Benwell Mansion House Estate Near Newcastle For Sale
To be sold a freehold mansion house and adjoining estate part of the manor of Benwell near Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland. Rich meadow and pasture plus six acres of corn land, well watered and walled with offices gardens ponds and extensive views. Apply to Matthew Duane Etq Lincoln's Inn for particulars and plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benwell
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Northumberland
Newcastle
Carlisle
Matthew Duane
Lincoln’s Inn
Lancaster Races 1771 Two Meets Plan Great Britain
Announced were two horse racing days at Lancaster and Spalding in 1771. The August 27 event features four year old horses with prizes of fifty guineas and rules on weights and forfeits, plus booths and social events. September 11 to 13 at Spalding Course offer five and four mile heats with substantial entrance dues, certificates required, and plans for amusements including a performance by Mr Stevens's Company of Comedians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancaster
Lancaster Marth
Toronto
Spalding
Cas
Lincolnshire
Port Royer
T. Gly
Soldiay
Abingdon
Culham Heath
Hat Tims
Wednesley
Sol
Cary
Taorscay
Bandwich
Cees
Col
Se'woon
Charles Han
Cope
Eaton
Jalis
Beneficiary Endorses Norton’s Drops in 1777 Letter
A letter in Golden-square London thanks Surgeon Norton for his remedy after six years of facial and arm inflammation. The writer, ANN ROWIE, claims recovery from a severe illness thought to be consumption. Public notices invite verification from Mr Le Febvre’s and Norton’s own address, noting the remedy’s claims and dangers of counterfeits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Norton
Golden-square
London
le Febvre
Cogcell-Court
Ann Rowie
Moray
N Rton
Sirgeon
Gil-cen-square
Piccadilly
John Norton
Jonn Norton
Wlaredant
London News Mixes Royal Ball and Storm Reports
August reports from London describe a grand Ball at the Mansion-house for nobles and ladies, amid political bustle over Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle. Storm damage, elopements, drownings, grain prices, and new marriages fill a busy page with maritime and colonial notices.
Hillsborough party arrives after London visit
Reports from Ireland and ports detail the Earl of Hillsborough and family reaching Hillsborough from London on July 28. Other items note a church marriage incident in Torwich ending in tragedy then a soldier’s marriage change, a fatal coachman accident near Keynsham, and various local notices across Reading Oxford Northampton Nottingham and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irelan
Dublin
Earl of Hillsborough
Hillsborough
London
Country ‘News
Torwich
Portmouth
Admiral Dennis
Spithead
Bristol
Richard Smith
Keynsham
Norwich
St. Giles’s Chuch
Bryan Burrell
Broompark
Martin Reader
Northampton
William Gibson
Thomas Skinner
Benjamin Simkins
Nottingham
Leicester
Coventry
Warwick
New London Spy offering vivid portrait of city life
A humorous period piece describes life in London from Fleet Street to St. Giles, detailing masquerades, gardens, public houses, and striking caricatures of various social groups. It advertises the city panorama as printed in a volume priced at 2s with marble covers and a humorous headpiece, listing multiple shops and publishers in Covent Garden and surrounding districts.
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London
Morthy
Conti
St. Jewes’s
St. Giles, &c
Cissia Varius
Cuventres
G. Masquerads
Macs Patriots, Thal Woeldsass, Miniserial Und Entrappers, Press Nait Seis
Path Heades
Ming Constapies
Dee Eit Wardinen
C. Tae
Prted
Shepherd
Miveries
J Cocke
Paternou-rerow
AL Lewit
Ruilei-fr
Horse Medicines Offer to Public by John Perkins
An advertisement by John Perkins of Gerrari Street St Ann's promotes ready money sale of telemedicines and various horse remedies. It lists prices for mercurial, pectoral, cordial, fever, grease, and other balls, plus ointments and tinctures, all prepared under his supervision and clearly dated. Orders from the country are to be promptly complied with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Tower
Amelia
Pitt
Duke of Newcastle
Marquis de Buffy
M. de Guignes
Indies
France
Portsmouth
Clive
Paris
Duke Aiguillon
Solander
Banks
John Pringle
Richmond
Candia
Tilfon
Quebec
Jehovinek
Alderman Wilkes
Haberdashers
Hoxton
Wymondhan
Norfolk
Becket’s Chapel
Free Grammar School
Soho
Guildhall
College Stairs
Lambeth
Corn Exchange
Turley
Thomas Perry
37Th Regiment of Foot
John Gordon
William Stewart
Tobago
Mr. Bethel
Isleworth
Middlesex
Ann Clitherow
Collier
Yates
St. Bartholomew the Great
Thomas Hooper
King-street
Bloomsbury
Elizabeth Grey
New Bond-Street
West Ham
John Toulmin
Mills Mary Field
Walter Joddrell
Island of
Sct
Christopher
Tunbridge
Kent
Humphry Dixon
Mr. Cooke
St. James’s Park
Jones
Piccadilly
Roy Aubon
William Radley
Gray’s Iingace
Tolborn
Gerrari
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William Bradshaw, M. Sandys
Eig. Tuting and
Fawoner
Eigs Sewards
Deal
Africa
Thomas
Pensacola
St. Ann
Gomerina
Lisbon
Newnham
Rogers
Mutton
Cape Fear
Rysseeg
Bethnal-sreen
Featherstone
F. Newbery
St. Paul's
D.xtor
New-freet
Broad Street
Carnaby-market
N. B
Ty D
Reibeg
Newbery
Earl of
J. Fliston
King’s Arms
Patervoileriow
Ssarvt Klare
Forruiytony Near
Volls
Nev
Manda
Lowther
Mary
C. Thomas
Suffolk
Royal Ant
Cook
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