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, became extra retail space selling occasion wear
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
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 1970 | Sidney George Ltd | Drapers | Kelly |
| 1966 | Sidney George Ltd | Drapers (& no. 12 & 13) | Abergavenny Street Survey 1980 |
| 1946-1966 | G R Silverthorne | Radio, Television, Electrics & Records | Abergavenny Street Survey 1980 |
| 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
In 1993, advert in Abergavenny Chronicle shows 14 Cross Street as “Mock Lobster” selling gifts, clothing, soft furnishings
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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