Location : 30 King Street
= Property still standing
Notes:
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.441988,-2.938261
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): formerly 11, King Street 11 King Street 15 King Street 17 King Street 20 King Street 19 King Street 21 King Street 22 King Street 23 King Street 24 King Street 25 King Street 26 King Street 27 King Street 28 King Street 29 King Street (Garage, formerly 31, King Street) 32 King Street 34 King Street 36 King Street 38 King Street 40 King Street 42 King Street 44 King Street 11a, King Street (Bowling Green, King Street) (former coal shed, King Street) 19 Queen Street 25 Robert Street 27 Robert Street 29 Robert Street 31 Robert Street 33 Robert Street 35 Robert Street 36 Robert Street 37 Robert Street 38 Robert Street 39 Robert Street (former workshop, 40, Robert Street) 41 Robert Street (former slater's yard, 42, Robert Street) (former quarry & stables, Union Street)
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)
| Meldrum Square | ||
| 1 Meldrum Square | 1861 |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 75 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1962 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1961 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1960 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1958-59 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Caird, Miss A., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Caird, Mrs J., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Caird, Mrs J., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Caird, Mrs J., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Caird, Mrs J., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1937-38 dir | Caird, Mrs J., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1936-37 dir | Caird, Mrs J., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1935-36 dir | Caird, Mrs J., Meldrum square, King street | ||
| 1934-35 dir | Caird, Mrs J., King street, East Newport | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Caird, Mrs J., King street, East Newport | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Caird, Mrs J., King street, East Newport | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Caird, Mrs J., King street, East Newport | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Caird, Mrs J., King street, East Newport | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Caird Mrs J., King street, East Newport | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Caird, Mrs J., King street, East Newport | ||
| 1927-28 dir | Caird, Mrs J. King street, East Newport | ||
| 1926-27 dir | Caird, Mrs J., King street, East Newport | ||
| 1925-26 dir | Caird, Mrs J., King street, East Newport | ||
| 1923-24 dir | Caird, James, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1922-23 dir | Caird, James, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1920-21 dir | Caird, James, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1918-19 dir | Caird, James, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1915-16 dir | Caird, James, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1914-15 dir | Caird, James, King street | ||
| 1913-14 dir | Caird, James, King street | ||
| 1912-13 dir | Caird, James, carter, King street | ||
| 1911-12 dir | Caird, James, carter, King street | ||
| 1908 Tayside Annual | Caird, James, labourer, King Street. | ||
| 1907 Tayside Annual | Caird, James, labourer, King Street. | ||
| 1897-98 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker. Union street; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1896-97 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker, Union street; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1895-96 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker, Union street; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1894-95 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker. Union street ; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1893-94 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker. Union street ; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1892-93 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker, Union street; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1891-92 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker, Union street; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1890-91 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker, Union street; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1889-90 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker. Union street; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1888-89 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker, Union street; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1887-88 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker. Union street; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1886-87 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker, Union street; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1885-86 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker. Union street; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1884-85 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker, Union terrace ; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1882-83 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker, Union terrace ; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1882-83 dir | Kidd, Robert, millwright, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1880-81 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker. Union terrace ; h. King st., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1880-81 dir | Kidd, Robert, millwright, King street. East Newport | ||
| 1878-79 dir | Kidd, Robert, millwright, King street. East Newport | ||
| 1878-79 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker. Union terrace ; h. King street, E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1877 Worrall dir | Sturrock Wm., Queen st : Boot & Shoemakers. | [?] | |
| 1876-77 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker, Union street ; h. King st., East Newport | location 2 | |
| 1876-77 dir | Kidd, Robert, millwright, King street. East Newport | ||
| 1874-75 dir | Sturrock, William, bootmaker, Union street ; h. King street | location 2 | |
| 1874-75 dir | Kidd, Robt., millwright, Robert st., E. Newport; h. King st., E. Newport | ||
| 1873 Slater dir | Kidd Robert, Newport : Engineers & Machine Makers. | ||
| 1871-72 dir | Kidd, Robert, millwright, King Street. East Newport | ||
| 1871-72 dir | Sturrock, Wm., bootmaker, Union St. ; h. King St., E. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1869-70 dir | Kidd, Robert, millwright. King Street, East Newport |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Male Voters | Caird, James | Labourer | King Street, Newport | Tenant of House | King Street |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | King Street | Caird | James S | 4 | ||||
| 1911 | King Street, Meldrum Square | Caird | James S | 4 | ||||
| 1901 | King Street | Caird | James | 4 | View household | |||
| 1891 | King Street | Sturrock | William | 4 | View household | |||
| 1881 | King Street | Kidd | Robert | 4 | View household | |||
| 1871 | Meldrum Square | Kidd | Robert | 4 | View household | |||
| 1861 | 2 Meldrum Square | Kidd | Robert | 4 | View household | |||
| 1851 | Kidd | Robert | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 52 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-75 | 130800 | House | William R Grieve, 26 King St | Proprietor for occupier | 78 | View details | |||
| 1973-74 | 130800 | House | William R Grieve, 26 King St | Reps of late Agnes Caird | 45 | View details | |||
| 1972-73 | 130800 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Drummond Johnstone & Grosset WS, Cupar | Reps of late Agnes Caird | 45 | View details | |||
| 1971-72 | 130800 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Drummond Johnstone & Grosset WS, Cupar | Reps of late Agnes Caird | 45 | View details | |||
| 1969-70 | 1308 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Drummond Johnstone & Grosset WS, Cupar | Reps of late Agnes Caird | 31 | View details | |||
| 1968-69 | 1308 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Drummond Johnstone & Grosset WS, Cupar | Reps of late Agnes Caird | 31 | View details | |||
| 1967-68 | 243 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Drummond Johnstone & Grosset WS, Cupar | Reps of late Agnes Caird | 31 | View details | |||
| 1966-67 | 243 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Drummond Johnstone & Grosset WS, Cupar | Agnes Caird | 31 | View details | |||
| 1964-65 | 243 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Drummond Johnstone & Grosset WS, Cupar | Agnes Caird | 31 | View details | |||
| 1961-62 | 633 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Drummond Johnstone & Grosset WS, Cupar | Agnes Caird | 31 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 381 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Drummond Johnstone & Grosset WS, Cupar | Agnes Caird | 17-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 384 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Drummond Johnstone & Grosset WS, Cupar | Agnes Caird | 17-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 353 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Katherine M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport | Agnes Caird | 17-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 349 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Katherine M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport | Agnes Caird | 17-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 350 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Katherine M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport | Mrs Janet Caird | 17-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1940-41 | 348 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A T M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport | Mrs Janet Caird | 17-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1937-38 | 353 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A T M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport | Mrs Janet Caird | 17-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1935-36 | 349 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A T M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport | Mrs Janet Caird | 17-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1932-33 | 329 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Mrs Janet Caird | 14-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1930-31 | 324 | House | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Mrs Janet Caird | 14-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1927-28 | 321 | House | Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Mrs Janet Caird | 14-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1925-26 | 307 | House | Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Mrs Janet Caird | same | 14-8-0 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 292 | House | Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | James Caird, labourer | same | 14-8-0 | View details | ||
| 1920-21 | 281 | House | Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | James Caird, labourer | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1917-18 | 280 | House & Garden | Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | James Caird, labourer | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1915-16 | 277 | House & Garden | Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | James Caird, labourer | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1912-13 | 457 | House & Garden | Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | James Caird, labourer | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1907-08 | 425 | House & Garden | James Mather, Tayport | James Caird, labourer | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1905-06 | 412 | House & Garden | James Mather, Tayport | James Caird, labourer | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 408 | House and Garden | James Mather, Tayport | James Caird, labourer | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1901-02 | 998 | House and Garden | James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | James Caird, labourer | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 981 | House and Garden | James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | James Caird, labourer | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1899-00 | 947 | House and Garden | James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | James Caird, labourer | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1897-98 | 899 | House and Garden | James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | George Cargill, gardener | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 871 | House and Garden | James Thrift Meldrum, Bowside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | William Sturrock, shoemaker | same | 6 | View details | ||
| 1895-96 | 837 | House and Garden | Thomas Bell, farmer, Todhall judicial factor on estate of late Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | William Sturrock, shoemaker | same | 6 | View details | ||
| 1894-95 | 793 | House and Garden | Thomas Bell, farmer, Todhall judicial factor on estate of late Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | William Sturrock, shoemaker | same | 6 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 770 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | William Sturrock, shoemaker | same | 6 | View details | ||
| 1892-93 | 754 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar | William Sturrock, shoemaker | same | 6 | View details | ||
| 1891-92 | 738 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar | William Sturrock, shoemaker | same | 6 | View details | ||
| 1890-91 | 691 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar | William Sturrock, shoemaker | same | 6 | View details | ||
| 1889-90 | 667 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar | Robert Kidd, millwright | same | 6 | View details | ||
| 1885-86 | 628 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron | Robert Kidd, millwright | same | 6 | View details | ||
| 1881-82 | 519 | House and Garden | Miss Meldrum, Dron | same | Robert Kidd, millwright | 6 | View details | ||
| 1878-79 | 495 | House and Garden | Reps. of late Mrs Meldrum, Dron | same | Robert Kidd, millwright | 6 | View details | ||
| 1875-76 | 380 | House and Garden | Mrs Meldrum, Dron | same | Robert Kidd, millwright | 6 | View details | ||
| 1871-72 | 343 | House and Garden | Mrs Meldrum, Dron | Robert Kidd, millwright | 6 | View details | |||
| 1867-68 | 315 | House and Garden | Mrs Meldrum, South Dron | Robert Kidd, millwright | 6 | View details | |||
| 1865-66 | 291 | House and Garden | Mrs Meldrum, South Dron | said Robert Kidd | Robert Kidd, millwright | 6 | View details | ||
| 1864-65 | 272 | House and Garden | Mrs Meldrum, Dron | Robert Kidd, millwright | 6 | View details | |||
| 1860-61 | 227 | House and Garden | Mrs Meldrum, Dron | Robert Kyd, millwright | 6 | View details | |||
| 1855-56 | 147 | House and Garden | Mrs Meldrum, Dron | Robert Kidd | said Robert Kidd | 6 | View details |
Railway Map References:
| Plan | Year | Ref | Description | Owner or reputed owner | Occupier | [Comments] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHP24551 (TB & DU) | 1864 | 166 | Dwelling house with small garden in front and behind | Mrs Catherine Meldrum, only surviving trustee of Alexander Meldrum (Robert Kidd, factor) | Robert Kidd (lessee & occupier) |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 261 view details | Maryton | lots 27 & 28 (different numbering) | 1 rood 23 falls 15 ells | (Meldrum) | Meldrum Square: 30-44 King St, 35-45 Robert St, 23-31 Queen St |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879.04486 | Scotscraig to Trs Alexander Meldrum (1833), to Catherine Ogilvie / Meldrum to Hay Meldrum | Not instr Hay Meldrum, South Dron, Dairsie, of pieces of ground extending to 1 rood 23 falls 15 ells (lots 27 & 28) of Marytown … on feu 18 Nov 1833 by Tr sequest est Robert Dalgleish, Scotscraig to Trs deceased Alexander Meldrum, tenant in Dron, … to Hay Meldrum as heir of her mother Catherine Oglivy / Meldrum, Dron, widow, the surviving trustee of Alexander Meldrum | 27 May 1879 | 250, 261 | |
| 1874.03808 | 27 feus to Balmerino Church | Disp by Berry, Tayfield to Trs Rev James Campbell, Minister of Balmerino and his successors of the following lands, pts of Tayfield (1) 17.75 pol Marytown; (2) 3 pieces lots 29, 30, 31 Marytown; (3) 2 roods Scots lot 26 Marytown; (4) 1 rood 23 falls 15 ells lots 27 & 28 Marytown; (5) 1 acre 34 falls grnd lot 20 S of Marytown; (6) 34 pol 20.5 yd of Gowrie Hill; (7) 32 pol 5 yd of Gowriehill; (8) 4 pol Gowrie Lane; (9) 72.25 pol lot 27 S of Marytown; (10) 37 pol Gardyne St lot 8; (11) 31 pol 20 yd Gardyne St lot 8; (12) 27.5 pol Gardyne St lot 7; (13) 34 pol 25 yd Gardyne St lot 7; (14) 45 pol 9 yd field of Seacraig; (15) 37 pol field of Seacraig; (16) 45 pol 25 yd field of Seacraig; (17) 36 pol 22 yd field of Seacraig; (18) 35 pol lot 5 E of Newport; (19) 54 pol lot 6 E of Newport; (20) 53 pol 18 yd lot 7 E of Newport; (21) 17 pol 14 yd lot 4b E of Newport; (22) 64 pol lot 21 E of Newport; (23) 52 pol 6 yd lot 8 E of Newport; (24) 53.5 pol lot 9 E of Newport; (25) 18 pol 22 yd lot 4a E of Newport; (26) 73 pol lot 28 S of Marytown; (27) 64 pol of Gowriehill; ... under burden of feu rights | 9 Nov 1874 | 239, 167, 168, 169, 205, 261, 156, 3, 4, 333, 324, 331, 323, 330, 271, 274, 273, 272, 222, 223, 144, 145, 336, 322, 62, 228, 71, 342 |
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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