The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : former laundry,  King Street

= Property demolished or site redeveloped

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Introduction

Used by the Town Council 1939-45, also site of an air-raid shelter; site previously used as a garage by John T Young; before that it was the Newport and District Steam Laundry; before that King Street Dairy.

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.4410,-2.9381

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):   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   25 Gowrie Street   27 Gowrie Street   (former builder's yard, Gowrie Street)   10 Hillside Place   2 King Street   (formerly 4, police house, King Street)   (formerly 6, police station, King Street)   (formerly 8, police house, King Street)   (formerly 10, King Street)   (formerly 12, King Street)   11 King Street   (formerly 14, King Street)   (formerly 16, King Street)   20 King Street   St Fillans R C Church, 18, King Street   22 King Street   24 King Street   (The Cottage, King Street)   (Bakery, King Street)   1 Maryton   2 Maryton   3 Maryton   4 Maryton   5 Maryton   6 Maryton   7 Maryton   8 Maryton   9 Maryton   10 Maryton   11 Maryton   12 Maryton   13 Maryton   14 Maryton   15 Maryton   16 Maryton   17 Maryton   18 Maryton   19 Maryton   20 Maryton   21 Maryton   22 Maryton   23 Maryton   24 Maryton   1 Queen Street   3 Queen Street   5 Queen Street   7 Queen Street   9 Queen Street   11 Queen Street   13 Queen Street   (Holly Cottages [west], Queen Street)   (Holly Cottages [east], Queen Street)   19 Queen Street  

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      170 (no transcripts on this site)

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Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 43 entries

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Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 36 entries

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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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