42 Cross Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | 42 Cross Street |
| Present Occupier: | Anatolian |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | Turkish Restaurant |
| Other Floors: | |
| Date when first used by present occupier: | August 2020 |
About the Building
Early 19th century
Hipped slate roof. Pilasters.
Recent History
Aug 2020 : Anatolian Turkish Restaurant; licensee Resul Saritag
Had been Magnolia Fish Bar until approx 2018 or 2019 then closed
In 1990s (? exact dates) : Known as The Mighty Bite : Fish & Chip & Pizza Parlour (source : ad in Abergavenny Chronicle in 1991)
Prior to Magnolia Fish Bar, was known as Nemo Fish Bar (date changed unknown but possibly 2014
From 1960 to at least 1980s : Quo Vadis Cafe (which also occupied no.43 Cross Street)
Ad in Abergavenny Chronicle in 1956 : “Irene’s” Milk Bar.”
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| To ? 1980s | See “Recent History” | ||
| 1937 | Bishop & Brooke | Yeast Merchants | Kelly |
| 1934 | (Bishop & Brooke at 44 Cross Street) | Yeast Merchants | Kelly |
| 1930 | Bishop & Brooke (manager : Yarnold) | Yeast Merchants | Car/Npt & Dis |
| 1927 | James & Son | Greengrocer | Kelly |
| 1923 | G W Morgan | Fruiterer | Kelly |
| 1920 | Gwatkin Bros | Painters & Decorators | Kelly |
| 1914 | Gwatkin Bros | Painters & Decorators | Kelly |
| 1910 | J H Goss & Co | Decorators | Kelly |
| 1906 | Gwatkin Bros | House Decorators | Kelly |
| 1901 | Gwatkin Bros | House Decorators | Kelly |
| 1891 | Hazard, James Cottle | House Decorators | Kelly |
| 1879 | H G Cadogan | Linen Draper | Thacker |
| 1875 | Joseph Shaw | Draper | Mer & Croc |
| 1871 | Richard Shaw | China & Glass | Kelly |
| 1865 | Richard Shaw | China & Glass | Webster |
| 1862 | Richard Shaw | China & Glass | Morris & Co |
| 1858 | Richard Shaw | China & Glass | Slater |
| 1851 | Mary Thomas | Pauper | Census |
Other Information
Bishop & Brooke, Yeast Merchants were at this address from the 1930s to 1960.
(In 1926 & 1934 they were at 44 Cross Street : source : Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980).
Richard Shaw, China & Glass merchant in 1860s-70s, was in Monk Street in 1850.
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