The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : 26  Queen Street

= Property still standing

Notes:      

Other properties at the same location : 24 Queen Street     

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.441675,-2.937263

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):   8 Queen Street   10 Queen Street   12 Queen Street   14 Queen Street   16 Queen Street   18 Queen Street   19 Queen Street   20 Queen Street   22 Queen Street   23 Queen Street   24 Queen Street   25 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)   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)

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

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 28 entries

Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 17 entries

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Sasine Abridgements:

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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