Location : 50 King Street
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= 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 1966 25-inch map, or a 1944-50 aerial photograph at the National Library of Scotland website.
Nearby properties : 2 James Street 4 James Street 5 James Street 2 Kerr Street 34 King Street 40 King Street 46 King Street 48 King Street 50 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 1970) There are 47 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Kettle, Captain, Osborne place, East Newport | [? could be any of the 8 in Osborne Place] | |
| 1904-05 dir | Thomson, Alexander R., ship joiner, Osborne place, King street | [? 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 |
Census records
| Year | Head | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Gloag | Elizabeth | |||
| 1901 | Rentoul | Isabella | View household | ||
| 1891 | Gray | Jane | View household | ||
| 1881 | Gray | Jean | View household | ||
| 1871 | Gray | Robert | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 25 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967-68 | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1937-38 | 366 | 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 | ||
| 1927-28 | 334 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Mrs Betsy Baxter | 22-8-0 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 303 | House & Garden | James F Caldwell | Margaret McGibbon | same | 20-8-0 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 1903-04 | 430 | House and Garden | Trs of Miss Catherine Butchart per James R Caird | Mrs Mary Kydd | same | 16 | View details | |
| 1900-01 | 1003 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | Isabella Rintoul | same | 16 | View details | |
| 1896-97 | 890 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | Catherine Millar | same | 16 | View details | |
| 1893-94 | 784 | House and Garden | Miss Catherine Butchart | James McNab, clerk | 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 |
Sasines pre-1900:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 274 | Seacraig field | lot 4 | 'NW' lot of field on S side of King Street | view plot details |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Brief explanation of sasine abridgements Explanation of the format of a sasine
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; ... - words omitted; pol - poles; yd - square yards; : - bounded
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