Location : Lawhouses [1]
= Property still standing
Notes:
Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1927. Other properties involved : Lawhouses [2] Lawhouses [3] One possible interpretation is given below.
Other references can be found at : Kirktonbarns Cottages
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.428864,-2.888443
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): Lawhouses [2] Lawhouses [3]
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 necessary | Orthography, as recommended to be used in the new plans | Other modes of spelling the name | Authorities for these other modes of spelling when known | Situation | Descriptive remarks or other general observations which may be considered of interest | Source |
| Lawhouses | Lawhouses | Lawhouses; Lawhouses | Mr. James Buist, Farmer, Kirktonbarns; Mr Kaye, farmer, Ninewells. | Upwards of 1/4 of a mile N.E. of Kirktonbarns. | A row of small cottages on the farm of Kirktonbarns with vegetable garden attached occupied by the farm labourers of Mr. James Buist, Farmer. | OS1/13/34/24 |
Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)
| Lawhouses 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)
| Lawhouses [1] |
Directory entries (before 1975)
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Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
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| 1911 | Lawend Cottages | Fraser | George | 3 | ||||
| 1891 | Lawhouses | Gray | William | 2 | View household | |||
| 1881 | Lawhouses | Saunders | Henry | 2 | View household | |||
| 1871 | Lawhouses | Berry | James | 2 | View household | |||
| 1861 | 1 Law Houses | Blyth | Thomas | 2 | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 14 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
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| 1958-59 | 125 | House | Lt-Cmdr John Gavin Wemyss RN & Lt Martin la Touche Wemyss RN per Pagan & Osborne, WS, Cupar | William S Bell; Alex. Small, IO £10-10-0 | View details | ||||
| 1957-58 | 125 | House | Lt-Cmdr John Gavin Wemyss RN & Lt Martin la Touche Wemyss RN per Pagan & Osborne, WS, Cupar | William S Bell; Alex. Small, IO £10-10-0 | View details | ||||
| 1952-53 | 130 | House | Lt John G Wemyss RN & Lt Martin la Touche Wemyss RN per Pagan & Osborne, WS, Cupar | William S Bell; Alex. Small, IO £10-10-0 | View details | ||||
| 1947-48 | 124 | House | Commander David E G Wemyss per Pagan & Osborne, WS, Cupar | William S Bell; Alex. Small, IO £10 | View details | ||||
| 1942-43 | 130 | House | Lt-Comdr David E G Wemyss per Pagan & Osborne, WS, Cupar | William S Bell; Alex. Small, IO £10 | View details | ||||
| 1940-41 | 129 | House | Lt-Comdr David E G Wemyss per Pagan & Osborne, WS, Cupar | William S Bell; Alex. Small, IO £10 | View details | ||||
| 1937-38 | 132 | House | Lt-Comdr David E G Wemyss per Pagan & Osborne, WS, Cupar | William S Bell; Alex. Small, IO £10 | View details | ||||
| 1935-36 | 131 | House | Lt-Comdr David E G Wemyss per Pagan & Osborne, WS, Cupar | William S Bell; Alex. Small, IO £10 | View details | ||||
| 1932-33 | 128 | House | Edward Henry Wemyss per Pagan & Osborne, writers, Cupar | W C Christie; John Gray, IO £10 | View details | ||||
| 1930-31 | 125 | House | Edward Henry Wemyss per Pagan & Osborne, writers, Cupar | W C Christie; John Gray, IO £10 | View details | ||||
| 1927-28 | 161 | House | Edward Henry Wemyss per Pagan & Osborne, writers, Cupar | W C Christie; John Gray, IO £10 | View details | ||||
| 1892-93 | 177 | House | David Gillespie Esq. per Pagan & Osborne, writers, Cupar | Trs of late Peter Christie & John Christie, farmers | William Gray, labourer, IO | View details | |||
| 1891-92 | 176 | House | David Gillespie Esq. per Pagan & Osborne, writers, Cupar | Trs of late Peter Christie & John Christie, farmers | William Gray, labourer, IO | View details | |||
| 1890-91 | 171 | House | David Gillespie Esq. per Pagan & Osborne, writers, Cupar | Peter & John Christie, farmers | William Grey, labourer, IO | View details |
Early Sasines:
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