The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : Bakery,  King Street

= Property rebuilt or considerably developed

Notes:      altered / rebuilt

Commentary

Baker's premises on the site from about 1846. Shop at no. 1 Gowrie St is listed instead from 1878.
The development of the whole block is told in the blog James' Square.

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.440738,-2.938682

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):   1 Gowrie Street   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)   8 Hillside Place   10 Hillside Place   1 King Street   2 King Street   3 King Street   (formerly 4, police house, King Street)   5 King Street   (formerly 6, police station, King Street)   7 King Street   (formerly 8, police house, King Street)   (formerly 10, King Street)   (formerly 12, King Street)   (formerly 14, King Street)   (formerly 16, King Street)   (former laundry, King Street)   (The Cottage, 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)   (St Fillans Church, William Street)   12 William Street   14 William Street  

Later use of the site :   1 Gowrie Street     2 King Street     

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

House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 8 entries

Entries in the Registers of Voters

Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 7 entries

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Sasine Abridgements:

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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