55A Frogmore Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | 55A Frogmore Street |
| Present Occupier: | Ty Hafan |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | Charity Shop |
| Other Floors: | Accommodation |
| Date when first used by present occupier: |
About the Building
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Recent History
1975-1980 P & O Travel, Travel Agents Office.
1950-1968 used with no 55 as a telephone exchange, which moved there from the main post office. It moved in 1968 to the new Post Office and exchange in Castle Street with 1650 working lines. In 1950, there were 850 subscribers on manual equipment.
Occupied by troops in WW2 and a hut was built in the back garden for social activities.
1945 – 1950: Anna Amelia Hughes (nee Westlake) lived in the flat upstairs (J Patrick).
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 1950-68 | Telephone exchange | Kelly | |
| 1937 |
Jackson & Daley |
House Furnishers | Kelly |
| 1923 | William Chadwick (also Abergavenny & District Bill Posting & Advertising) | Auctioneer | Kelly |
| 1920 | William Chadwick Frogmore Chambers | Auctioneer | Kelly |
| 1914 | Straker & Chadwick (also Starr Bowkett Building Society) | Auctioneers & Estate Agents | Kelly |
| 1910 | Tomkins & Chadwick | Bailiffs & Auctioneers | Kelly |
| 1906 | Tomkins & Capper | Auctioneers & Estate Agents | Kelly |
| 1881 | Charles Leonard | Wheelwright | Census |
| 1879 | Charles Leonard | Wheelwright | Thacker |
Other Information
1901: Starr & Bowkett (Building Society), Thomas Tomkins, Secretary & Thomas Tomkins, Auctioneer, Accountant, house, land & estate agent, Mortgage & Insurance. He was also manager & secretary to Abergavenny & District Bill Posting Co. Also a bailiff.
1910: Thomas Tomkins & William Morgan Chadwick were certified bailiffs & auctioneers, Tomkins was also secretary to Starr & Bowkett Building Society.
1920: Evan Doel was secretary to the Abergavenny Bill Posting & Advertising Company. Also here were James Straker & Son & Chadwick, Auctioneers, accountants, land & estate agents, insurance & brokers.
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