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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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| Marriages: Mr Samuel Napper of Old Street Square [? in St Luke St, London], to Miss Mary Gent of Devizes [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 952/ article:1 b |
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| Deaths: Philip Meadows, esq., of Diss in Norfolk, at his lodgings in Bath on Saturday [31 May] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 842/ article:3 b |
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| Leisure: Spring Gardens - vocal & instrumental music with grand illuminations after the manner of Vauxhall London in 3 acts on Tue 22 Jul at 7pm. Inc Sgnr Rossignole's grand imitations of various birds. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1044/ article:3 d |
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| Military: a few men wanted to complete the 7th or Queen's Regt - young lads of spirit & good character who have served in either of the Regts of Light Dragoons shall receive 3 guin. Apply to Regmntl C.O. at Newbury; or to the Officer of the Party at Trowbridge or Bradford. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1016/ article:1 d |
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| Health: list of medicines & prices sold by Mr Cruttwell before new stamp duty - for fevers, inflammatory disorders (inc mad-dog bite), total 71; for coughs, colds & asthma, 4; Dr Steer's medicines, 5; for female disorders, 3; for minor disorders, 3; for scurvy, gout, rheumatism & King's Evil, 12; for disorders of the head & eyes, 3; for the teeth & toothache, 10; CONTD Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1054/ article:1 d |
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| Deaths: William Kite (servant to Mr Clavey of Frome) returning with his wagon fron Bristol walking beside horse which stood on his shoe & he fractured his leg. (3rd person in family killed by wagons etc recently - Mrs Kite's first husband, Christopher White, killed in Beckington on 5 Jan 1783 & his son, also Christopher White, killed in Amesbury on 30 May 1782. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 844/ article:3 b |
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| Property: to let - 2 dining rooms & bedchambers at Mr Marshall's, cabinet-maker, cnr house 8 Kingsmead Sq, Kingsmead St, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 998/ article:3 c |
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| Law: Oxford Circuit - Lord Loughborough & Mr Justice Nares, Gloucestershire at Gloucester on Wed 6 Aug. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1013/ article:1 b |
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| Crime: malfeasance - Christopher Atkinson, esq., MP prosecuted & found guilty at King's Bench Court on Sat of charging H.M a price for corn exceeding that which he had paid, having previously agreed to supply corn at cost but to take a commission (London, 22 Jul). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1059/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Crime: stolen or stray'd - brown bay pony 3 yrs old 13¢ hands high from a close at Radstock parish on Sat night 13 July. I guin reward from Isaac Gollidge for info. leading to recovery Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1017/ article:1 d |
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| Military: mutiny - court martial at Chatham on 17 July of 12 sailors on the "Raisonable", commanded by Mord Hervey. Ship at Spithead with orders to go to Chatham to be paid off. Initially the ship's company refused & declared they would carry the ship themselves into Portsmouth to be paid off. Lord H. brave & imprisoned the ringleaders, 7 sentenced to death, 3 to have 300 lashes & 2 acquitted. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1060/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: to let - 2 houses in Cornwell Bldgs Bath, one with large garden behind. Partcrs from Mr Atkinson, jeweller in Wade's Pssge, Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 850/ article:3 d |
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| Marriages: Mr Brewer, surgeon & apothecary of Corsham to Mrs Delasont [sic - Delasons] who keeps an eminent boarding-school at that place [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1022/ article:2 c |
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| Deaths: the only son of Mr Bath, cutler in Bristol [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1026/ article:2 c |
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| Law: Western Circuit - Baron Perryn & Justice Heath, Wilts at New Sarum on 2 Aug ; Somersetshire at Bridgewater on 23 Aug ; Bristol at Guildhall on Thu 28 Aug. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 977/ article:1 b |
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| Crime: the garden of Mr Bower in Weston parish robbed of vegetables on Sat se'nnight. One Jefferys aged nr 60 yrs, was apprehended. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 873/ article:3 c |
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| News: anniversary of His Majesty's birthday, he entered his 46th year today - observed in Bath with bell-ringing & the usual demonstrations of loyalty. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 843/ article:3 b |
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| Travel: coaches from Angel Inn & Tavern, Westgate St, Bath - 4am & 4pm to London; 8am to Hotwells, 9am to Bristol & Hotwells, 10am to Bristol, 3pm to Hotwells; & 4pm & 5pm to Bristol. Performed by James Cole. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1028/ article:2 d |
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| Military: news of 6 transports with troops sailed from New York on 20 June. Orders have been given by Sir Guy Carleton, or the Commanding Officer at New York, to embark 800 troops to garrison the Bermudian Islands & relieve the 8 companies of Royal Bermudian Regt now at St. George's Island (London, 20 July) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1086/ article:3:00 AM |
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| Property: for sale - lease 17 yrs of 25 unexpired on dwelling house at cnr. of Cheap St opposite the Bear Inn, with house shop, kitchen, dining room, 4 bed-rooms, convenient brewhouse, etc. Enq Mr Dickes, auctioneer in the Market Place, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 875/ article:3 c |
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| Property: to let - house & shop in Cheap St, Bath opp the Bear Inn, now in occup of Mr Rogers, sadler. Enq Mr Phillot, Wood St. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1081/ article:1 c |
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| Deaths: Mr Pugh on the South Parade, suddenly on Sunday[NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 967/ article:3 c |
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| Property: for sale - f/hold, 30 acr arable, meadow & pasture land in Twyno [Twinhoe] in Wellow parish. Partcrs Wm. Smith, at Wm. Jenkins at Englishcombe nr Bath Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1046/ article:3 d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - Duke & Duchess of Beaufort, Lord & Lady Hopetoun, Sir John Taylor & Lady, Sir John Smith & Lady, Sir Francis Lumm [NOTP], Maj-Gen Smith Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1087/ article:3 b |
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| Law: King's Bench Court last Tue affirmed that Chapels were rateable to the poor (London, 4 July) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 976/ article:1:00 AM |
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| Health: list of medicines & prices before new stamp duty, contd - for the teeth & toothache, 10; for the stomach & bowels, 10; for the stone & gravel, 5; for worms & children's disorders, 5; fancy medicines, 16; for the itch, 4; for cattle & horses, 1+; for weaknesses, 5; for a certain disorder [VD] 14. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1055/ article:1 d |
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| Politics: Ireland, 3 day riot near Dublin - women & men with clothes not of Irish manufacture were stopped by weavers & stripped, some killed, many wounded, houses pulled down. Weavers were dragging 2 dead bodies (said to be of weavers who had died of hunger) through the streets (London, 25 July). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1079/ article:1 b |
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| Marriages: ## William Gore, esq, Lt. Col. of the Oxfordshire Militia, to Miss Langton of Newton St Loe, at Tilehurst nr Reading last Monday. Lady worth ú4,000 a year. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1089/ article:3 b |
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| Marriages: Mr John Figgins, an eminent clothier of Chippenham, to Miss Burnett, a young lady with a genteel fortune [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 905/ article:3 c |
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| Crime: John Scammel committed to Marlborough Bridewell & Sarah Cream committed to Devizes Bridewell on 27 June, charged [jointly] with wilful murder of a male child born to said Sarah Cream (Salisbury, 7 July) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 982/ article:2 b |
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| Finance: exchange - such distress on 'Change Alley today as never seen before. Stocks lower than before signing of preliminary peace [with America]. Omnium at 3% discount when was at 8% premiun a few months ago, etc., "many failures expected" (London, 19 Jul) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1056/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Deaths: Miss Harriot Jolliffe, dtr of Mr Jolliffe [? at Bristol] [NFD] Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 887/ article:4 b |
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| Marriages: Mr David Browne, cabinet-maker to Miss Phoebe Warring, both of Bristol [NFD]. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 907/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: auction - for benefit of creditors of Messrs Hosier & Tunstall, a large quantity of pipes, puncheons & other large & small casks, beading staves, a tilted wagon, ca. 400 sacks, candles, soap, bottles, several bags of juniper, etc, etc., at their distillery. On the premises nr Walcot Church on 8 June by Wm. Birchall Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 829/ article:2 c |
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| Property: auction - Hassage Farm, 1 mile from Norton St Philip with farmhouse, outhouses, orchards 77 acres arable, 56 acres pasture & 8 acres coppice wood. Farm, exc coppice rented by William West at ú86 p.a. clear except for small land tax. At White Lion Inn, Bath on 5 July Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 849/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: "Vegetable Chicken Gloves" for preserving the hands & arms from the bad effects of cold-winds, hard-water, frost, etc, by the King's Patent from Richard Warren, facing the New Assembly Rooms in Alfred St, Bath (& Marylebone St, Golden Sq, London). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1049/ article:1 c |
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| Travel: Warminster & Frome to Bath turnpike - trustees meet by adjournment at Black Dog Inn, Standerwicj Common on Tue 24 June. J. Maskelyn, clerk Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 894/ article:1 c |
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| Leisure: Theatre Royal Bath - closed last Sat [12 Jul] with (for benefit of servants of the Theatre) Mr Cumberland's tragedy "The Mysterious Husband" with farce "The Flitch of Bacon, a crowded house. (Still more successful at Bristol, where they perform "Rosina" with "The Agreeable Surprize" & the "Necromancer" next Mon.) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1041/ article:3 c |
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| Goods: auction - library of books, property of late Michael Ormsby, esq., decd, of Lansdown, removed to Great Room, John St, Bath on 5, 6 & 7 June, by Mr Plura Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 851/ article:3 d |
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| Goods: auction - h/hold furniture, confectionary glasses, small brass furnace & grate, 8 day clock in mahogony case, mahogony dining tables, etc., belonging to Mr Page, pastry-cook (quitting business"), at his house in Cheap St, Bath on 14 Jul by C. Trimnell Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1003/ article:3 d |
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| Visitors: arrivals in Bath - [no titled people], Vice-Adm Drake & Lady. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 936/ article:3 c |
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| News: subscriptions going forward to raise ú16,000 to fit out a ship for a scientific voyage to the South Seas & round the world, & make and leave a settlement in New Zealand, etc. Lord Shelburne has offered to pay expense of sending a naturalist overland from Petersburg to Kamatchka [Kamchatka] to meet the ship there Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1033/ article:3 b |
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| Agriculture: imports at Bristol arrived last week - a further supply of wheat from Germany, consisting of 1,913 bags & 2,040 qtrs. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 861/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Law: Royal Assent for various Acts - inc Act for giving His Majesty a stamp-duty on the registration of births, christenings, marriages & burials; etc; etc (Westminster, 11 Jul) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1018/ article:2:00 AM |
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| Leisure: Spring Gardens Vauxhall - entertainment of vocal & instrumental music with grand illuminations (after the manner of Vauxhall London) on 29 July to begin at 7o'c. Principal vocalists, Mrs Hasker, etc; 1st violin Mr J. Brooks; oboe Mr Ashley. Tickets 1s each. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1073/ article:3 d |
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| Charity: ## the poor of Bruton thank Mrs Donne, widow of Bath for her charitable donations of bread at this time of dearth of provisions & scarcity of employ. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 938/ article:3 c |
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| Property: auction - lot 1/4, reversion in fee (after death of Thos. Sartain, age ca 30 yrs) mssge & public house "The Pelican Inn" in the Market Place, Bradford, with outhouses, garden, etc., now in occup Mrs Stevens, etc. At Swan Inn, Bradford on 7 July by William James. Held by lease from Earl of Abingdon. Enq Mr Hughes, Warminster; or Mr Fowell, Bath. Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 915/ article:3 d |
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| Politics: slavery - the Quakers of America have declared all their negroes slaves free (London, 24 June) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 935/ article:3 b |
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| Politics: America - copy of orders issued by Gen Washington ordering cessation of hostilities between the USA & the King of Britain to be proclaimed publicly tomorrow (Head Quarters, 18 April 1783). Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 881/ article:4:00 AM |
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| Property: to let - by the month or year, genteel dining room apartment at 3 Milsom St, Bath, where only one family taken (house of John Bally, ladies hairdresser) Request a copy of the full article | Bath Chronicle 1027/ article:2 d |