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Location : 12  William Street

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Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.440569,-2.939219

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):   27 Cupar Road   29 Cupar Road   31 Cupar Road   33 Cupar Road   1 Gowrie Street   1 Hillside Place   3 Hillside Place   5 Hillside Place   1 King Street   2 King Street   3 King Street   (formerly 4, police house, King Street)   5 King Street   (Bakery, King Street)   2 Union Street   4 Union Street   (store, formerly 1, William Street)   (St Fillans Church, William Street)   St Fillans Church Hall, William Street   St Fillans Church Hall (pt), William Street   6 William Street   8 William Street   10 William Street   14 William Street  

 

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      313 (no transcripts on this site)

 

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

3 St Fillans Square1861

 

 

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

Eastlea
Willison Cottage 1915
Wilson Cottage 1915

 

 

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 66 entries

SourceEntry 
1937-38 dirEdington, Miss, William street
1936-37 dirEdington, Miss, William street
1935-36 MacDonald dirEdington, Miss, William st.; nurse : Miscellaneous
1935-36 dirEdington, Miss, William street
1934-35 MacDonald dirEdington, Miss, William st.; nurse : Miscellaneous
1934-35 dirEdington, Miss, William street : Nurses.
1934-35 dirEdington, Miss, nurse, William street, East Newport
1933-34 MacDonald dirEdington, Miss, William st.; nurse : Miscellaneous
1933-34 dirEdington, Miss, nurse, William street, East Newport
1933-34 dirEdington, Miss, William street : Nurses
1932-33 dirEdington, Miss, nurse, William street, East Newport
1932-33 dirEdington, Miss, William street : Nurses.
1931-32 MacDonald dirEdington, William st. ; nurse : Miscellaneous
1931-32 dirEdington, Miss, nurse, William street, East Newport
1931-32 dirEdington, Miss, William street : Nurses.
1930-31 MacDonald dirEdington, Miss, William st. ; nurse : Miscellaneous
1930-31 dirEdington, Miss, William street : Nurses.
1930-31 dirEdington, Miss, nurse, William street, East Newport
1929-30 MacDonald dirEdington, Miss, William st.; nurse : Miscellaneous
1929-30 dirEdington, Miss, William street : Nurses.
1929-30 dirEdington, Miss, nurse, William street, East Newport
1928-29 MacDonald dirEdington, Miss, William st.; nurse : Miscellaneous
1928-29 dirEdington, Miss, William street : Nurses.
1928-29 dirEdington, Miss, nurse, William street, East Newport
1927-28 dirEdington, Miss, William street : Nurses.
1927-28 dirEdington, Miss, nurse, William street, East Newport
1926-27 dirEdington, Miss, William street : Nurses.
1926-27 dirEdington, Miss, nurse, William street, East Newport
1923-24 dirDow, T. M., engineer, William street, East Newport
1922-23 dirDow, T. M., engineer, William street. East Newport
1920-21 dirDow, T. M., engineer, William street, East Newport
1918-19 dirDow, T. M., engineer, William street, East Newport
1915-16 dirDow, T. M., engineer, William street, East Newport
1914-15 dirDow, T. M., engineer, William street
1913-14 dirDow, T. M., engineer, William street
1912-13 dirDow, T. M., & Son, painters and decorators, William street
1911-12 dirDow, T. M., & Son, painters and decorators, William street
1911 Slater dirDow John Kydd, painter & decorator, William street, E [under Commercial]
1910-11 dirDow, T. M., & Son, painters and decorators, William street
1908-09 dirWilson, William, William street
1908 Tayside AnnualWilson, William, commission agent, William Street.
1907-08 dirWilson, William, William street
1907 Tayside AnnualWilson, William, commission agent, William Street.
1906-07 dirWilson, William, William street
1905-06 dirWilson, William, William street
1904-05 dirWilson, William, William street
1903-04 dirWilson, William, William street
1902-03 dirWilson, William, William street
1901-02 dirWilson, William, William street
1900-01 dirWilson, William, William street
1899-00 dirWilson, William, William street
1898-99 dirWilson, William, William street
1897-98 dirWilson, William, William street
1896-97 dirWilson, William, William street
1895-96 dirWilson, William, William street
1894-95 dirWilson, William, William street
1893-94 dirWilson, William, William street
1892-93 dirWilson, William, William street
1891-92 dirWilson, William, William street
1890-91 dirWilson, William, William street
1889-90 dirWilson, William, William street
1877 Worrall dirAnderson Miss Betsy, William st
1871-72 dirHurry, William, baker, 1 James's Square ; h. William Street
1869-70 dirWilson, Mrs William, William Street, East Newport
1869-70 dirHurry, Wm., baker, 1 James' Square ; h. William St., E. Newportlocation 2
1867-68 dirWilson, William (provision merchant, Dundee), William Street, East Newport

 

 

Entries in the Registers of Voters

SourceEnrol DateNameOccup.AddressQualificationPropertyatNotes
1900 Male Voters Wilson, William Commission Agent William Street, Newport Tenant of House William Street

 

Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1921 William Street Dow Thomas 2
1911 William Street, Wilson Cottage Dow Elizabeth 2
1901 William Street Wilson William 2View household
1891 William Street Wilson William 2View household
1881 William Street Anderson Elizabeth 2View household
1871 William Street Hurry William 2View household
1861 3 St Fillans Square Black Robert 2View household

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 51 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1974-75183000House Mr & Mrs Robertson Don Mary Keith 38View details
1973-74183000House Mr & Mrs Robertson Don Mary Keith 38View details
1972-73183000House Mrs Isabella D Don proprietor 38View details
1971-72183000House Mrs Isabella D Don proprietor 38View details
1969-701830House Mrs Isabella D Don proprietor 26View details
1968-691830House Mrs Isabella D Don proprietor 26View details
1967-68676House Mrs Isabella D Don proprietor 26View details
1966-67676House Mrs Isabella D Don proprietor 26View details
1964-65676House Mrs Isabella D Don proprietor 25View details
1961-622006House Mrs Isabella D Don proprietor 25View details
1958-59858House Mrs Isabella D Don proprietor 6View details
1957-58835House Mrs Isabella D Don proprietor 6View details
1952-53809House Mrs Isabella D Don proprietor 6View details
1947-48782House Mrs Isabella D Don Margaret Watson, housekeeper 6View details
1942-43769House Mrs Isabella D Don Margaret Watson, housekeeper 6View details
1940-41769House Mrs Isabella D Don Margaret Watson, housekeeper 6View details
1937-38777House Mrs Isabella D Don Margaret Watson, housekeeper 6View details
1935-36748House Mrs Isabella D Don Jemima Edington, nurse 6View details
1932-33716House Mrs Nellie Sutherland Jemima Edington, nurse 6View details
1930-31714House Mrs Nellie Sutherland Jemima Edington, nurse 6View details
1927-28705House Mrs Nellie Sutherland Jemima Edington, nurse 6View details
1925-26686House Mrs Nellie Sutherland Jemima Edington, nurse same 6View details
1922-23658House Thomas Sutherland, gardener Thomas Dow, engineer same 6View details
1920-21636House Thomas Sutherland, gardener Thomas Dow, engineer same 5View details
1917-18635House John Sutherland, 112 Hawkhill, Dundee Thomas Dow, engineer same 5View details
1915-16631House Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Thomas Dow, engineer same 5View details
1912-13592House & Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Thomas Dow, engineer same 5View details
1907-08572House & Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee William Wilson, commission agent same 5View details
1905-06561House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee William Wilson, com. agent 5View details
1903-04552House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee William Wilson, com. agent 5View details
1901-021146House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee William Wilson, com. agent 5View details
1900-011129House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee William Wilson, com. agent 5View details
1899-001091House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee William Wilson, com. agent 5View details
1897-981033House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee William Wilson, com. agent 5View details
1896-971000House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee William Wilson, com. agent 5View details
1895-96954House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee William Wilson, com. Agent 5View details
1894-95906House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee William Wilson, com. Agent 5View details
1893-94880House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee William Wilson 5View details
1892-93859House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee William Wilson 5View details
1891-92838House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, Dundee William Wilson 5View details
1890-91787House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, Dundee William Wilson 5View details
1889-90759House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, Dundee Mrs William Wilson same 5View details
1885-86723House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Margaret McCallum or Wilson per Shield & Kyd, Dundee Mrs William Wilson same 5View details
1881-82606House and Garden Mrs Margaret Wilson same Mrs Tomlinson 5View details
1878-79575House and Garden Mrs Margaret Wilson same Miss - Anderson 5View details
1875-76450House and Garden Mrs Margaret Wilson same Miss Margaret Lee 5View details
1871-72402House and Garden Mrs Margaret Wilson, 33 Union St, Dundee William Hurry, baker 5View details
1867-68249House and Garden Mrs W. Wilson, 33 Union Street, Dundee Said Mrs Wilson 5View details
1865-66233House and Garden Mrs William Wilson, 33 Union Street, Dundee Said Mrs Wilson 5View details
1864-65217House and Garden Mrs William Wilson, 33 Union Street, Dundee Said Mrs Wilson 5View details
1860-61185House Mrs William Wilson, grocer, Dundee Mrs William Wilson 4View details

 

 

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Plot: 285  view details St Phillans lot 14 22 pol 14 yd (McCallum/Wilson) 10-12 William St

 

Sasine Abridgements:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1885.06056Margaret McCallum / Wilson to TrsNot instr Trs deceased Margaret McCallum / Wilson, widow of 22 pol 14 yd, : E by 3' path, : W by street or meuse lane 15' broad, lot 14 of park between t/p to Cupar & the village of Easter Newport22 Jun 1885285
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
1862.01395Tayfield 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
1859.02187Tayfield to Margaret McCallum / WilsonMargaret McCallum relict of William Wilson regist feu ch to herself by John Berry, Tayfield of 22 pol 14 yd of lot of ground no. 14 on plan for feuing the estate of Tayfield5 Feb 1857285, 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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