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Location : Matthewson's Land [4],  William Street

Historic Property ImageStreet View Image

Photo / old map: The property is the large one in the foreground of the historic photograph.

= Property demolished or site redeveloped

Notes:      demolished; possibly attic

Part of a block. Other parts: Matthewson's Land [1]     Matthewson's Land [2]     Matthewson's Land [3]     Matthewson's Land [5]     Matthewson's Land [6]     Matthewson's Land [7]     Matthewson's Land [8]     

Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1885. Other properties involved : Matthewson's Land [1]     Matthewson's Land [2]     Matthewson's Land [3]     Matthewson's Land [5]     Matthewson's Land [6]     Matthewson's Land [7]     Matthewson's Land [8]      One possible interpretation is given below.

 

Commentary

A building (Hope Cottage), subdivided into 3 or 4, was on the site by 1858. It was extended by 1864, probably to its final size. Internal divisions complicate the picture.

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.44067,-2.940182

View location on the 1855 6-inch map, the 1895 25-inch map, the 1914 25-inch map, the 1966-73 25-inch map, or a 1944-50 aerial photograph at the National Library of Scotland website.

Nearby properties (demolished in red):   shop, 17, Cupar Road   shop, 19, Cupar Road   21 Cupar Road   23 Cupar Road   25 Cupar Road   27 Cupar Road   Rio Cinema, St Marys Lane   1 St Marys Lane   3 St Marys Lane   12 Tay Street   14 Tay Street   1 Union Street   3 Union Street   4 Union Street   5 Union Street   (formerly 6, Union Street)   7 Union Street   9 Union Street   11 Union Street   store for shop, Union Street   (store, formerly 1, William Street)   2 William Street   4 William Street   (Matthewson's Land [1], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [2], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [3], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [5], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [6], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [7], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [8], William Street)   (stable, Matthewson's Land, William Street)   (stable & store, Matthewson's Land, William Street)   outbuilding behind 12 Tay Street, William Street  

Later use of the site :   Rio Cinema     

 

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      318

 

Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)

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House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)

Matthewson's Land [4]

 

 

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 2 entries

SourceEntry 
1908 Tayside AnnualBuchanan, Euphemia, William Street.
1907 Tayside AnnualBuchanan, Euphemia, William Street.

 

 

Entries in the Registers of Voters

SourceEnrol DateNameOccup.AddressQualificationPropertyatNotes
1900 Female Voters Buchanan, Miss Euphemia William Street, Newport Tenant of House William Street

 

Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1921 William Street, 2nd flat Nicoll Mary 1
1911 William Street Nicoll Mary 1
1901 William Street Buchanan Euphemia 1View household
1891 Mathewsons Land Buchanan Euphemia 1View household

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 33 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1937-38767House Charles Clark Duncan, solicitor, Dundee per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee Robert Mitchell 4-5-0View details
1935-36738House Charles Clark Duncan, solicitor, Dundee per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee Robert Mitchell 4-5-0View details
1932-33706House Charles Clark Duncan, solicitor, Dundee per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee Robert Mitchell 4-5-0View details
1930-31703House Charles Clark Duncan, solicitor, Dundee per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee Robert Mitchell 3-19-6View details
1927-28694House Charles Clark Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform Street, Dundee per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee Euphemia Greig 3-19-6View details
1925-26675House Charles Clark Duncan, solicitor, Dundee per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee Mary Nicoll, nurse same 3-19-6View details
1922-23647House Charles Clark Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform Street, Dundee per John Rattray & Sons, Barrack St, Dundee Mary Nicoll, nurse same 3-19-6View details
1920-21625House Mrs Agnes Clark or Duncan, Bellfield, Dundee per David Duncan & Son, 41 Reform St, Dundee Mary Nicoll, nurse same 2-15-0View details
1917-18624House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform Street, Dundee per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee Miss Mary Nicoll, nurse same 2-15-0View details
1915-16620House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform Street, Dundee per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee Miss Mary Nicoll, nurse same 2-15-0View details
1912-13604House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform Street, Dundee Miss Mary Nicoll, nurse same 2-8-0View details
1907-08584House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform Street, Dundee Mrs Euphemia Buchanan same 2-15-0View details
1905-06573House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-15-0View details
1903-04564House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1901-021158House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1900-011141House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1899-001103House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1897-981041House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1896-971008House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1895-96962House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1894-95916House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1893-94890House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1892-93869House David Duncan, solicitor, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1891-92848House Miss Sarah Low, Coupar Angus, heritable creditor in possession per David Duncan & son, solicitors, 41 Reform St, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1890-91797House Miss Sarah Low, Coupar Angus, heritable creditor per David Duncan & son, solicitors, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1889-90769House Miss Sarah Low, Coupar Angus, heritable creditor per David Duncan & son, solicitors, Dundee Miss Euphemia Buchanan same 2-10-0View details
1885-86734House and Workshop Miss Sarah Low, Coupar Angus, heritable creditor per David Duncan & son, solicitors, Dundee James Cameron, gardener same 2-10-0View details
1878-79586House Miss Sarah Low, Coupar Angus, heritable creditor per David Duncan, jun., solicitor, Dundee 2-10-0View details
1875-76461Joiner's Shop and House under £4 William Matthewson, sen., joiner 7View details
1871-72413Houses & wright's shop under £4 William Matthewson, joiner 7View details [? includes [6] ]
1867-68239House William Matthewson, joiner 3View details
1865-66226House William Mathewson, joiner 2View details
1864-65210House William Mathewson, joiner 2View details

 

 

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Plot: 72  view details St Phillans lot 17 25 pol 23 yd (Smith, Matthewson) Matthewson's Land / Rio

 

Sasine Abridgements:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1892.00619Isabella Duncan / Mathewson to David Duncan; all 3 David Duncan jun loans repaidDisp & disch containing (1) disp by Isabella Duncan / Matthewson resid 3 St Matthew St Dundee widow of William Matthewson joiner Newport to David Duncan (sometime named David Duncan jun) solicitor Dundee of 25 pol 23 yds grnd & bldgs lot 17, : E by William St, : N & W by meuse lanes 15', pt of park between village of E Newport and t/p to Cupar (2) disch by said David Duncan disburd (a) bond (17 May 1872) £33 (b) bond (21 Apr 1875) £100 (c) bond (24 Feb 1877) £67 all by said William Matthewson & Isabella Duncan / Matthewson over said subjects13 May 189272
1877.01422third loan by David Duncan junBond £67 by William Mathewson joiner Newport & disp security by him & his wife Isabella Duncan / Mathewson to David Duncan jun, solicitor Dundee of 25 pol 3 yd grnd lot 17 & dw houses etc t/on, : E by William Street, pt of park between t/p and East Newport24 Feb 187772
1875.04317second loan by David Duncan junBond £100 by William Mathewson joiner Newport & disp by him and his spouse Isabella Duncan to David Duncan jun, solicitor, Dundee of 25 pol 23 yds grnd lot 17 & dw houses etc t/on, : E by William Street, pt of park between t/p and East Newport21 Apr 187572
1872.01300loan by David Duncan junBond £33 by William Mathewson & disp security by him & his wife Isabella to David Duncan jun of 25 pol 23 yd grnd & houses etc t/on no. 17 on plan of park between Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar17 May 187272
1872.01299Trs Stewart Smith / Millar loan transferred to Sarah LowAssig by curator bonis deceased Stewart Smith / Millar, consent William Mathewson joiner Newport & his wife Isabella Duncan / Mathewson, to Sarah Low of bond (3 Feb 1870) £550 by William Mathewson & Isabella Duncan / Mathewson & also 25 pol 23 yd grnd & houses etc t/on no. 17 on plan of park between Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar17 May 187272
1870.00085both Hutchison / Annan loans repaidDisch by Trs Jane Bell Hutchison / Annan & …, children of Robert Annan disburdening (1) bond (1 Jun 1865) £380 by William & Isabella Matthewson to Charles Bell Blyth; (2) bond (11 Jan 1868) £450 (includes said £380) over 25 pol 23 yds grnd lot 17 & dw houses etc t/on, : E by William Street, pt of park between t/p and East Newport3 Feb 187072
1870.00083loan by Trs Stewart Smith / MillarBond £550 by William Mathewson & disp by him and his spouse Isabella Duncan to curator bonis to Stewart Smith / Millar, widow of 25 pol 23 yds grnd lot 17 & dw houses etc t/on, : E by William Street, pt of park between t/p and East Newport3 Feb 187072
1868.02620second loan by Trs Jane Bell Hutcheson / Annan & familyTrs Jane Bell Hutcheson, relict of Robert Annan, & Betsy Kinmond Annan, Jane Bell Annan & Jemima Hutcheson Annan, children of Robert Annan, get bond & disp £450 by William Mathewson & Isabella Duncan over lot grnd & bldgs 25 pol 23 yd no. 17 on plan of park between Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar11 Jan 186872
1868.02619Charles Bell Blyth loan transferred to Trs Jane Bell Hutcheson / Annan & familyTrs Jane Bell Hutcheson, relict of Robert Annan, & Betsy Kinmond Annan, Jane Bell Annan & Jemima Hutcheson Annan, children of Robert Annan, get assig by Charles Bell Blyth to bond & disp £380 by William Mathewson, consent of Isabella Duncan his spouse, & William Scott jun, writer (May 1865) over lot grnd & bldgs 25 pol 23 yd no. 17 on plan of park between Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar (see 1865.00330)11 Jan 186872
1866.01539William Scott jun loan repaidWilliam Scott jun grants disch of bond & disp £75 by William Matthewson & spouse Isabella Duncan (May 1864) & declares lot of grnd & bldgs etc t/on no. 17 (25 pol 23 yd) of park between Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar disburdened5 Dec 186672
1865.00330loan by Charles Bell Blyth & Agnes Carmichael / BlythCharles Bell Blyth, whom failing, his spouse Agnes Carmichael, gets bond & disp £380 by William Matthewson, joiner & Isabella Duncan his spouse, consent William Scott jun, Writer, over 25 pol 3 yd & ho etc t/on, no. 17 on W side of William Street disburdened1 Jun 186572
1865.00329Tr Grace Mackie / Butchart loan repaidSurviving Tr of Grace Mackie / Butchart grants disch to William Matthewson joiner Newport, now proprietor, of bond & disp £285 (Jun 1861) by James Smith wright & declares 25 pol 3 yd & ho etc t/on, no. 17 on W side of William Street disburdened (v8, 02586)1 Jun 186572
1864.02587loan by William Scott junWilliam Scott jun gets bond & disp £75 by William Matthewson & spouse Isabella Duncan of lot no. 17 & bldgs t/on 25 pol 23 yd between the village of Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar on W side of William Street23 May 186472
1864.02586William Scott jun to William Matthewson & Isabella Duncan / Matthewson & familyWilliam Matthewson & Isabella Duncan his spouse reg disp by William Scott jun to William Matthewson & Isabella Duncan in conjunct fee & liferent & Oliver, Robert, Isabella, William, Barbara Welch, James Duncan & Elizabeth Coutts Matthewson, their children, in fee of lot no. 17 & bldgs t/on 25 pol 23 yd between the village of Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar on W side of William Street, under burden of bond & disp £285 by James Smith (see 00379) - reserving full power to sell etc by William Matthewson & his spouse23 May 186472
1864.02585Scott loan repaidWilliam Scott jun grants disch to William Matthewson joiner Newport & spouse Isabella Duncan of bond & disp £30 (20 Nov 1862) by James Smith & declares lot no. 17 & bldgs t/on 25 pol 23 yd between the village of Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar on W side of William Street disburdened23 May 186472
1864.02333James Smith to William Scott junWilliam Scottt jun reg disp to himself by James Smith cabinet maker & joiner Newport of grnd & bldgs t/on 25 pol 23 yd no. 17 on plan of park between village of Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar, on W of William Street21 Jan 186472
1863.02082apportionment of feu dutues by Church of ScotlandTrs General Assembly of Church of Scotland grant deed of appointment of trust declaring the following plots - plots 34th - 45th described in disp (11 Nov 1862) - held in trust by them inter alia for payment of the annual sum of £80 to minister of church & parish of St Lukes (see 01395)21 Sep 1863247, 256, 278, 285, 286, 284, 72, 204, 207, 290
1862.01454loan by William ScottWilliam Scott gets bond & disp & assig £30 + premiums of insurance by James Smith over lot of grnd 25 pol 23 yd no. 17 on plan of park between Easter Newport and t/p Newport - Cupar27 Nov 186272
1862.01395Tayfield to Church of Scotland (feu duties, rents) [1-21 Marytown, 22-23 south of Marytown, 24 Craighead, 25-43 St Phillans]Trs General Assembly of Church of Scotland regist disp to themselves by John Berry, Tayfield of the following lands & others, pts of lands of Inverdovat, Craighead & Causewayhead, viz (1) 3 cottages in village of Marytown (now Easter Newport); pce grnd with the 2 cottages t/on on E side of E-most of said 3 cottages; self-contained cottage with attics & garden grnd; 19 falls 5 yd (22 pol 29 yd) grnd with the 2 cottages t/on on S side of road Newport - Ferryport, being all pts of subjects described in the title deeds as 2 roods 4 falls 24 ells grnd pt of lands of Seacraig etc and therein descr as marked no. 1 & no. 2 on a plan; [lot 3 not mentioned - ? public house]; (2) 42 falls 17 ells (1 rood 13 pol 12 yd) grnd no. 4 on said plan & erections t/on; (3) 52 falls 10 ells grnd no.5 on said plan & ho etc t/on; (4) 52 falls 10 ells (1 rood 25 pol 28 yd) grnd no. 6on said plan & ho etc t/on; (5) 41 falls 31 ells grnd no. 7 on said plan; (6) 2 pces grnd extending to 1 rood 30 falls 34 ells nos. 8 & 9 on said plan & houses t/on; (7) E-most half with the houses etc t/on, and W-most half of 2 pces grnd 80 falls 29 ells no. 10 & 11 on said plan; (8) 29 falls 22 ells grnd lot no. 12 on plan; (9) 35 falls and (10) 35 falls grnd nos. 13 & 14 on plan; (11) 40 falls 4 ells grnd no. 15 on plan & bldgs t/on; (12) 40 falls 4 ells grnd no. 16 on certified copy of said plan; [lot 17 missing - ? owned by Gibb, vintner]; (13) 40 falls 4 ells grnd no. 18 on plan; (14) 35 falls (41 pol 4 yd) grnd no. 19 on certified copy of plan & ho etc t/on; (15) 49 falls 14 ells grnd no. 20 on plan & houses etc t/on; (16) 40 falls 4 ells grnd lot 21 on cert. copy of plan; (17-20) 4 pces grnd 40 falls 4 ells each nos. 22, 23, 24, 25; (21) 49 falls 14 ells grnd no. 26 all on said plan & houses t/on;
(22) 1 rood 34 falls 18 ells grnd no. 39 on a plan; (23) 3 roods 38 falls 15 ells (4 rood 39 pol & 14 sq yd) grnd to the S thereof with quarry therein, being all pts of lands of Seacraig;
(24) 10 acres 32 falls of lands of Craighead & houses t/on;
(25) lot of 41.66 pol and (26) lot of 42 pol grnd marked no. 1 & 2 of street called Hillside Crescent on a ground plan; (27) lot of 44 pol (28) lot of 34 pol and (29) lot of 35 pol 16 yd grnd nos. 3, 4 & 5 on said ground plan; (30) lot of 44 pol grnd no. 6 on said ground plan on which a ho or cottage has now been erected; (31)lot of 44 pol grnd forming lot 7 & pt of lot 8 on said plan; (32) lot of 39 pol 16 yd pt of lot 8 & pt of lot 9 on plan; (33) 39 pol 16 yd composed of stance marked no. 10 & pt of stance marked no. 9 on said plan; (34-41) lots of 29 pol 28 yd, 33 pol 4 yd, 28 pol 26 yd, 22 pol 14 yd, 22 pol 14 yd, 22 pol 12 yd, 25 pol 23 yd, 30 pol 21 yd of grnd lots 11, 12, 13,14,15,16,17,19 on said plan; (42) lot of 30 pol 7 yd grnd no. 20 on plan & ho etc t/on; (43) 58 pol 15 yd forming 2 lots marked no. 21 & 22 on said plan, being all pts of park or pce grnd bewteen village of Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar, & teinds ... reserving the feu rights …
[43 plots listed, but 1863.02082 refers to 45 plots - which is correct? Were lots 3 and 17 added later?]
11 Nov 186295, 102, 147, 148, 112, 113, 157, 117, 146, 100, 153, 194, 150, 165, 152, 202, 149, 75, 67, 243, 292, 291, 287, 288, 311, 289, 312, 308, 247, 256, 278, 285, 286, 284, 72, 204, 207, 290
1861.00379loan by Tr Grace Mackie / ButchartTr Grace Mackie or Butchart gets bond & disp £285 by James Smith, wright Newport over lot of grnd & ho etc t/on 25 pol 23 yd no. 17 on plan of park between Easter Newport and t/p Newport - Cupar on W side of William Street19 Jun 186172
1861.00371Mary Rough / Blyth loan repaidMary Rough relict of Henry Blyth master mariner grants disch of bond & disp £250 by James Smith wright Newport (12 Jan 1861) declaring lot of grnd 25 pol 23 yd no. 17 on plan between Easter Newport and t/p Newport - Cupar on W side of William Street disburdened17 Jun 186172
1861.00019loan by Mary Rough / BlythMary Rough relict of Henry Blyth master mariner gets bond & disp £250 by James Smith wright Newport over lot of 25 pol 23 yd no. 17 on plan between Easter Newport and t/p Newport - Cupar on W side of William Street15 Jan 186172
1861.00018Laird loan repaidTrs Catherine, Isabella, Mary Jane & Violet Laird, children of James Baird Laird, grants disch of bond £200 by James Smith, wright, Newport & John Inglis, shipmaster declaring lot of grnd 23 pol 23 yd no.17 of park between Newport and t/p Newport - Cupar, with bldgs etc t/on on W side of William Street disburdened15 Jan 186172
1860.03491loan by Catherine, Isabella, Mary Jane & Violet Laird to James Smith & John InglisTr Catherine, Isabella, Mary Jane & Violet Laird, children of James Baird Laird, gets bond & disp £200 by James Smith, wright, Newport & John Inglis, shipmaster over lot no.17 of park between Newport and t/p Newport - Cupar, with bldgs etc t/on on W side of William Street4 Oct 186072
1860.03465Caledonian Property Investment Co to James SmithJames Smith registers disp to himself by Caledonian Property Investment Co of lot of grnd 25 pol 23 yd no.17 of park between Newport and t/p Newport - Cupar, with bldgs etc t/on on W side of William Street27 Sep 186072
1858.01537James Smith to Caledonian Property & Investment CoCaledonian Property & Investment Co seised lot grnd or building stance 25 pol 23 yd, lot 17 of park between East Newport and the turnpike from Newport to Cupar & bldgs thereon, on disp by James Smith, wright Newport15 Apr 185872
1857.01137Tayfield to James SmithJames Smith seised lot of 25 pol 23 yd no. 17 of park between East Newport and turnpike Newport - Cupar on W side of William Street on feu ch by John Berry, Tayfield9 Oct 185772, 249

Abbreviations in the notes
t/on - thereon;   t/p - turnpike;   dw - dwelling;   ho - house;   pt - part;   pce - piece;   grnd - ground;   bldg - building;   Tr/Trs - Trustee/Trustees;   dec - deceased;   ... - words omitted;   pol - poles;   yd - square yards;   : - bounded;   rd - road;   ' - feet;   " - inches;

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