The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : 2  King Street

= Property still standing

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Commentary

Baker's premises on the site from about 1846. Shop at no. 1 Gowrie St is listed instead from 1878.
1867-1871: 1-13 Queen St and 25-27 Gowrie St built.
1879-1880: 2 King St, 3-11 and 17-19 Gowrie St added.
1881: 13, 15, 21, 23 Gowrie St added. The development of the whole block is told in the blog James' Square.

James' Square entries are correct back as far as 1885, except that 1, 3, & 5 Queen Street may be wrongly allocated; 5 & 7 Gowrie Street may be wrongly allocated; and 9 & 11 Queen Street may be wrongly allocated. Before that, in 1881 there is much confusion as to which property is which. But from 1878 back, allocations are probably correct.

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.440772,-2.938696

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   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)   9 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)   (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   13 Maryton   12 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  

Earlier use of the site :   (Bakery)     

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      27

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

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Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 66 entries

Entries in the Registers of Voters

Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 44 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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