Location : 50 King Street
= Property still standing
Notes: upstairs
Other properties at the same location : 52 King Street
Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1922. Other properties involved : 46 King Street 48 King Street 52 King Street One possible interpretation is given below.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.442814,-2.937706
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): 2 James Street 4 James Street 5 James Street 2 Kerr Street (garden, Kerr Street) 34 King Street 40 King Street 46 King Street 48 King Street 52 King Street 54 King Street 56 King Street (Seacraig Cottages [4], King Street) (Seacraig Cottages [5], King Street) (Seacraig Cottages [6], King Street) (Seacraig Cottages [7], King Street) (Seacraig Cottages [8], King Street) (former coal shed, King Street) (Hawthorn Cottage, 33, Queen Street) 35 Queen Street 37 Queen Street 39 Queen Street 41 Queen Street 43 Queen Street 45 Queen Street 47 Queen Street 49 Queen Street unidentified [? part of 41], Queen Street (Shed / Stable, Queen Street) 14 Seacraig Court 15 Seacraig Court 16 Seacraig Court 17 Seacraig Court 1 Tay Terrace
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)
| Osborne Place |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 52 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 dir | Burnett, H., electrician, 50 King Street | ||
| 1973 dir | Burnett, H., electrician, 50 King Street | ||
| 1972 dir | Burnett, H., electrician, 50 King Street | ||
| 1971 dir | Burnett, H., electrician, 50 King Street | ||
| 1970 dir | Burnett, H., electrician, 50 King Street | ||
| 1969 dir | Burnett, H., electrician, 50 King Street | ||
| 1968 dir | Burnett, H., electrician, 50 King Street | ||
| 1967 dir | Burnett, H., electrician, 50 King street | ||
| 1966 dir | Burnett, H., electrician, 50 King street | ||
| 1965 dir | Burnett, H, electrician, 50 King street | ||
| 1964 dir | Burnett, H., electrician, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1963 dir | Burnett, H., electrician, Osborne place | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1937-38 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1936-37 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1935-36 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street | ||
| 1934-35 dir | Mitchell, Miss Mary, Osborne place, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Baxter, Robert A., commercial traveller, Osborne place, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Baxter, Robert A., commercial traveller, Osborne place, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Baxter, Robert A., commercial traveller, Osborne place, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Baxter, Robert A., commercial traveller, Osborne place, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Baxter, Robert A., commercial traveller, Osborne place, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Baxter, Robert A., commercial traveller, Osborne place, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1928 Kelly dir | Baxter Robert A. Osborne place, E | ||
| 1927-28 dir | Baxter, Robert A., commercial traveller, Osborne place, King street, East Newport | ||
| 1922-23 dir | M'Gibbon, Mrs G., Osborne place. King street. East Newport | ||
| 1920-21 dir | M'Gibbon, Mrs G., Osborne place, East Newport | ||
| 1918-19 dir | M'Gibbon, Mrs G., Osborne place, East Newport | ||
| 1904-05 dir | Thomson, Alexander R., ship joiner, Osborne place, King street | [? could be any of the 8 in Osborne Place] | |
| 1904-05 dir | Kettle, Captain, Osborne place, East Newport | [? could be any of the 8 in Osborne Place] | |
| 1894-95 dir | M'Nab, Robert, clerk, Osborne place. King street | ||
| 1893-94 dir | M'Nab, Robert, clerk, Osborne place. King street | ||
| 1889 Slater dir | Gray Mrs Jane, Osborn pl., East Newport, Fife | ||
| 1886-87 dir | Gray, Mrs, 6 Osborne place, East Newport | ||
| 1886 Slater dir | Gray Mrs Jane, King St | ||
| 1878 Slater dir | Gray Mrs. Robert, Osborne place, King st | ||
| 1877 Worrall dir | Gray Mrs. Robert, Osborne place | ||
| 1873 Slater dir | Gray Robert, Osborne ter., Newport | ||
| 1871-72 dir | Gray, Robert, Osborne Place, East Newport | ||
| 1869-70 dir | Gray, Robert, Osborne Place, East Newport | ||
| 1867-68 dir | Gray, Robert, East Newport | ||
| 1867 Slater dir | Gray Mr. Robert, Newport |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Female Voters | Rintoul, Isabella | Osborne Place, Newport | Tenant of House | Osborne Place | ||||||
| 1874 Voters | Gray, Robert | late merchant | ||||||||
| 1873 Voters | Gray, Robert | late merchant |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Osborne Place | McGibbon | Margaret | 4 | ||||
| 1911 | King Street, Osborne Place | Gloag | Elizabeth | 4 | ||||
| 1901 | King Street | Rentoul | Isabella | 4 | View household | |||
| 1891 | 6 Osborne Place | Gray | Jane | 4 | View household | |||
| 1881 | Osborne Place | Gray | Jean | 4 | View household | |||
| 1871 | King Street | Gray | Robert | 4 | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 48 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-75 | 129800 | House | Henry S Burnett | proprietor | 54 | View details | |||
| 1973-74 | 129800 | House | Henry S Burnett | proprietor | 54 | View details | |||
| 1972-73 | 129800 | House | Henry S Burnett | proprietor | 54 | View details | |||
| 1971-72 | 129800 | House | Henry S Burnett | proprietor | 54 | View details | |||
| 1969-70 | 1298 | House | Henry S Burnett | proprietor | 37 | View details | |||
| 1968-69 | 1298 | House | Henry S Burnett | proprietor | 37 | View details | |||
| 1967-68 | 233 | House | Henry S Burnett | proprietor | 37 | View details | |||
| 1966-67 | 233 | House | Henry S Burnett | proprietor | 37 | View details | |||
| 1964-65 | 233 | House | Henry S Burnett | proprietor | 36 | View details | |||
| 1961-62 | 706 | House | Roger B Perry | proprietor | 36 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 390 | House & Garden | Roger B Perry | proprietor | 24 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 393 | House & Garden | Roger B Perry | proprietor | 24 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 366 | House & Garden | Roger B Perry | proprietor | 22-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 362 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Mary Mitchell | 22-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 363 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Mary Mitchell | 22-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1940-41 | 361 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Mary Mitchell | 22-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1937-38 | 366 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Mary Mitchell | 22-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1935-36 | 362 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Mary Mitchell | 22-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1932-33 | 342 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Mrs Betsy Baxter | 22-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1930-31 | 337 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Mrs Betsy Baxter | 22-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1927-28 | 334 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Mrs Betsy Baxter | 22-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1925-26 | 320 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Mrs Betsy Baxter | same | 22-8-0 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 303 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Margaret McGibbon | same | 20-8-0 | View details | ||
| 1920-21 | 293 | House & Garden | Trs of Miss Catherine Butchart per James B Caird, 15 Thomson St, Dundee | Margaret McGibbon | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1917-18 | 292 | House & Garden | Trs of Miss Catherine Butchart per James B Caird, 15 Thomson St, Dundee | Margaret McGibbon | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1915-16 | 289 | House & Garden | Trs of Miss Catherine Butchart per James B Caird, 15 Thomson St, Dundee | Mrs Elizabeth Gloag | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1912-13 | 471 | House & Garden | Trs of Miss Catherine Butchart per James B Caird, 15 Thomson St, Dundee | Mrs Elizabeth Gloag | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1907-08 | 451 | House & Garden | Trs of Miss Catherine Butchart per James R Caird, 20 Springfield, Dundee | Mrs Mary Kydd | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1905-06 | 438 | House and Garden | Trs of Miss Catherine Butchart per James R Caird c/o Mrs Stewart, Greenwood, Newport | Mrs Mary Kydd | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 430 | House and Garden | Trs of Miss Catherine Butchart per James R Caird | Mrs Mary Kydd | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1901-02 | 1020 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | Miss Isabella Rintoul | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 1003 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | Isabella Rintoul | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1899-00 | 969 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | Isabella Rintoul | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1897-98 | 917 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | Catherine Millar | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 890 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | Catherine Millar | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1895-96 | 851 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | Catherine Millar | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1894-95 | 807 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | Robert McNab, clerk | same | 16 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 784 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | James McNab, clerk | same | 15 | View details | ||
| 1892-93 | 768 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | Mrs Jane Murray or Gray | same | 15 | View details | ||
| 1891-92 | 752 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | Mrs Jane Murray or Gray | same | 15 | View details | ||
| 1890-91 | 705 | House and Garden | Isabella B Hislop, Whitburgh, per Andrew Hislop | Mrs Jane Murray or Gray | same | 15 | View details | ||
| 1889-90 | 681 | House and Garden | Isabella B Hislop, Whitburgh, per Andrew Hislop | Mrs Jane Murray or Gray | same | 14 | View details | ||
| 1885-86 | 642 | House and Garden | Isabella B Hislop, Whitburgh, per Andrew Hislop | Mrs Jane Murray or Gray | same | 14 | View details | ||
| 1881-82 | 533 | House and Garden | Mrs George Hyslop, 3 Taylor Place, Leith | same | Mrs Robert Gray | 14 | View details | ||
| 1878-79 | 503 | House and Garden | Mrs George Hyslop, 3 Taylor Place, Leith | same | Mrs Robert Gray | 14 | View details | ||
| 1875-76 | 387 | House and Garden | Mrs George Hyslop, 59 Kirkgate, Leith | same | Mrs Robert Gray | 14 | View details | ||
| 1871-72 | 350 | House and Garden | Mrs George Hyslop, 59 Kirkgate, Leith | Robert Gray, late merchant | 14 | View details | |||
| 1867-68 | 348 | House and Garden | Mrs George Hyslop | Robert Gray, late merchant | 13 | View details |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 274 view details | Seacraig field | lot 4 | 37 pol | 'NW' lot of field on S side of King Street | (James Brown) | 46-52 King St |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890.07518 | loan by Chritina Edward Millar | Bond £400 & disp by Catherine Butchart, Greenwood Cott, Newport to Christina Edward Millar, Balfour St, Dundee over lot of grnd, the NW lot of field of Seacraig [see 1884.04417) as in feu to James Brown | 24 Dec 1890 | 274 | |
| 1890.07517 | Isabella Bennet Hislop to Catherine Butchart | Disp by Isabella Bennet Hislop ... Leith, now Dalkeith to Catherine Butchart, Greenwood Cottage, E Newport of lot of grnd, the NW lot of field of Seacraig [see 1884.04417) as in feu to James Brown | 22 Dec 1890 | 274 | |
| 1890.07512 | Forrest Bennet loan repaid | Disch by surviving Tr dec Forrest Bennet, woollen draper, Leith disburd bond (17 May 1869) £500 by Isabella Walker Lauder / Hislop, Newport widow over lot of grnd, the NW lot of field of Seacraig [see 1884.04417) as in feu to James Brown | 19 Dec 1890 | 274 | |
| 1884.04417 | Isabella Lauder / Hislop to Isabella Bennet Hislop | Extract decr by Sheriff of Chancery finding that Isabella Bennet Hislop, 8 Johns Place, Leith is entitled to procure herself infeft of subjects her mother Isabella Lauder / Hislop, Newport, then 3 Taylor Place, Easter Road, Leith, then 12 Wellington Place, Leith widow, died last vest viz. lot of grnd, NW portion of field of Seacraig - 37 pol lot 4, the NW lot on S side of King St ... | 7 May 1884 | 274 | |
| 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 | |
| 1873.02418 | surviving Tr Forrest Bennet to new Trs | Deed of assump & convey containing assig by surviving Tr of deceased Forrest Bennet, woollen draper Leith to said Trs of bond (17 May 1869) £500 by Isabella Walker Lauder or Hislop residing Newport widow to Trs Forrest Bennet of 37 pol grnd no.4, : N by King St being NW lot of a field, pt of Seacraig | 25 Jun 1873 | 274 | |
| 1869.00332 | loan by Trs Forrest Bennett | Bond £500 & disp in security by Isabella Walker Lauder / Hyslop to Trs of deceased Forrest Bennett of 37 pol grnd, no. 4 on plan, : N by King St, being NW lot of a field pt of Seacraig | 17 May 1869 | 274 | |
| 1869.00331 | Jane Soutar loan repaid | Disch by Jane Ann Taws Soutar now Watson, consent of husband Robert Lawson Watson, of bond (20 Mar 1866) £500 by James Brown, disburdening lot of grnd no. 4 on plan being the NW lot of a field of the lands of Seacraig | 17 May 1869 | 274 | |
| 1867.01889 | James Brown to Isabella Walker Lauder / Hislop | Isabella Walker Lauder relict of George Hislop, teacher, regist disp to herself by James Brown of lot of 37 pol grnd, no. 4 on plan, being the NW lot of a field on S side of King St under burden of £500 in bond & disp to Jane Ann Taws Soutar | 14 May 1867 | 274 | |
| 1866.00936 | loan by Jane A T Soutar | Jane Ann Taws Soutar gets bond & disp £500 by James Brown over lot of 37 pol no. 4 on plan, the NW portion of a field of Seacraig on S side of King Street | 20 Mar 1866 | 274 | |
| 1865.00212 | Tayfield to James Brown | James Brown builder regist feu ch to himself by Berry, Tayfield of 37 pol grnd, no. 4 on plan, on S side of King Street, the NW lot of a field of Seacraig | 22 Apr 1965 | 274, 275 |
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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