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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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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - tomorrow (Thursday) "The Provoked Husband" with "The Padlock" & a new dance "The Pedlar"; Sat, "Rule a Wife & Have a Wife" with a farce & the same dance. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1198/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mr John Anthony, Master of the Copper Mills at Pensford, in Bath on Sunday [27 Oct]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1203/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: auction - all h/hold goods [listed] of Mr Chas. Dickson. Opposite the Playhouse in Orchard St., Bath on 14 Nov for 3 days by Hill & Birchall. Catalogues from place of sale; at Parade Coffee House; & Hill & Birchall's Upholstery warehouse in Queen Sq., Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1255/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Leisure: we learn that the comic opera "Capricious Lovers" is now written as a farce & is in rehearsal for Bath Theatre Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1263/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mr James Henderson, late brewer of Bath, last night [Tue 5 Nov]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1243/ article:3 d |
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| Crime: Sam - [surname not given], post-chaise driver to James Bilson at the Greyhound in Southampton, gone off with empty chaise which he left damaged & stuck in mud at Millbrook with one horse drowned & he also stole money from his master. Reward of 1 guin on conviction from James Bilson. [Description of Sam -, who had "the foul disease" [sic]]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1100/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Goods: for sale - Bath laces, lappets, points & ready-made gentlemens lace ruffles, at Mr Coward's in Stall St., Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1213/ article:2 c |
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| Sport: racing - 400 guin match between the horses of Mr Parker & Mr Bowle, at Claverton Down yesterday, was won by Mr Parker's "Skim". The occasion was well attended. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1179/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: subscription concert & ball, 1st in season at New Assembly Rooms, Warminster on 29 Oct. Subscribers & non subscribers at Miss Hillier's, Miss Jerman's & the Weymouth Arms & George Inns in Warminster. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1144/ article:1 c |
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| Property: to let - furnished, dining room apartment. Enq Richard Goldstone, druggist, apothecary & dentist at shop opp. Mr Wiltshire's in Broad St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1222/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Art: sale - by hand, pictures of Mr Charles Dickson, opp the Playhouse in Orchard St, Bath, this day & tomorrow, open 10-4 (Bath 20 Nov). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1287/ article:2 d |
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| Births: a son safely delivered to the Lady of Sir John Trevelyan, bart., at his Clifford St house, last Thursday. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1264/ article:3 d |
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| Churches: ## church rates - legal case between the Churchwardens of Deptford & the Rector of Deptford at Doctors Commons on Tuesday, when after a hearing of 6 hours, the Judge decided that the Rector did not have a right to pay the Church rate in the same way as the inhabitants [of the parish] (London, 15 Nov). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1271/ article:1 b |
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| Charity: public breakfast at Mr Gyde's Rooms on Sat 9 Nov. for poor patients of the General Hospital, tickets 5s from booksellers & coffee houses. Total number of patients relieved by this scheme 2337 since Jan 1771. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1237/ article:3 d |
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| Law: Sheriffs nominated for year 1772, Somersetshire - John Durbin, yngr., esq., of Walton; Henry Rodbard, esq., of Merriott; Levi Aunes, esq., of Shepton Mallett (London, 15 Nov). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1269/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Employment: apprentice wanted - apply Roe Palmer, weaver & mercer, the Silk Manufactory, at the Peacock, Union Psge, leading to Cross Bath, Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1273/ article:1 b |
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| Deaths: James Fonten, age 105 in the Merchant's Hospital at Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1231/ article:3 c |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - tomorrow (Thursday) tragedy "Oroonoko" with "The Commissary" & dance called "The Pedlar"; Sat, "False Delicacy" with a farce & dancing; Tue, "The Maid of the Mill" with a farce & dancing Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1260/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: next subscription Concert & Ball at Warminster New Assembly Rooms on 29 Nov. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1274/ article:1 c |
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| Leisure: meeting at Gyde's Rooms resolved unan. to i) support one Ball every Fri. at Old Rooms, ii) open subn. of 1 guin/each for remainder of the season, iii) that each person pay 6d on admission at the Ballroom for tea, iv) that music be restored at the Pump Room. Mr Wade to inform subscribers to New Rooms that subscribers to the Old Rooms willing to contribute to Pump Room music on equitable terms Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1304/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: John Totterdell, woollen draper & Tailor, St. James's St [Bath] sells superfines, seconds & livery cloths, kerseymears, Bath beavers, ratteen beavers, coatings, naps, serges & shalloons; jeanets, fustians, thicksets, everlasting & denims; etc. Has opened a small shop nr the New Assembly Rooms chiefly for surtout coats. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1278/ article:1 c |
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| Crime: ## vandalism - reservoirs & aqueducts of Upper Water Works of Bath have been broken open several times & the course of water diverted particularly during last Sat night. Reward of 5 guin offered by City Chamberlain for info. leading to conviction of culprit/s. From John Horton (Mayor of Bath), 14 Nov. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1276/ article:1 c |
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| Health: ## a cure for mad dog bite [rabies] - many mad dogs seen in & about Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1246/ article:3 d |
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| Property: to let - Great & Small Tithes of Hartland in Devon. Enq Mr Gunning at Swainswick, Bath; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1284/ article:2 c |
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| Deaths: John Rule, esq., (whose death was listed in previous edition) was lately a commissioner of HM Victualling Office & sailed around the world with late Lord Anson. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1313/ article:3 d |
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| Property: to let - furnished lodgings for 2 single ladies, with dining room & 2 bedchambers, with/out boarding. Enq Mr Foster, apothecary in Queen Sq., Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1253/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Goods: auction - household goods (of Mr Young having moved to the Black Bear at Slough). At The White Swan, Devizes starting 26 Nov et seq, by James Herring Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1292/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Goods: John Kendall sells all sorts of useful china at his china shop, the Golden Canister, Pierrepont St., South Parade, Bath, also [sells] teas, coffee & chocolate. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1296/ article:3 b |
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| Goods: horticulture - Charles Tarlton, late servant to Lancelot Brown, has opened a seed shop at the corner house in the Parade, Horse St, Bath, where he sells garden seeds, flower roots, garden tools, etc. He will undertake garden design & maintenance. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1281/ article:1 d |
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| Goods: toiletries - Mr Ruspini's "Dentifrice Powder & Tincture" - sold in block tin boxes & bottles at 5s each at Mr Bull's, jeweller, in Bath; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1268/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Property: for sale - good dwelling house at Ford, North Wraxall, nr Chippenham to Marshfield turnpike. Convenient work-houses, out-houses, stable, gardens & orchard with fulling mill with 2 pair stocks, gig mill & several tenements contiguous to premise, all suitable for clothing trade. Late estate of Mr Joseph Oriel, clothier, decd. Enq Mr Benj. Edwards, clothier of Chippenham; Mr Thomas Parry; or at house Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1293/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Sir Thomas Salisbury & Lady, Lady Fane [NOTP], Gen Boscawen & lady. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1302/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: New Assembly Rooms - Ball for the MC on 25 Nov. Tickets at Mr Wade's in Edgar's Bldgs; New Assembly rooms; booksellers & coffee houses. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1262/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: - - Rule, esq., in Belvedere, on Sunday Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1267/ article:3 d |
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| Crime: highway robbery - Benj. Harding, higler, was robbed of a moidore between Bishopstrow and Sutton on night of 6 Nov. One John Fisher alias Paine, a higler, of Sutton charged but absconded from tythingman's custody. Usual reward offered. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1294/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Marriages: Mr Daniel Henderson, merchant, to Mrs Stratton, at Bristol [NFD]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1321/ article:2 b |
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| Marriages: Mr Abraham Sandy of Newbury, to Miss Cook of Nurstead, at Devizes Chapel [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1319/ article:2 b |
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| Agriculture: grain prices - at Warminster last Sat, (bshl 9 gall. 1 quart), wheat 50-64s/qtr, beans 19-21s, barley 25-29s, oats 18-21s. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1301/ article:3 c |
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| Notices: rabies - several mad dogs have appeared in Bath. The Magistrates recommend that bitten dogs are destroyed & all other dogs to be tied up. (Bath 26 [sic] Nov). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1277/ article:1 c |
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| Property: to let - furn/unfurn, house in Bathford, with parlour, kitchen & hall, 4 bedchambers, good cellars & garden. Moderate terms. Enq Mr Taff, Crown Inn, Bathford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1227/ article:3 b |
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| Music: Mr Fischer's concert of Vocal & Instrumental music at Great Room of New Assembly Rooms on 4 Dec, with Ball after concert. Tickets 5s each of Mr Fischer at Mr Guest's in the Churchyard; etc Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1316/ article:1 c |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - Thu, "The Jealous Wife" with the comic opera "The Capricious Lovers" with dancing; Sat, "The Foundling" with a farce & dancing Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1306/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Mr John Smith, merchant of Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1298/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: auction - household furniture, books, etc., of Mr James Berry, decd, at his house in Kingsmead St, this & next 2 days,by Mr Evatt. Also, private sale of of marble billiard table with 8 pockets & carved pedestals, by Mr Evatt. (20 Nov). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1285/ article:2 c |
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| Marriages: Mr Richard Newton, mercer of London, to Miss Elizabeth Buck, milliner in Bond St, at St. Michael's Church, yesterday se'nnight [a week ago, Tue 29 Oct] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1238/ article:3 d |
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| Deaths: Rev Mr Rob. Bridges, senior priest & Vicar of Wells Cathedral, at an advanced age on Wednesday. [no info where] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1311/ article:3 d |
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| Leisure: Bathonian Lodge of the Ancient Order of Bucks - members to meet at White Hart Inn this Thursday [? = 10 Oct] at 7pm. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1093/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: to let - 5 tnmnts in Bradford, now let to John Thatcher, Thos. Jacobs, Joseph Gay, Wm. Tucker & Richard Milsom. Enq Mr Jesser, attorney of Frome. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1219/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Deaths: Richard Lavington, esq., at Miltonhall nr Wells, lately. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1312/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: Roe Palmer, weaver & mercer, the Silk Manufactory, at the Peacock, Union Psge, leading to Cross Bath, has today received his fashionable winter silks Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1272/ article:1 b |