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The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : Knowehead

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= Property demolished or site redeveloped

Notes:      The original Washer Willy's.

Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building after 1891. One possible interpretation is given below.

 

Introduction

Newport people knew this location as Washer Willy's. Tayport people referred to it as Jess Philip's Dam. Both can be identified on the census returns. Knowehead was demolished and "Washer Willy's" is now used by the larger property nearer the road (which was the original Chesterhill).

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.43693,-2.90842

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.

 

1854 Ordnance Survey Name Book Entry    (originals at ScotlandsPlaces)     (more information on the O.S. Name Books page)

List of names to be corrected if necessaryOrthography, as recommended to be used in the new plansOther modes of spelling the nameAuthorities for these other modes of spelling when knownSituationDescriptive remarks or other general observations which may be considered of interestSource
KnoweheadKnoweheadKnowehead; KnoweheadDavid Gulland Chesterhill; David Maill Newport.Nearly 1/2 a mile S.W. of the Mansion Ho. of Scotscraig.A row of two small dwelling houses on the farm of Causewayhead. They are in good repair and were built for and occupied as hinds dwellings.OS1/13/32/74

 

Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)

Washer Willy’s     source: The Place-Names of Fife, by Simon Taylor with Gilbert Markus, University of Glasgow     (see a map of all the placenames in Forgan parish.)

 

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)

Knowehead
Washer Willy's

 

 

Directory entries (before 1975)

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Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1891 Knowhead Jarvis William 2View household
1881 Knowehead Philip William 2View household
1871 Knowehead Philp William 2View household
1861 Know Head Philp Janet 2View household
1851 Philip Janet View household
1841 Knowhead Philp Alexander View household

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 20 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1927-28131House William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh Trs of late Thomas Smith; empty, IO £3 View details
1925-26122House William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Trs of late Thomas Smith, farmer empty, IO View details
1922-23113House William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty, IO View details
1920-21105House William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty, IO View details
1917-18104House William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty, IO View details
1915-16103House William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty, IO View details
1912-13101House William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty, IO View details
1907-0897House William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty, IO View details
1905-0689House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty; IO View details
1903-0491House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty; IO View details
1901-02114House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty, IO View details
1900-01114House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty, IO View details
1899-00107House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty, IO View details
1897-9896House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty; IO View details
1896-9796House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty; IO View details
1895-9695House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty; IO View details
1894-95106House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty; IO View details
1893-9499House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty; IO View details
1892-93103House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer empty; IO View details
1891-92102House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Thomas Smith, farmer William Jarvis, labourer; IO View details

 

 

Early Sasines:

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