3 High Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | 3 High Street |
| Present Occupier: | Johnsons the Cleaners/Timpson shoe repair/The Photo Expert |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | shop |
| Other Floors: | storage |
| Date when first used by present occupier: |
About the Building
The previous building on this site was of local stone, built in the late 16th century and had a cruck roof. It was demolished in 1961 and an Elizabethan lattice window is now in the museum, also some 19th century wallpaper.
Printer’s proofs from 1810 – 53 were found hanging from the rafters in a walled-up attic including street ballads and execution broadsheets and a Moore’s almanack for 1836.
There were four cottages at the rear. Photographs of the old building can be found in the museum.
Recent History
After Aug 2018 Timpsons shared these premises. [Source: Reviews start for Timpsons, Abergavenny in 2018]
As at 2018 Aug – Johnsons Dry Cleaners wasn’t a shared premises, no shared sinage. [Source: Google Street View Aug 2018]
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 1986 | Bollom | Dry Cleaners | ALHS survey 1980+ |
| c1980 | Bollom | Dry Cleaners | ALHS survey 1980 |
| 1973 | Welsh Dry cleaners | Dry Cleaners | ALHS survey 1980 |
| 1961 | Principality | Dry Cleaners | ALHS survey 1980 |
| to 1961 | Maypole Dairy Co. | Provision Dealers | ALHS survey 1980 |
| 1937 | Maypole Dairy Co. | Provision Dealers | Kelly |
| 1934 | Maypole Dairy Co. | Provision Dealers | Kelly |
| 1930 | (old building demolished?) | Car/Npt & Dis | |
| to c1926 | Miss Gladys M Harrhy | Stationer | ALHS survey 1980 |
| 1923 | Miss Gladys M Harrhy | Stationer | Kelly |
| 1920 | Miss Gladys M Harrhy | Stationer | Kelly |
| 1914 | Harriet Carey (until 1921) | Fancy Stationer | Kelly |
| 1910 | Harriet Carey | Fancy Stationer | Kelly |
| 1906 | Mrs A J Carey | Stationer and Bookseller | Kelly |
| 1901 | Frederick Rolfe Crockford | Stationer and Fancy Rep. | Kelly |
| 1891 | Thomas & Edmunds (Minerva Printers and Booksellers) | Stationers, printers and newsagent | Kelly |
| 1877 | Henry Thomas & John Edmonds | Printers and Stationers | Owen |
| 1875 | Henry Thomas & John Edmonds | Printers and Stationers | Mer & Croc |
| 1871 | Minerva Printing Office | Printing office | Kelly |
| 1865 | James Hiley Morgan | Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor | Webster |
| 1858 | James Hiley Morgan | Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor | Slater |
| 1850 | James Hiley Morgan | Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor (employing 4 men) | Pigot |
| 1844 | James Hiley Morgan | Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor | Slater |
| 1835 | James Hiley Morgan | Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor | Pigot |
| 1822 | James Hiley Morgan | Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor | Pigot |
Other Information
1969 Principality Dry Cleaners. Advertisement for girl assistant in 1969.
1926 Miss Gladys M Harrhy had moved to 20 Frogmore Street by 1926.
1821 James Hiley Morgan moved from Brecon to Abergavenny in 1821. He employed 4 men. [Source: ALHS survey 1980]
The text from newspaper extract above:
‘These buildings, number 2, 3 and 4 have long since been replaced, and they show something of the interesting facades and roofline which once graced the town centre.
In addition to being a printer, bookseller and stationer, Mr Crockford claimed to have “all the latest novelties in fancy article” as well as photographs in great variety of the town and neighbourhood.
As the picture clearly shows, those were the days when newspaper contents bills detailed all the important stories of the issue and the keener sighted will be able to discern what was news at the time.’
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