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Hatter, at No. 2, Bridge Street, removing in May, 1799, to No. 7, 
Northgate Street. By 1809 he was residing in the Market Place, 
and at this date was one of the Overseers for the Parish of St. 
Peter and St. Paul. In January, 1811, at a dissolution of 
partnership between Messrs. Euclid Shaw (Canal Coal Merchant) 
and J. Giddings Hitchcock, Bankers (Holloway House and 
Westgate Street), Mr. Dore, Woollen Draper, Market Place, was 
by advertisement fully empowered to pay all their Cash Notes 
presented at his place of business. Subscribing freely enough to 
_ yarious Societies, Dore did not take any prominent public position 
and on September 6th, 1813, he retired from the business, 
advertising 
“Wm. Dore respectfully informs his Friends, the Public 
and Visitants of Bath, that he has declined his Mercery and 
Haberdashery Business in favour of Messrs. Bourne and Austen,” 
and to his late patrons “for favours so liberally bestowed on 
him, impressed with gratitude, begs their acceptance of his most 
sincere thanks.” 
Retiring to Weston, near Bath, Dore interested himself in educa- 
tional matters, and in 1817 was prominent as a large subscriber 
and as collecting large sums from others towards the erection of 
a new School at Weston, on Dr. Bell’s plan. To this fund 
Whitchurch subscribed and was also employed on the building. 
In 181g William Dore, Esq., of Weston, was one of the two 
High Constables for Bath. It is probable (but full proof is not 
obtainable) that early in 1818 Dore was one of the promoters of, 
and a partner in the Bath City Bank, No. 7, Union Street, 
established as ‘“ Messrs. Dore, Smith, Moger & Evans,” the Bank 
being carried on under the same names till 1823, when the use of 
“Dore” ceases. 
- The Tokens issued by Whitchurch and Dore met generally 
with approval, the Chronicle of September 16th, 18r1, 
stating “We always feel a pleasure in recording instances 
of public spirit, and such we consider the conduct of Messrs. 
