Location : Nursery ground, Queen Street
= Property demolished or site redeveloped
Notes: Purchased by Town Council 1934/35 and redeveloped.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.441545,-2.937109
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): 6 Queen Street 8 Queen Street 10 Queen Street 12 Queen Street 14 Queen Street 16 Queen Street 18 Queen Street 20 Queen Street 22 Queen Street 23 Queen Street 24 Queen Street 25 Queen Street 26 Queen Street 28 Queen Street 34 Queen Street 36 Queen Street 30 Queen Street 32 Queen Street 43 Robert Street 45 Robert Street part of 45, Robert Street
Later use of the site : 12 Queen Street 14 Queen Street 16 Queen Street 18 Queen Street 20 Queen Street 22 Queen Street 24 Queen Street 26 Queen Street
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Reference no. 91
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)
| Queen Street Nursery | early 1900s |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 29 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934-35 MacDonald dir | Laurie & Son, Queen Street Nursery : Nurserymen | ||
| 1933-34 MacDonald dir | Laurie & Son, Queen Street Nursery : Nurserymen | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Gardeners (Landscape). | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Laurie, James, & Son (of Dundee), landscape gardeners, nurserymen, and garden architects, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. See Adv. | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street, Nursery, East Newport : Architects (landscape) | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Nurserymen. | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Nurserymen. | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Gardeners (Landscape). | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Laurie, James, & Son (of Dundee), landscape gardeners, nurserymen, and garden architects, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. See Adv. | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport : Architects (landscape) | ||
| 1931-32 MacDonald dir | Laurie & Son, Queen Street Nursery : Nurserymen | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Nurserymen. | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Gardeners (Landscape). | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport : Architects (landscape) | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Laurie, James, & Son (of Dundee), landscape gardeners, nurserymen. and garden architects, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. See Adv. p. 70 | ||
| 1930-31 MacDonald dir | Laurie & Son, Queen Street Nursery : Nurserymen | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport : Architects (landscape) | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Laurie, James, & Son (of Dundee), landscape gardeners, nurserymen, and garden architects, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. See Adv. | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport (See Adv.) : Nurserymen. | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Gardeners (Landscape). | ||
| 1929-30 MacDonald dir | Laurie & Son, Queen Street Nursery : Nurserymen | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Architects (landscape) | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Nurserymen. | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Gardeners (Landscape). | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Laurie, James, & Son (of Dundee), landscape gardeners, nurserymen, and garden architects, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport, See Adv. p. 26 | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Architects (landscape) | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See. Adv. ) : Nurserymen. | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Laurie, James, & Son (of Dundee), landscape gardeners, nurserymen, and garden architects, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. See Adv. | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Laurie, James, & Son, Queen Street Nursery, East Newport. (See Adv.) : Gardeners (Landscape). |
Census records
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Valuation Roll entries There are 28 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | ||
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| 1935-36 | 489 | Garden | James Laurie & Son, nurserymen, Ninewells, Dundee | proprietor | 3-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1932-33 | 463 | Garden | James Laurie & Son, Blackness Nursery, Dundee | proprietor | 3-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1930-31 | 457 | Garden | James Laurie & Son, Blackness Nursery, Dundee | proprietor | 3-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1927-28 | 449 | Garden | David C Thomson & Exr. of William & Fred Thomson per Wm Thomson & Sons, Courier Buildings, 22 Meadowside, Dundee | Walter Stark, 14 Robert Street | 3-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1925-26 | 435 | Garden | David C Thomson & Exrs of William & Fred Thomson per Wm Thomson & Sons, Courier Buildings, 22 Meadowside, Dundee | Walter Stark, 14 Robert Street | same | 3-10-0 | View details | |
| 1922-23 | 411 | Garden | William, David C Thomson & Trs of Fred Thomson per Wm Thomson & Sons, Courier Buildings, 22 Meadowside, Dundee | Walter Stark, 14 Robert Street | same | 3-10-0 | View details | |
| 1920-21 | 400 | Garden | William, David C Thomson & Fred Thomson(Wm Thomson & Son), Courier Buildings, 22 Meadowside, Dundee | Hector Mackay | same | 3-10-0 | View details | |
| 1917-18 | 400 | Garden | William, David C & Fred Thomson per Wm Thomson & Son, Courier Buildings, 22 Meadowside, Dundee | Hector Mackay | same | 3-10-0 | View details | |
| 1915-16 | 396 | Garden | William, David C & Fred Thomson per Wm Thomson & Son, Courier Buildings, 22 Meadowside, Dundee | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1912-13 | 339 | Garden | William, David C & Fred Thomson per Wm Thomson & Son, Courier Buildings, 22 Meadowside, Dundee | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1907-08 | 322 | Garden | William, David C & Fred Thomson per Wm Thomson & Son, Courier Buildings, 22 Meadowside, Dundee | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1905-06 | 311 | Garden | William, David C & Fred Thomson per William Thomson, 20 Meadowside, Dundee | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 308 | Garden | William, David C & Fred Thomson per William Thomson, 20 Meadowside, Dundee | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1901-02 | 898 | Garden | William, David C & Fred Thomson per William Thomson, 7 Ward Rd, Dundee | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 882 | Garden | William, David C & Fred Thomson per William Thomson, 20 Meadowside, Dundee | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1899-00 | 848 | Garden | William, David C & Fred Thomson per William Thomson, 20 Meadowside, Dundee | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1897-98 | 800 | Garden | Reps of late William Thomson, per William Thomson, 20 Meadowside, Dundee | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 774 | Garden | William Thomson, shipowner | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1895-96 | 740 | Garden | William Thomson, shipowner | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1894-95 | 694 | Garden | William Thomson, shipowner, Dundee | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 671 | Garden | William Thomson, shipowner | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1891-92 | 641 | Garden | William Thomson, shipowner, Dundee | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1890-91 | 607 | Garden | William Thomson, merchant | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1889-90 | 580 | Garden | William Thomson, clothier | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1885-86 | 548 | Land | William Thomson, clothier | proprietor | 10 | View details | ||
| 1881-82 | 440 | Land | William Thomson, clothier | Said William Thomson | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1878-79 | 415 | Land | William Thomson, clothier | same | Samuel R. Mathers | 7-16-4 | View details | |
| 1875-76 | 336 | Land | William Thomson, clothier | 3 | View details |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 187 view details | south of Maryton | piece of ground | (Landsman, Thomson) | Nursery ground; 12-26 Queen St | Original feu was 0.25 acre (about 50 pol), presumably the part closest to Queen Street; returned to superior (Tayfield) in 1875. New feu is bigger - 72.5 pol. |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
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| 1935.00100 | Laurie & Son to Newport Town Council | [not the correct abridgement number - it will be around this reference; abridgement not recorded by me] [James Laurie & Son to Newport Town Council, 72.5 pol, price £50] | early 1935 | 187 | |
| 1875.04925 | Tayfield to William Thomson (new feu, larger area) | Feu con & disp by Berry, Tayfield to William Thomson merchant Dundee of 72.25 pol grnd, : N or NW by Queen St, : S or SE by Gowrie Lane, pt of field immediately S of Marytown | 8 Oct 1875 | 187 | |
| 1875.04913 | William Thomson to Tayfield (feu returned to superior) | Disp ( & express clause of resig ad rem) by William Thomson merchant Dundee to Berry, Tayfield of 0.25 acre grnd, : W by 20' road pt of park immediately above village of Easter Newport | 6 Oct 1875 | 187 | |
| 1873.02197 | Thomas Landsman to William Thomson | Disp by Thomas Landsman seaman residing Easter Newport to William Thomson merchant Dundee of 0.25 acre grnd, : W by a 20' road, pt of park immediately above village of Easter Newport, reserving liferent of granter & wife Janet / Jenny Taylor Landsman, & survivor | 9 May 1873 | 187 | |
| 1844.01559 | Tayfield to Isobel Landsman to Landsman family | Isobel Landsman, Thomas Landsman, Janet (Jenny) Taylor his spouse, Janet (Jenny) Landsman spouse of John Hampton, & Andrew Hoggins & John Hampton & Isabella Hampton, children of said Jenny Landsman, seised in liferent & fee, pce grnd pt of park immediately above the village of Easter Newport on feu ch by William Berry, Tayfield to said Isobel Landsman, 1 Dec 1843, & disp & assig by her | 1 Jun 1844 | 187, 251 |
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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