42 Cross Street
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42 Cross Street
Anatolian
Turkish Restaurant
August 2020
Before and After Images
1979/80
2015
About the building
Early 19th centuryHipped slate roof. Pilasters
Recent history
Aug 2020 : Anatolian Turkish Restaurant; licensee Resul SaritagHad 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
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 Decorator
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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