62 (& 62A) Frogmore Street
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62 (& 62A) Frogmore Street
Raynor’s Opticians
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Optician shop & consulting rooms
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Before and After Images
1979/80
2016
About the building
Rebuilt 1973.Previously the King David Inn. In August 1897, the pub was offered for sale by auction: on the ground floor, bar, smoke room, tap room, kitchen, scullery, and larder; on the First Floor, Sitting Room and One Bedroom, and on the Second Floor, Landing and Two Bedrooms. At the rear are Yard and Brewhouse…..with stabling for about Twenty Horses ….
Recent history
2000, 1996, 1993: Rayner Opticians1973- 1980: Rediffusion Wales Ltd/ Rayner Options, owner, Mr Rayner. Ground floor TV showrooms/dispensing optician, other floors: office, stock room, eye Examination rooms.
Previous occupiers
Year
Name
Detail
Source
Until 1973
then demolished and rebuilt
local knowledge
1937
Prop: Ted Bowen
King David Public House
Kelly
1934
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Kelly
1930
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Car/Npt & Dis
1926
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Kelly
1921
Prop: J S Jones
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Kelly
1920
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Kelly
1914
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Kelly
1910
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Kelly
1909
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Kelly
1906
Prop: Emily Morgan
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Kelly
1901
Prop: Edward Games Morgan
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Kelly
1895
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Kelly
1891
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Kelly
1884
1881
Prop: Isaac Griffiths
Isaac Griffiths
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innkeeper
Kelly
Census
1879
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Thacker
1877
Harriet Lewis (Freehold)
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Owen
1875
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Mer & Croc
1871
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Kelly
> 1868
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1865
Prop: Mrs Harriet Lewis
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1862
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Morris & Co
1858
Prop: James Skyrm
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Slater
1850
Prop: William Powell
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Pigot
1845
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Pigot
1844
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Slater
1841
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Slater
1835
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Pigot
1834-45
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Pigot
1834
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Car/Npt & Dis
1828
Thomas Jones of Colebrook with the Golden Lion, Prop: D Mosley
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Pigot
1791
Anne Jones
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J P records
Other information
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