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Location : 20  Queen Street

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= Property still standing

Notes:      

Other properties at the same location : 22 Queen Street     

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.441593,-2.937304

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):   6 Queen Street   8 Queen Street   10 Queen Street   12 Queen Street   14 Queen Street   16 Queen Street   18 Queen Street   19 Queen Street   22 Queen Street   23 Queen Street   24 Queen Street   25 Queen Street   26 Queen Street   27 Queen Street   28 Queen Street   29 Queen Street   34 Queen Street   31 Queen Street   36 Queen Street   30 Queen Street   32 Queen Street   part of 31, Queen Street   (Nursery ground, Queen Street)   39 Robert Street   41 Robert Street   (former slater's yard, 42, Robert Street)   43 Robert Street   45 Robert Street   part of 45, Robert Street  

Earlier use of the site :   (Nursery ground)     

 

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

22 Queen Street1961

 

 

House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)

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Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 25 entries

SourceEntry 
1965 dirJohnston, William, 20 Queen street
1964 dirJohnston, William, 22 Queen street
1963 dirJohnston, William, 22 Queen street
1962 dirJohnston, William, 22 Queen street
1961 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1960 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1958-59 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1957-58 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1956-57 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1955-56 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1954-55 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1953-54 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1952-53 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1951-52 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1950-51 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1949-50 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1948-49 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1947-48 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1946-47 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1942-43 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1941-42 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1940-41 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1939-40 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1938-39 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street
1937-38 dirJohnston, William, blacksmith, 22 Queen street

 

 

Census records

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Valuation Roll entries      There are 14 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1973-74146200House Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain Mrs Agnes Johnston 76View details
1971-72146200House Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain Mrs Agnes Johnston 76View details
1969-701462House Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain Mrs Agnes Johnston 43View details
1967-68377House Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain Mrs Agnes Johnston 43View details
1966-67377House Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain Mrs Agnes Johnston 43View details
1964-65377House Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain William Johnston 47View details
1961-621132House Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain William Johnston 47View details
1958-59553House & Garden Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain William Johnston 28View details
1957-58554House & Garden Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain William Johnstone 28View details
1952-53525House & Garden Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport per S P Nicol, town chamberlain William Johnstone 25-5-0View details
1947-48499House & Garden Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport per S P Nicol, town chamberlain William Johnstone 22-10-0View details
1942-43498House & Garden Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport per S P Nicol, town chamberlain William Johnstone 15View details
1940-41496House & Garden Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport per S P Nicol, town chamberlain William Johnstone 15View details
1937-38501House & Garden Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport per S P Nicol, town chamberlain William Johnstone 15View details

 

 

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Plot: 187  view details south of Maryton piece of ground (Landsman, Thomson) Nursery ground; 12-26 Queen St Original feu was 0.25 acre (about 50 pol), presumably the part closest to Queen Street; returned to superior (Tayfield) in 1875. New feu is bigger - 72.5 pol.

 

Sasine Abridgements:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1935.00100Laurie & Son to Newport Town Council[not the correct abridgement number - it will be around this reference; abridgement not recorded by me] [James Laurie & Son to Newport Town Council, 72.5 pol, price £50]early 1935187
1875.04925Tayfield to William Thomson (new feu, larger area)Feu con & disp by Berry, Tayfield to William Thomson merchant Dundee of 72.25 pol grnd, : N or NW by Queen St, : S or SE by Gowrie Lane, pt of field immediately S of Marytown8 Oct 1875187
1875.04913William Thomson to Tayfield (feu returned to superior)Disp ( & express clause of resig ad rem) by William Thomson merchant Dundee to Berry, Tayfield of 0.25 acre grnd, : W by 20' road pt of park immediately above village of Easter Newport6 Oct 1875187
1873.02197Thomas Landsman to William ThomsonDisp by Thomas Landsman seaman residing Easter Newport to William Thomson merchant Dundee of 0.25 acre grnd, : W by a 20' road, pt of park immediately above village of Easter Newport, reserving liferent of granter & wife Janet / Jenny Taylor Landsman, & survivor9 May 1873187
1844.01559Tayfield to Isobel Landsman to Landsman familyIsobel Landsman, Thomas Landsman, Janet (Jenny) Taylor his spouse, Janet (Jenny) Landsman spouse of John Hampton, & Andrew Hoggins & John Hampton & Isabella Hampton, children of said Jenny Landsman, seised in liferent & fee, pce grnd pt of park immediately above the village of Easter Newport on feu ch by William Berry, Tayfield to said Isobel Landsman, 1 Dec 1843, & disp & assig by her1 Jun 1844187, 251

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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