The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : 5  Hillside Place

= Property still standing

Notes:      

Part of a divided property. Other parts: 33 Cupar Road     1 Hillside     3 Hillside     

Introduction

The whole building was used as a private school from the late 1880s to about 1947. Some teachers lived on the premises. 3 Hillside and 5 Hillside were listed as separate distinct houses from c. 1916. This part is combined with 1 Hillside c. 1955 - c. 1970.

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.440072,-2.93901

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):   29 Cupar Road   31 Cupar Road   33 Cupar Road   8 Cupar Road   10 Cupar Road   10a, Cupar Road   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   1 Hillside Place   3 Hillside Place   8 Hillside Place   10 Hillside Place   6 Scott Street   6 William Street   8 William Street   10 William Street   12 William Street   14 William 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 20 entries

Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 25 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;

Basic Types of Sasine Abridgements     Worked example explaining the sasine transactions on the property pages     Sasine entries - background information and explanation

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