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Location : 5  High Street

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= Property still standing

Notes:      

Part of a previously single property. Other parts: 3 High Street     7 High Street     

 

Introduction

Pre-1935 information is at 7 High Street. Before 1935, these 3 houses (3, 5 & 7) were a combination of house and shop, with a bakehouse downstairs. The shop was where no. 7 is.

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.439569,-2.942003

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):   4 Blyth Street   (formerly garages & workshop, 9, Boat Road)   (former house [1], Granary Lane)   (former house [2], Granary Lane)   (formerly 5, Granary Lane)   (Smithy, formerly 9, Granary Lane)   (Burgh Yard, formerly 11, Granary Lane)   (Slaughter House, Granary Lane)   (part of Gas Works Lane Granary [1], Granary Lane)   (part of Gas Works Lane Granary [2], Granary Lane)   (part of Gas Works Lane Granary [3], Granary Lane)   (part of Gas Works Lane Granary [4], Granary Lane)   (part of Gas Works Lane Granary [5], Granary Lane)   (part of Gas Works Lane Granary [6], Granary Lane)   (former house [3], Granary Lane)   (former house [4], Granary Lane)   (former house [5], Granary Lane)   (former house [6], Granary Lane)   (Newport harbour pack house, Granary Lane)   (Caldwell, Granary Lane)   Newport Hotel, 1, High Street   3 High Street   4 High Street   office at front, 6, High Street   7 High Street   8 High Street   shop, 9, High Street   10 High Street   St Mary's Church, High Street   shop, 11, High Street   12 High Street   shop, 13, High Street   14 High Street   shop, 15, High Street   shop, 16, High Street   18 High Street   20 High Street   22 High Street   shop, 24, High Street   26 High Street   28a, High Street   shop, 28, High Street   shop, 30, High Street   shop, 32, High Street   34 High Street   36 High Street   shop, 38, High Street   shop, 40, High Street   shop, 46, High Street   (house at gasworks, High Street)   (Gas Office, High Street)   downstairs property, 9, High Street   (Bowling Green, High Street)   (old house [north 2], High Street)   (old house [north 3], High Street)   (old house [south 1], High Street)   (old house [south 2], High Street)   (old house [south 3], High Street)   (old house [south 4], High Street)   (the Waterside (East Water), Old Places)  

 

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

High Street (ward 2)

 

 

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

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Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 2 entries

SourceEntry 
1935-36 dirHorswell, Charles H. (manager, Dundee), High street
1934-35 dirHorswell, Charles H. (manager, Dundee), High street, East Newport

 

 

Census records

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Valuation Roll entries      There are 15 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1973-74215200House Anna F Young per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 57View details
1971-72215200House Anna F Young per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 57View details
1969-702152House Anna F Young per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 40View details
1967-68802House Anna F Young per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 40View details
1966-67802House Anna F Young per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 40View details
1964-65802House John T Young, Linwood per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 42View details
1961-622430House John T Young, Linwood per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 42View details
1958-591009House John T Young, motor engineer, Linwood per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 28View details
1957-58990House John T Young, motor engineer, Linwood per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 28View details
1952-53966House John T Young, motor engineer, Linwood per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 28View details
1947-48934House John T Young, motor engineer, Linwood per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 28View details
1942-43915House John T Young, motor engineer, Linwood per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Andrew Ellis 28View details
1940-41915House John T Young, motor engineer, Linwood per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Alexia Aitken 28View details
1937-38927House John T Young, motor engineer, Linwood per D & J Thomson, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Alexia Aitken 28View details
1935-36896House John T Young, motor engineer, Linwood per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Charles H Horswell 28View details

 

 

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Plot: 303  view details Newport on N side of turnpike Newport - Cupar, near the Inn of Newport, 104.5' frontage to turnpike (A Young) 3-7 High St

 

Sasine Abridgements:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1886.00286Trs Andrew Young to James YoungDisp by Trs deceased Andrew Young baker Newport … to James Young baker & grocer, High Street, Newport of building stance on N side of t/p to Cupar, 104.5' frontage, : N partly by the road to the old pier of Newport, & bldgs t/on, pt of an irregular pce grndnear the Inn or hotel of Newport30 Mar 1886303
1879.04571Andrew Young to TrsNot Instr Trs & Exec Andrew Young, baker Dundee then Newport, of bldg stance on N of t/p from Cupar to Newport, 104.5' frontage, : N partly by road / access to old pier / harbour of Newport, being pt of an irregular pce grnd near the Inn or Hotel of Newport11 Jun 1879303
1876.01087Kydd loan repaidDisch by James Kydd, sometime shipmaster, now residing Carnoustie, disburd bond (23 Feb 1863) £450 by Andrew Young, sometime baker Dundee now Newport, over bldg stance on N side of the t/p Cupar to Newport along which it has a frontage of 104.5' & bldgs t/on, pt of an irregular pce grnd near the Inn or Hotel of Newport15 Nov 1876303
1863.01661loan by James KyddJames Kydd shipmaster gets bond & disp £450 by Andrew Young for grnd & bldgs marked A,B,C,D on a plan, pt of an irregular pce grnd near the Inn of Newport on N side of t/p Newport - Cupar23 Feb 1863303
1863.01625Tayfield to Andrew YoungAndrew Young registers feu ch to himself by John Berry, Tayfield of a building stance, pt of an irregular piece of grnd in Newport on N side of t/p Newport - Cupar7 Feb 1863303

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;

Basic Types of Sasine Abridgements     Worked example explaining the sasine transactions on the property pages     Sasine entries - background information and explanation

 

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