Location : 14 William Street
= Property still standing
Notes:
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.440541,-2.939026
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): 29 Cupar Road 31 Cupar Road 33 Cupar Road 1 Gowrie Street 3 Gowrie Street 5 Gowrie Street 7 Gowrie Street 9 Gowrie Street 11 Gowrie Street 13 Gowrie Street 15 Gowrie Street 17 Gowrie Street 19 Gowrie Street 21 Gowrie Street 23 Gowrie Street 1 Hillside Place 3 Hillside Place 5 Hillside Place 8 Hillside Place 10 Hillside Place 1 King Street 2 King Street 3 King Street (formerly 4, police house, King Street) 5 King Street (formerly 6, police station, King Street) (formerly 8, police house, King Street) (formerly 10, King Street) (Bakery, King Street) 1 Maryton 2 Maryton 3 Maryton 4 Maryton 5 Maryton 6 Maryton 7 Maryton 8 Maryton 9 Maryton 2 Union 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 12 William Street
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Reference no. 311 (no transcripts on this site)
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
| 4 St Fillans Square | 1861 |
House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| Arauco | ||
| Rose Cottage | 1891 |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 73 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 dir | Strachan, George A., clerk, 14 William street | ||
| 1965 dir | Strachan, George A., clerk, 14 William street | ||
| 1964 dir | Strachan, George A., clerk, Arauco, William street | ||
| 1962 dir | Kennedy, James, Arauco, William street | ||
| 1961 dir | Kennedy, James, Arauco, William street | ||
| 1960 dir | Kennedy, James, Arauco, William street | ||
| 1958-59 dir | Kennedy, James, Arauco, William street | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Kennedy, James, Arauco, William street | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Kennedy, James, Arauco, William street | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Kennedy, James, Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Kennedy, James Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Kennedy, James, Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Kennedy, James, Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Kennedy, James, Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Kennedy, James, Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Nicoll, Peter (spirit merchant, Dundee), Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Nicoll, Peter (spirit merchant, Dundee), Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street | ||
| 1937-38 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street | ||
| 1936-37 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street | ||
| 1935-36 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street | ||
| 1934-35 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Inch, Mrs J., Arauco, William street, East Newport | ||
| 1925-26 dir | Walters, Mrs G. T.; William street, East Newport | ||
| 1923-24 dir | Walters, Mrs G. T., William street, East Newport | ||
| 1922-23 dir | Walters, George Thomas, William street. East Newport | ||
| 1920-21 dir | Walters, George Thomas (agent, D.S.P.C.A.), William st., E. Newport | ||
| 1918-19 dir | Walters, George Thomas (agent, D.S.P.C.A.), William st., E. Newport | ||
| 1915-16 dir | Walters, George Thomas (agent, D.S.P.C.A.), William st., E. Newport | ||
| 1914-15 dir | Walters, George Thomas (agent, D.S.P.C.A.), William street | ||
| 1913-14 dir | Walters, George Thomas (agent, D.S.P.C.A.), William street | ||
| 1912-13 dir | Walters, George Thomas (agent, D.S.P.C.A.), William street | ||
| 1911-12 dir | Walters, George Thomas (agent, D.S.P.C.A.), William street | ||
| 1910-11 dir | Walters, George Thomas (agent, D.S.P.C.A. ), William street | ||
| 1909-10 dir | Walters, George Thomas (agent, D.S.P.C.A. ), William street | ||
| 1908 Tayside Annual | Barry, Miss, William Street. | ||
| 1907-08 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1907 Tayside Annual | Barry, Miss, William Street. | ||
| 1906-07 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1905-06 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1904-05 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1903-04 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1902-03 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1901-02 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1900-01 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1899-00 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1898-99 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1897-98 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1896-97 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1894-95 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1893-94 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1892-93 dir | Barry, Miss, William street | ||
| 1882-83 dir | Barry, Mrs G., William street, East Newport | ||
| 1880-81 dir | Barry, Mrs G., William street, East Newport | ||
| 1878 Slater dir | Barry Mrs. Isabella C., William st | ||
| 1877 Worrall dir | Barry Mrs. George, William st | ||
| 1873 Slater dir | Murdoch Peter, Newport : Grocers. | ||
| 1871-72 dir | Murdoch, Peter, grocer, William Street, East Newport | ||
| 1869-70 dir | Murdoch, Peter, grocer, William Street | ||
| 1867-68 dir | Murdoch, Peter, grocer, William Street, East Newport | ||
| 1867 Slater dir | Murdoch Peter, Newport : Grocers | ||
| 1866 Fife dir | Murdoch, Peter, grocer, E Newport | ||
| 1862 Fife dir | Murdoch, Peter, grocer, E Newport | ||
| 1860 Slater dir | Murdoch Peter, Newport : Grocers |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Female Voters | Barry, Miss Euphemia | William Street, Newport | Proprietor of House | William Street | ||||||
| 1873 Voters | Murdoch, Peter | grocer |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | William Street | Walters | George Thomas | 4 | ||||
| 1911 | William Street | Walters | George T | 4 | ||||
| 1901 | William Street | Barry | Euphemia M | 4 | View household | |||
| 1891 | Rose Cottage | Barry | Euphemia | 4 | View household | |||
| 1881 | William Street | Barrie | Isabella C | 4 | View household | |||
| 1871 | William Street | Murdoch | Peter | 3 | View household | |||
| 1861 | 4 St Fillans Square | Inch | John | 1 | View household | |||
| 1861 | 4 St Fillans Square | Murdoch | Peter | 3 | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 51 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-75 | 182900 | House & Garage | Hilda K Wilson | proprietor | 115 | View details | |||
| 1973-74 | 182900 | House & Garage | George T Davidson | proprietor | 115 | View details | |||
| 1972-73 | 182900 | House & Garage | James J Connors | proprietor | 115 | View details | |||
| 1971-72 | 182900 | House | James J Connors | proprietor | 115 | View details | |||
| 1969-70 | 1829 | House | James J Connors | proprietor | 65 | View details | |||
| 1968-69 | 1829 | House | James J Conners | proprietor | 65 | View details | |||
| 1967-68 | 675 | House | James J Connors | proprietor | 56 | View details | |||
| 1966-67 | 675 | House | George A Strachan | proprietor | 56 | View details | |||
| 1964-65 | 675 | House | George A Strachan | proprietor | 52 | View details | |||
| 1961-62 | 2007 | House | James Kennedy | proprietor | 46 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 859 | House & Garden | James Kennedy | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 836 | House & Garden | James Kennedy | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 810 | House & Garden | James Kennedy | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 783 | House & Garden | Mrs Jean M Inch | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 770 | House & Garden | Mrs Jean M Inch | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
| 1940-41 | 770 | House & Garden | Mrs Jean M Inch | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
| 1937-38 | 778 | House & Garden | Mrs Jean M Inch | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
| 1935-36 | 749 | House & Garden | Mrs Jean M Inch & Isabella S Dick | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
| 1932-33 | 717 | House & Garden | Mrs Jean M Inch & Isabella S Dick | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
| 1930-31 | 715 | House & Garden | Mrs Jean M Inch & Isabella S Dick | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
| 1927-28 | 706 | House & Garden | Henry A Smith & spouse | proprietor | 16 | View details | |||
| 1925-26 | 687 | House & Garden | James G Hunter, Willowbank, Carnoustie per J & J Hunter, solicitors, Dundee | George Thomas Walters, inspector, SSPCA | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 659 | House & Garden | Trs of late James Hunter jun, Willowbank, Carnoustie per J & J Hunter, solicitors, Dundee | George Thomas Walters, inspector, SSPCA | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1920-21 | 637 | House & Garden | Trs of late James Hunter jun, Willowbank, Carnoustie per J & J Hunter, solicitors, Dundee | George Thomas Walters, inspector, SSPCA | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1917-18 | 636 | House & Garden | Trs of late James Hunter, Willowbank, Carnoustie per J & J Hunter, 69 Reform St, Dundee | George Thomas Walters, inspector, SSPCA | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1915-16 | 632 | House & Garden | Trs of late James Hunter, Willowbank, Carnoustie per J & J Hunter, solicitors, Dundee | George T Walters, inspector, SSPCA | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1912-13 | 591 | House & Garden | Trs of late James Hunter, Willowbank, Carnoustie per J & J Hunter, 69 Reform St, Dundee | George T Walters, inspector, SSPCA | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1907-08 | 571 | House & Garden | Mrs Euphemia Barry | proprietor | 15 | View details | |||
| 1905-06 | 560 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 15 | View details | |||
| 1903-04 | 551 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 15 | View details | |||
| 1901-02 | 1145 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1900-01 | 1128 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1899-00 | 1090 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1897-98 | 1032 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1896-97 | 999 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1895-96 | 953 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1894-95 | 905 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1893-94 | 879 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1892-93 | 858 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1891-92 | 837 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1890-91 | 786 | House and Garden | Mrs Isabella Cuthbert or Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1889-90 | 758 | House and Garden | Mrs Isabella Cuthbert or Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1885-86 | 722 | House and Garden | Mrs Isabella Cuthbert or Barry | Proprietor | 13 | View details | |||
| 1881-82 | 605 | House and Garden | Mrs Isabella Cuthbert or Barrie | Said Mrs Barrie | 14 | View details | |||
| 1878-79 | 574 | House and Garden | Mrs Isabella Cuthbert or Barrie | Said Mrs Barrie | 16 | View details | |||
| 1875-76 | 449 | House and Garden | Mrs Isabella Cuthbert or Barrie | Said Mrs Barrie | 12-10-0 | View details | |||
| 1871-72 | 401 | House and Garden | Peter Murdoch, grocer | Peter Murdoch, grocer | 10 | View details | |||
| 1867-68 | 250 | House, Shop, and Garden | Peter Murdoch, grocer | Said Peter Murdoch | 10 | View details | |||
| 1865-66 | 234 | House, Shop, and Garden | Peter Murdoch, grocer | Said Peter Murdoch | 9 | View details | |||
| 1864-65 | 218 | House, Shop, and Garden | Peter Murdoch, grocer | Said Peter Murdoch | 9 | View details | |||
| 1860-61 | 186 | House, shop and Garden | Peter Murdoch, grocer | Peter Murdoch | 8 | View details |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 278 view details | St Phillans | lot 13 | 28 pol 26 yd | (Peter Murdoch) | 14 William St |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1874.03497 | Peter Murdoch to Trs | Not Instr Trs dec Peter Murdoch grocer residing Newport, sometime police constable there, of 28 pol 26 yd grnd, no.13 on plan : S Hillside Place, : E William Street, pt of park E of Newport | 20 Jul 1874 | 278 | |
| 1863.02082 | apportionment of feu dutues by Church of Scotland | Trs 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 1863 | 247, 256, 278, 285, 286, 284, 72, 204, 207, 290 | |
| 1862.01395 | Tayfield 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 1862 | 95, 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 | |
| 1858.01420 | Tayfield to Peter Murdoch | Peter Murdoch sometime Police Constable, Newport, now grocer seised lot 13 ground between East Newport and the t/p Newport - Cupar on feu ch by John Berry, Tayfield | 20 Feb 1858 | 249, 278 |
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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