17 Cross Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | 17 Cross Street |
| Present Occupier: | G F A Fulgoni |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | Opticians |
| Other Floors: | Storage |
| Date when first used by present occupier: | 1947 |
About the Building
From Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:
From Gabb MSS: “1869 : mortgage of James Gilbert Price the younger, and James Gilbert Price senior and Elizabeth Edwards” “All that parcel of ground formerly gardens, half acre, in Cross Street Ward Abergavenny abutted by Cross Street by a dwelling house lately of James Price [this is no.18] now of John Edward Price, messuage formerly called The Old Playhouse formerly the property of John James of Abergavenny Carpenter and a street leading from Cross Street to Castle Street on all sides”.
“On this parcel of land, John Cadogan erected 5 houses occupied by Allen Long, Thomas Evans & Co, Margaret Wilcox, James Loveland and Thomas Evans & Co. Then occupied by Henry Thomas and Thomas Evans and his under-tenants and now by Mary Evans and her under-tenants”.
Recent History
From Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:
From 1947 occupied (?owned) by John Fulgoni, Optician and later by his son G.F.A. Fulgoni.
In 1947, occupied by Mr & Mrs Rees, as “house and shop”.
From 1939-1945 : occupied by hairdresser by the name of Lloyd.
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 1970 | G.F.A. Fulgoni | Opticians | |
| 1937 | F.W.Aitken | Dental Surgeon | Kelly |
| 1934 | F.W.Aitken | Dental Surgeon | Kelly |
| 1930 | F.W.Aitken | Dental Surgeon | Car/Npt & Dis |
| 1926 | F.W.Aitken | Dental Surgeon | Kelly |
| 1923 | Mrs Nicholls | Dental Surgeon | Kelly |
| 1920 | Mrs Nicholls | Dental Surgeon | Kelly |
| 1914 | W H Nicholls | Dental Surgeon | Kelly |
| 1910 | W H Nicholls | Dental Surgeon | Kelly |
| 1906 | W H Nicholls | Dental Surgeon | Kelly |
| 1901 | W H Nicholls | Dental Surgeon | Kelly |
| 1895 | W H Nicholls | Dental Surgeon | Kelly |
| 1891 | W H Nicholls | Dental Surgeon | Kelly |
| 1879 | Mrs Goodwin | ? | Thacker |
| 1875 | Joseph Nevil | Residence | Mer & Croc |
| 1871 | Joseph Nevil | Residence | Kelly |
| 1858 | James W Secretan | Attorney with Gabb of Monk Street | Slater |
| 1850 | Long | Boot & shoe manufacturer | Pigot |
Other Information
From Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:
Owner in 1858 : James W Secretan, is buried in St Teilo’s Church, Llantilio Pertholey. He fought a case over the monopoly of the gas works
In 1851 the firm of Evans & Long occupied 16 and 17 Cross Street and employed 130 men (source : Census)
From Abergavenny Chronicle adverts :
1948 : advert for Rees hairdressing salon, “double fronted premises for sale by auction 21 September
1952 : C M Lea, optician (? was working for Mr Fulgoni who is stated to have occupied premises since 1947). Ads appear for ” C M Lea in 1956 and 1957. There is also an ad for a chiropodist who presumably also worked on the same premises
1988 onwards : adverts for GFA Fulgoni, opticians
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