[1] The name then changed regularly through the next few hundreds of years:[1] The word Womanby[clarification needed] is early Teutonic language in origins, and translates as "the abode of the foreigners".

[1] In 1638 William Ebery, the Vicar of St Mary's Church, Cardiff, and senior members of his congregation were barred from the premises after they refused to read the Book of Sports.

These people together with others of a similar mind formed the core of a congregation, that after the English Civil War and subsequent Restoration, in 1696 were granted land in Womanby Street by Alderman John Archer.

[6][7] Jones Court (51°28′46.88″N 3°10′55.88″W / 51.4796889°N 3.1821889°W / 51.4796889; -3.1821889), which leads off of Womanby Street, was built in 1830 by the Marquis of Bute to house labourers imported for the expansion of Cardiff Docks.

During the restoration, it was found that the land had long been used as the city's rubbish dump for the properties on the High Street, again confirming the low social stance of the area.

With all participants armed with either swords, pistols, cutlasses, pikes or muskets, they fought between themselves until Edmund Ffaharty lay dead, and many others were wounded.

A very traditional pub until a make-over in the last decade[clarification needed] to match the more trendy hostelrys on St. Mary's Street, it was originally adorned with years-old pictures of the regulars behind the bar, and in 1967 there still existed an open brass gas pipe for lighting one's choice of smoking implement.

Three weeks later, former staff organised a fundraiser to rescue the space and opened The Moon, a grassroots live music venue and club.

It has since proved a successful launchpad for various Welsh-medium groups, including Super Furry Animals, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Catatonia.

[14] In November 2014 the Oxjam Takeover music festival took place in the street's bars and clubs, involving 45 bands with proceeds going to the Oxfam charity.