Market Chambers – 9 Market Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | Market Chambers – 9 Market Street |
| Present Occupier: | Little Green Refills |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | Eco-friendly, sustainable food & Household and cafe |
| Other Floors: | First floor seating area for cafe ( First floor) Therapy Rooms (Second Floor) |
| Date when first used by present occupier: | 2020 Feb |
About the Building
The property was built for the Crawshaw Bailey Estate Office
There was an outdoor bowling green situated at the rear of the stables between the Market Chambers and the Market Tavern (now Julian Dyer Chartered Surveyor & Estate Agent). source: Horsington.
This area now (2015) contains a small poorly built building occupied by a cashbroker/pawnbroker, a yard, and a warehouse selling pet meat.
Recent History
2021 February : Little Green Refills : eco-friendly, sustainable, food and household items for refillable containers and everything non plastic
2019 September 18: J Straker, Chadwick & Sons Ltd moved from Market Chambers – 9 Market Street to The Auction Rooms, Tiverton Place, Lion Street NP7 5PN [Source: Companies House 30 October 2025]
J Straker, Chadwick & Sons Estate agents & auctioneers (from 1872)
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 1970 | J Straker, Chadwick & Sons | Estate Agents & Auctioneers | Kelly |
| 1937 | J Straker, Chadwick & Sons | Estate Agents & Auctioneers | Kelly |
| 1934 | J Straker, Chadwick & Sons | Estate Agents & Auctioneers | Kelly |
| 1930 | J Straker, Chadwick & Sons | Estate Agents & Auctioneers | Car/Npt & Dis |
| 1926 | J Straker, Chadwick & Sons | Estate Agents & Auctioneers | Kelly |
| 1923 | Straker & Chadwick | Estate Agents & Auctioneers | Kelly |
| 1920 | Straker & Chadwick | Estate Agents & Auctioneers | Kelly |
| 1914 | Straker & Chadwick | Estate Agents & Auctioneers | Kelly |
| 1910 | James Straker |
Auctioneers, Estate Agents, Insurance |
Kelly |
| 1909 | James Straker |
Auctioneers, Estate Agents, Insurance |
Kelly |
| 1906 | James Straker |
Auctioneers, Estate Agents, Insurance |
Kelly |
| 1901 – 1905 | James Straker |
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County Observer and Monmouthshire Central Advertiser Abergavenny and Raglan Herald Usk and Pontypool Messenger and Chepstow Argus |
| 1901 | James Straker | Auctioneers, Estate Agents, Insurance | Kelly |
| 1900 | J Straker | Auctioneers, Valuers, Land and Estate Agents | County Observer and Monmouthshire Central Advertiser Abergavenny and Raglan Herald Usk and Pontypool Messenger and Chepstow Argus 1900 July 21 p.4 |
| 1895 | James Straker | Auctioneers, Estate Agents, Insurance | Kelly |
| 1891 | James Straker | Auctioneers, Estate Agents, Insurance | Kelly |
| 1899 | J. Straker & Son | Auctioneers, Valuers, Land and Estate Agents | County Observer and Monmouthshire Central Advertiser Abergavenny and Raglan Herald Usk and Pontypool Messenger and Chepstow Argus 1899 August 19 p.1 |
| 9 June 1872 | James Straker and William Chadwick | Auctioneers, Valuers, Land and Estate Agents | J.Straker Chadwick and Sons at jschadwick.co.uk (about-us) |
Other Information
2026 Februry 17: Little Green Refills offers for hire the treatment and therapy rooms to local therapists, yoga classes. film nights, life drawing classes, story telling and many more activities [ Source: www.littlegreenrefills.com].
1937: W M Chadwick, auctioneer, certified bailiff under the Law of Distress Amendment Act. Joint secretary with Harvey W Thomas, of Abergavenny Horse Show & Agricultural Association.
1923: W M Chadwick, Secretary Abergavenny Horse Show & Agricultural Association; R H Jackson, Accountant.
1914: Abergavenny Horse Show & Agricultural Association
1891 – 1910: J Straker, Secretary Abergavenny Horse Show & Agricultural Association.
1891: J Straker, Secretary, Abergavenny & Monmouthshire Permanent Building Society.
1872 July 13: Advertisement announcing that James Straker has commenced a business as an Auctioneer, Valuer, Land and Estate Agent [Source: County Observer and Monmouthshire Central Advertiser Abergavenny and Raglan Herald Usk and Pontpool Messenger and Chepstow Argus 1872 July 13 p.1].
1872 June 9: Mr James Straker founded the Auctioneer, Valuer, Land and Estate Agent business. In late 1898 William Chadwick (known as ‘Wm’) commenced his articles with Messrs Barber & Son from Wellington in Shropshire. In 1903, William Chadwick joined Mr Tomkins forming the business known as Tomkins & Chadwick in Frogmore Street. Mr James Straker joined the partnership in 1910 and in 1912 it was renamed J. Straker, Son & Chadwick. In 1947 William Chadwick’s sons, Reggie and Peter, joined the partnership, which was renamed J. Straker, Chadwick & Sons, the name that remains today. William Chadwick (William Chadwick’s grandson) joined the business in 1970, followd by Lyndon Trumper in 1989. The business has diversified since moving to Tiverton Place in 2019. [Source: J Straker, Chadwick & Sons at jschadwick.co.uk/about-us].
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