14 Cross Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | 14 Cross Street |
| Present Occupier: | Alison Tod (see No. 13 Cross St) (?moving to no.52? June 2022) Alan Griffiths |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | |
| Other Floors: | |
| Date when first used by present occupier: |
About the Building
From Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:
The timber frame structure has floors that interlock with those of the Angel Hotel (source : Mr Horsington)
Recent History
July 2022 : no. 52 (across street) being refurbished for Alison Tod – tbc whether a move or additional store
From Sept 2017 : Alison Tod – Designer Millinery – expanded from No. 13 next door
From 2006 (approximate) to May 2017 : Love Lily, Florists. Moved to the Old Chapel, Radstock Court
In 1993, advert in Abergavenny Chronicle shows 14 Cross Street as “Mock Lobster” selling gifts, clothing, soft furnishings
From Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:
From 1966 : occupied by Sidney George Ltd (along with nos. 12 and 13 Cross Street)
From 1946-1966 : G R Silverthorne, Radio, Television, Electrics & Records
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 1970 | Sidney George Ltd | Drapers | Kelly |
| 1937 | Sidney George Ltd | Drapers (& no.13) | Kelly |
| 1934 | Sidney George Ltd | Drapers (& no.13) | Kelly |
| 1930 | Sidney George Ltd | Drapers (& no.13) | Car/Npt & Dis |
| 1926 | Sidney George Ltd | Drapers (& no.13) | Kelly |
| 1923 | A Jones & Sons Ltd | Timber & Coal Merchants | Kelly |
| 1921 | A Lyons | Antique Dealer | Kelly |
| 1914 | A Lyons | Antique Dealer | Kelly |
| 1910 | A Lyons | Jewellers | Kelly |
| 1906 | Sidney Williams | Saddler | Kelly |
| 1901 | Sidney Williams | Saddler | Kelly |
| 1895 | Sidney Williams | Saddler | Kelly |
| 1891 | Sidney Williams | Saddler | Kelly |
| 1884-85 | Alfred Williams | Saddler | Kelly |
| 1879 | Alfred Williams | Saddler | Thacker |
| 1877 | Alfred Williams | Saddler | Owen |
| 1874-75 | Alfred Williams | Saddler | Mer & Croc |
| 1871 | Rev Edward Henry Smith | Residential | Kelly |
| 1865 | Samuel Harris | Saddler & Harness Maker | Webster |
| 1864 | “Prob.Rees & Son” (sic) ALHSurvey 1980 | ||
| 1862 | Samuel Harris | Saddler & Harness Maker | Morris & Co |
| 1858 | Samuel Harris | Saddler & Harness Maker | Slater |
| 1851 | William Williams | Saddler & Harness Maker | Census |
| 1835 | ?John Williams | Saddler & Harness Maker | Pigot |
Other Information
From Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:
Receipt dated 1900 (A/4649-0) from Sydney Williams, Saddler. Original survey also has copy of a receipt c.1895 “Alfred Williams, Saddler & Harness Maker. Next to the Angel Hotel, 14 Cross Street, Abergavenny. Saddlery & Harness at Stores’ prices. Patronage respectfully solicited. The best workmanship only.”
During WW2, there was a doughnut bar for GI’s here, (part of the Angel Hotel) known as the American Donut Dugout- “sometimes a very wild place” (Mr Salter).
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