ article:3, d |
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| Property: auction, late Mr Jelly's estate, lot 11/14 - freehold house, E side Upper Charles St occupn Mr John Palmer rent £36 p.a, ground rent £3 3s. At White Lion, Bath on 6 Jan by C Trimnell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 38/ article:2,d |
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| Fashion: Thomas Woodford has large house in Churchyard & Cheap St. Linen & muslin sold in that part fronting Church St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 38/ article:3,b |
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| Crime: assault - Joseph Hamblin (who was assaulted one evening in Walcot Parade, Bath) returns thanks for donations totalling £2 16s 6d. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 38/ article:2,c |
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| Health: Dr Eren, 7 Fountain Buildings, Bath announces his services and times of consultation. Free to the poor with parish cert. on Mon & Thur. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 38/ article:2,c |
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| Goods: "Tunbridge Wells Ware" - work boxes, writing boxes & desks, caddie boxes etc. Sold by Mr Robinson at shop opp Bear Inn, Cheap St Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 38/ article:2,d |