Location : Tayfield Smithy, Cupar Road
= Property demolished or site redeveloped
Notes: demolished
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.438225,-2.937825
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): 57 Cupar Road 59 Cupar Road 61 Cupar Road 63 Cupar Road Newport Tennis Club, 65, Cupar Road 32 Cupar Road 34 Cupar Road (Tayfield wright's workshop, Cupar Road) 51 Kilnburn 1 Victoria Street 2 Victoria Street 3 Victoria Street 5 Victoria Street
Later use of the site : 63 Cupar Road
Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)
| Tayfield Smithy source: Newport History Group |
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)
| Tayfield Smithy |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 21 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 Slater dir | Lowdon William, blacksmith, Cupar Rd | ||
| 1885 MacDonald dir | Lowdon, William, Tayfield : Blacksmiths | ||
| 1885 Clark dir | Lowden, Wm., Tayfield : Blacksmiths. | ||
| 1884 MacDonald dir | Lowdon, William, Tayfield : Blacksmiths. | ||
| 1882 Slater dir | Lowden William, Tayfield : Blacksmiths. | ||
| 1880-81 dir | Lowden, William, blacksmith, Tayfield smithy | ||
| 1878-79 dir | Lowden, William, blacksmith, Tayfield smithy | ||
| 1878 Slater dir | Martin John, Tayfield : Blacksmiths. | ||
| 1877 Worrall dir | Martin John, Tayfield : Blacksmiths. | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Martin, John, blacksmith, Tayfield smithy [* ms. alteration - entry deleted] | ||
| 1874-75 dir | Martin, William, veterinary surgeon, Tayfield, Newport | ||
| 1873 Slater dir | Martin John, Newport : Blacksmiths. | ||
| 1871-72 dir | Martin, John, blacksmith, Tayfield | ||
| 1869-70 dir | Martin, John, blacksmith, Tayfield, East Newport | ||
| 1867 Slater dir | Martin John, Newport : Blacksmiths | ||
| 1866 Fife dir | Martin, John, blacksmith, Tayfield Smithy | ||
| 1862 Fife dir | Martin, John, blacksmith, Tayfield Smithy | ||
| 1860 Slater dir | Martin John, Newport : Blacksmiths | ||
| 1853-54 dir | Martin, John, blacksmith, Tayfield. | ||
| 1852 Slater dir | Martin, William, blacksmith, Newport | ||
| 1837 Pigot dir | Martin, William, blacksmith, Newport |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
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| 1881 | Tayfield Smithy | Lowden | William | 2 | View household | |||
| 1871 | Tayfield Smithy | Martin | John | 2 | View household | |||
| 1861 | Tayfield Smithy | Martin | John | 3 | View household | |||
| 1851 | Martin | William | View household | |||||
| 1841 | Tayfield | Martin | William | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 10 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
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| 1885-86 | 97 | House, Smithy and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, Edinburgh | William Lowden, blacksmith | same | 9 | View details | [Tayfield, not Tayfield Mains] | |
| 1881-82 | 47 | House, Smithy and Garden | William Berry Esq. (a minor), per J D Hannan, factor | same | William Lowden, blacksmith | 9 | View details | ||
| 1878-79 | 50 | House, Smithy and Garden | William Berry Esq. (a minor) | same | William Lowden, blacksmith | 9 | View details | ||
| 1875-76 | 50 | House, Smithy and Garden | John Berry Esq. | same | John Martin, smith | 6-6-0 | View details | ||
| 1871-72 | 54 | House, smithy and Garden | John Berry | John Martin, smith | 6-6-0 | View details | |||
| 1867-68 | 48 | House, Smithy, and Garden | John Berry | John Martin, smith | 6-6-0 | View details | |||
| 1865-66 | 47 | House, Garden and Smithy | John Berry of Tayfield | said John Martin | John Martin, smith | 6-6-0 | View details | ||
| 1864-65 | 43 | House, Smithy, and Garden | John Berry of Tayfield | John Martin, smith | 6-6-0 | View details | |||
| 1860-61 | 82 | House & smithy | John Berry of Tayfield | John Martin, smith | 6-6-0 | View details | |||
| 1855-56 | 64 | House & smithy | John Berry of Tayfield | John Martin, smith | said John Martin | 6-6-0 | View details |
Early Sasines:
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