St Mary’s Chambers, Monk Street
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St Mary’s Chambers Monk Street
Fonseca Solicitors (2021 under modification)
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Solicitors Offices
Offices
20–
Before and After Images
1979/80
2016
About the building
Designed and built as an architects office with stained glass windows, it was recorded here in 1884, but may be earlier.
Recent history
1979-1980 Merton Jones & Richards, Architects Office with the Citizen Advice Bureau Offices.Used by Merton Jones since 1923.
Previous occupiers
Year
Name
Detail
Source
1970
Architects
R Merton Jones
1937
Johnson, Richards & Jones
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Kelly
1934
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Kelly
1930
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Car/Npt & Dis
1926
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Kelly
1923
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Kelly
1920
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Kelly
1914
E A Johnson
Architect & surveyor
Kelly
1910
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Kelly
1909
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Kelly
1906
” ” /Joseph D Bishop,
with Inland Revenue Offices and Church Rooms over
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Kelly
1901
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Kelly
1895
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Kelly
1891
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Kelly
1884
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Kelly
1879
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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
It is almost certain that this was the site of the town goal which was part of the Monks’ Gate (East Gate) in the Town Wall.The Cibi Brook runs beneath Beili Lane at the rear.
There is a story of a prisoner taking up a flagstone in the floor and escaping via the stream running beneath.
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