55A Frogmore Street

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55A Frogmore Street
Ty Hafan

Charity Shop
Accommodation
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Before and After Images

 

 1979/80

 2016

 

About the building

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Recent history

1975-1980 P & O Travel, Travel Agents Office

1950-1968 used with no 55 as a telephone exchange, which moved there from the main post office. It moved in 1968 to the new Post Office and exchange in Castle Street with 1650 working lines. In 1950, there were 850 subscribers on manual equipment.

Occupied by troops in WW2 and a hut was built in the back garden for social activities.

1945 – 1950: Anna Amelia Hughes (nee Westlake) lived in the flat upstairs (J Patrick)

 

 

Previous occupiers

Year

Name

Detail

Source

1950-68

telephone exchange

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Kelly

1937

Jackson & Daley

House Furnishers

Kelly

1934

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Kelly

1930

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Car/Npt & Dis

1926

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Kelly

1923

William Chadwick

(also Abergavenny & District Bill Posting & Advertising)

Auctioneer

Kelly

1920

William Chadwick Frogmore Chambers

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Kelly

1914

Straker & Chadwick

(also Starr Bowkett Building Society)

Auctioneers & Estate Agents

Kelly

1910

Tomkins & Chadwick

Bailiffs & Auctioneers

Kelly

1909

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Kelly

1906

Tomkins & Capper

Auctioneers & Estate Agents

Kelly

1901

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Kelly

1895

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Kelly

1891

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Kelly

1884

1881

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Charles Leonard

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Wheelwright

Kelly

Census

1879

Charles Leonard

Wheelwright

Thacker

1877

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Owen

1875

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Mer & Croc

1871

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Kelly

> 1868

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1865

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1862

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Morris & Co

1858

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Slater

1850

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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

1822

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Pigot

1792

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Pigot



 

 

Other information

1901: Starr & Bowkett (Building Society), Thomas Tomkins, Secretary & Thomas Tomkins, Auctioneer, Accountant, house, land & estate agent, Mortgage & Insurance. He was also manager & secretary to Abergavenny & District Bill Posting Co. Also a bailiff.

1910: Thomas Tomkins & William Morgan Chadwick were certified bailiffs & auctioneers, Tomkins was also secretary to Starr & Bowkett Building Society.

1920: Evan Doel was secretary to the Abergavenny Bill Posting & Advertising Company. Also here were James Straker & Son & Chadwick, Auctioneers, accountants, land & estate agents, insurance & brokers.

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