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Location : formerly part of 15,  Cupar Road

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= Property still standing

Notes:      above 11 - 19 Cupar Road; rooms for caretaker

Part of a previously divided property. Other parts: 15 Cupar Road     

Other properties at the same location : 13 Cupar Road     

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.44022,-2.940841

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):   St Thomas's Church, 1, Blyth Street   3 Blyth Street   2 Blyth Street   4 Blyth Street   shop, 1, Cupar Road   shop, 3, Cupar Road   shop, formerly 5, Cupar Road   shop, 7, Cupar Road   shop, 9, Cupar Road   shop, 11, Cupar Road   shop, 13, Cupar Road   15 Cupar Road   shop, 17, Cupar Road   shop, 19, Cupar Road   6 Cupar Road   4 Cupar Road   shop, formerly 2, Cupar Road   (Newport Toll, Cupar Road)   (Farm steading, Cupar Road)   (old tollhouse, Cupar Road)   shop, 46, High Street   shop, 48, High Street   shop, 52, High Street   shop, 54, High Street   shop, 50, High Street   (Newport House, High Street)   (old house [north 1], High Street)   (old house [north 2], High Street)   (old house [north 3], High Street)   1 St Marys Lane   3 St Marys Lane   2 Tay Street   4 Tay Street   6 Tay Street   8 Tay Street   10 Tay Street   (stable, Matthewson's Land, William Street)  

Earlier use of the site :   (Newport toll house)     

 

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

Cupar Road (ward 1)

 

 

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 17 entries

SourceEntry 
1923-24 dirKennedy, J.; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Association And Club. Clubrooms, Robertson Place, East Newport]location 2
1922-23 dirKennedy, J.; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Association And Club, Clubrooms, Robertson Pl., E. Newport]location 2
1915-16 dirGrant, Lewis; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club, Clubrooms- St Phillan's Place, East Newport]location 2
1914-15 dirMitchell, Mrs; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club]location 2
1913-14 dirWebster, Thomas; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club, Clubroom - St Phillan's Place, East Newport.]location 2
1912-13 dirWebster, Thomas; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club, Clubrooms, St Phillan's Place, East Newport.]location 2
1911-12 dirWebster, Thomas; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club, Clubrooms, St Phillan's Place, East Newport.]location 2
1910-11 dirWebster, Thomas; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club; Clubrooms, St Phillan's Place. East Newport.]location 2
1909-10 dirWebster, Thomas; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club, Clubrooms, St Phillan's Place, East Newport. ]location 2
1908-09 dirTurnbull, Robert; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club; Clubrooms, St Phillan's Place, East Newport.]location 2
1907-08 dirTurnbull, Robert; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club; Clubrooms, St Phillan's Place, East Newport.]location 2
1906-07 dirTurnbull, Robert; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club, Clubrooms, St Phillan's Place, East Newport.]location 2
1905-06 dirTurnbull, Robert; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club]location 2
1904-05 dirTurnbull, Robert; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club]location 2
1903-04 dirTurnbull, Robert; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club; Clubrooms, St Phillan's Place, East Newport.]location 2
1902-03 dirTurnbull, Robert; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club]location 2
1901-02 dirTurnbull, Robert; Clubkeeper, [under Newport Unionist Club. Clubrooms, St Phillan's Place, East Newport.]location 2

 

 

Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1921 Unionist Club House Kennedy John E 2
1911 Robertson Place, Unionist Club Webster Thomas 2
1901 Unionist Club St Phillans Place Turnbull Robert 1View household

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 7 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1927-28216House St Thomas Parish Church per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee empty, £8 View details
1925-26205House St Thomas Parish Church per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee empty View details
1922-23192House Alexander James Robertson's Trust per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Unionist Club per A Bell, secretary, Albert Crescent J E Kennedy, caretaker, IO View details
1920-21184House Alexander James Robertson, 3 Robert St Unionist Club per A Bell, secretary, Albert Crescent Edward Allan, caretaker, IO View details
1917-18183House Alexander James Robertson, 3 Robert Street, Newport Unionist Club per N C Walker, secretary Lewis Grant, caretaker, IO View details
1915-16183House Alexander James Robertson, 3 Robert Street, Newport Unionist Club per N C Walker, secretary Lewis Grant, caretaker, IO View details
1912-13256House Alexander James Robertson, 3 Robert Street, Newport Unionist Club per W N Walker, secretary Thomas Webster, caretaker, IO View details

 

 

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Plot: 290  view details St Phillans lot 21/22 58 pol 15 yd (Boyd) 2 Tay St; 1-9 Cupar Rd Combined with plot 280, Newport Toll in 1879.

 

Sasine Abridgements:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1882.02461Robert Wilson loans repaidDisch by Isabella Davidson / Fleming ... & Alexander Davidson Fleming disburd (1) bond (31 Dec 1859) £500 (2) bond of corrob (7 Jan 1860) £500 both by Robert Boyd, writer & spouse Jane Mitchell / Boyd to Trs Robert Wilson over 58 pol 15 yd lots 21 & 22 of park between East Newport & t/p to Cupar13 Nov 1882290
1882.02445Robert Wilson loans transferred to Isabella Davidson / Fleming & Alexander Davidson FlemingNot Instr Isabella Davidson / Fleming, relict of William Adam Fleming, town chamberlain of Dundee, liferent, & son Alexander Davidson Fleming in fee of (1) bond (31 Dec 1859) £500 (2) bond of corrob (7 Jan 1860) £500 both by Robert Boyd, writer & spouse Jane Mitchell / Boyd to Trs Robert Wilson over 58 pol 15 yd lots 21 & 22 of park between East Newport & t/p to Cupar9 Nov 1882290
1882.02265Robert Boyd to TrsNot Instr deceased Robert Boyd ... of ... 58 pol 15 yd lots 21/22 of park between East Newport & t/p to Cupar9 Sep 1882290
1880.05652Mitchell loans transferred to Trs Jane Mitchell / BoydAssig by Trs deceased John Mitchell farmer ... to Trs Jane Mitchell / Boyd, wife of Robert Boyd, consent John Mitchell her father, ... of (1) £300 of bond (31 Dec 1859), (2) bond of corrobn. (7 Jan 1860) for said £300, (3) bond (12 Jun 1868) £300 all by Robery Boyd, solicitor Dundee & spouse Jane Mitchell / Boyd over 58 pol 15 yd forming 2 lots (nos. 21 & 22) & dw ho etc t/on, : N by t/p to Ferryport on Craig, : W partly by t/p to Cupar, being pt of park between t/p and Easter Newport ...23 Apr 1880290
1877.01451Robert Wilson loans transferred to William Adam FlemingAssig by Trs deceased Robert Wilson, accountant Edinburgh to William Adam Fleming, town chamberlain of Dundee of to extent of £500 (1) bond (31 Dec 1859) and (2) bond corrob (7 Jan 1860) - said £500 by Robert Boyd, writer Dundee & spouse Jane Mitchell to Trs said Robert Wilson & also 58 pol 15 yd (2 lots - 21 & 22) & dw ho etc t/on, : N by t/p to Ferryport on Craig, : W partly by t/p to Cupar, being pt of park between t/p and Easter Newport2 Mar 1877290
1877.01328all Mitchell loans to TrsNot Instr Trs deceased John Mitchell, farmer Lordscairnie, Moonzie parish, sometime brewer Cupar, of (1) bond (31 Dec 1859) for inter alia £300, (2) bond of corrobn. (7 Jan 1860) for said £300, (3) bond (12 Jun 1868) £300 all by Robery Boyd, solicitor Dundee & spouse Jane Mitchell / Boyd over 58 pol 15 yd forming 2 lots (nos. 21 & 22) & dw ho etc t/on, : N by t/p to Ferryport on Craig, : W partly by t/p to Cupar, being pt of park between t/p and Easter Newport ...20 Jan 1877290
1870.00933Trs Robert Wilson loan transferred to TrsNot Instr assumed Trs deceased Robert Wilson to extent of £500 of bond (31 Dec 1859) & bond of corrob. (7 Jan 1860) by Robert Boyd & Jane Mitchell / Boyd his spouse to Trs Robert Wilson of 58 pol 15 yd of grnd & ho t/on nos. 21 & 22 on plan of park between Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar (pt of Tayfield estate)19 Dec 1870290
1868.03012loan by John MitchellJohn Mitchell gets bond & disp £300 by Robert Boyd & spouse Jane Mitchell over pce grnd & ho etc pt of park between E Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar12 Jun 1868290
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
1860.02913duplicate of loan by Trs Robert Wilson & John MitchellTrs Robert Wilson, accountant Edinburgh, to extent of £500, and John Mitchell, brewer Cupar, to extent of £300, get bond corrob & disp by Robert Boyd, consent of his spouse Jane Mitchell over 58 pol 15 yd lots 21/22 of park between Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar (under exceptions) (see 02903)7 Jan 1860290
1859.02903loan by Trs Robert Wilson & John MitchellTrs Robert Wilson, accountant Edinburgh, to extent of £500, and John Mitchell, brewer Cupar, to extent of £300, get bond & disp by Robert Boyd, consent of his spouse Jane Mitchell over 58 pol 15 yd lots 21/22 of park between Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar (under exceptions) (see 02913)31 Dec 1859290
1859.02863Tayfield to Robert Boyd & Jane Mitchell / BoydRobert Boyd & spouse Jane Mitchell regist feu ch to themselves fee & liferent by John Berry, Tayfield of 2 lots of ground 21 & 22 on plan of park between Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar, 58 pol 15 yd14 Dec 1859290, 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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