Introduction to the Street Survey of 1984, digitised and revised 2015 onwards The survey has been attempted to make a record of the main streets of Abergavenny. The town grew very gradually in size until the mid years of the 19th century, then it doubled in size. The Local History Society has concentrated on the […]
GENERAL BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION TO FLANNEL STREET This information is based on the original Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980. The street once linked Cross Street (the main thoroughfare of the walled medieval town) to Castle Street, which was probably the centre of the prehistoric settlement and later (11th and 12th centuries), one of the main streets […]