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The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : 39  Robert Street

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Photo / old map: Sketch from Dundee Advertiser 24 Dec 1895 British Newspaper Archive

= Property still standing

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Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.442045,-2.937864

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):   22 King Street   24 King Street   26 King Street   28 King Street   29 King Street   30 King Street   32 King Street   34 King Street   36 King Street   38 King Street   40 King Street   42 King Street   44 King Street   (former coal shed, King Street)   16 Queen Street   18 Queen Street   19 Queen Street   20 Queen Street   22 Queen Street   23 Queen Street   25 Queen Street   27 Queen Street   29 Queen Street   31 Queen Street   (Hawthorn Cottage, 33, Queen Street)   35 Queen Street   37 Queen Street   39 Queen Street   41 Queen Street   part of 31, Queen Street   unidentified [? part of 41], Queen Street   (Shed / Stable, Queen Street)   35 Robert Street   37 Robert Street   (former workshop, 40, Robert Street)   41 Robert Street   (former slater's yard, 42, Robert Street)   43 Robert Street   45 Robert Street   part of 45, Robert 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
5 Meldrum Square 1861

 

 

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 61 entries

SourceEntry 
1974 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, 39 Robert Street
1973 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, 39 Robert Street
1972 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, 39 Robert Street
1971 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., 39 Robert Street
1970 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., 39 Robert Street
1969 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.EA.N., 39 Robert Street
1968 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, 39 Robert Street
1967 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse. 39 Robert street
1966 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, 39 Robert street
1965 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, 39 Robert street
1964 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street
1963 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street
1962 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street
1961 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street
1960 dirPriesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street
1958-59 dirPriesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street
1957-58 dirPriesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street
1956-57 dirPriesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street
1955-56 dirPriesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport
1954-55 dirPriesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport
1953-54 dirPriesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport
1952-53 dirPriesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport
1951-52 dirPriesner, Miss Janet, S.R.N., Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport
1949-50 MacDonald dirNicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters
1949-50 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1948-49 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1947-48 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1946-47 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1942-43 MacDonald dirNicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters
1942-43 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1941-42 MacDonald dirNicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters
1941-42 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1941-42 dirNicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators.
1940-41 MacDonald dirNicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters
1940-41 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1940-41 dirNicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators
1939-40 MacDonald dirNicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters
1939-40 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1939-40 dirNicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators.
1938-39 MacDonald dirNicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters
1938-39 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1938-39 dirNicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators.
1937-38 MacDonald dirNicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters
1937-38 dirNicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators,
1937-38 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1936-37 dirNicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators.
1936-37 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1935-36 dirNicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street
1908 Tayside AnnualFearn, David J., gardener, Meldrum's Square.
1907 Tayside AnnualFearn, David J., gardener, Meldrum's Square.
1905-06 dirBell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street
1904-05 dirBell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street
1903-04 dirBell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street
1902-03 dirBell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street
1901-02 dirBell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street
1900-01 dirBell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street
1899-00 dirBell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street
1898-99 dirBell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street
1897-98 dirBell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street
1896-97 dirBell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street
1895-96 dirBell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street

 

 

Entries in the Registers of Voters

SourceEnrol DateNameOccup.AddressQualificationPropertyatNotes
1900 Male Voters Bell, James Gardener Meldrum's Square, Newport Tenant of House Meldrum's Square

 

Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1921 Meldrum Square Gordon Anna 2
1911 Robert Street, Meldrum Square Turnbull Janet 2
1901 Meldrum Square Bell James 2View household
1891 Meldrum Square Sharp William 2View household
1881 Meldrum Square Whyte Margaret 2View household
1871 Meldrum Square Henderson John 1View household
1871 Meldrum Square Scott Isabella 2View household
1861 5 Meldrum Square Blyth Janet 1View household
1861 Meldrum Square Lothian Henry [Occupiers are lodgers at an unidentified house in Meldrum Square, presumably with Blyth.] 1View household
1851 Farquharson Elizabeth View household

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 41 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1973-74149400House Mrs Janet L Preisner proprietor 41View details
1971-72148900House Mrs Janet L Preisner proprietor 41View details
1969-701494House Mrs Janet L Priesner proprietor 28View details
1967-68406House Mrs Janet L Priesner proprietor 28View details
1966-67406House Mrs Janet L Priesner proprietor 28View details
1964-65406House Mrs Janet L Priesner proprietor 20View details
1961-621319House Mrs Janet L Priesner proprietor 20View details
1958-59614House & Garden Mrs Janet Priesner proprietor 14View details
1957-58615House & Garden Mrs Janet Priesner proprietor 14View details
1952-53586House & Garden Mrs Janet Priesner proprietor 14View details
1947-48557House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Katherine M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Frank Nicoll 14View details
1942-43554House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Katherine M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Frank Nicoll 14View details
1940-41552House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A T M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Frank Nicoll 14View details
1937-38556House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Frank Nicoll 14View details
1935-36541House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A T M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Frank Nicoll 12-10-0View details
1932-33513House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Anna Gordon 7-18-0View details
1930-31507House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Anna Gordon 7-18-0View details
1927-28499House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Anna Gordon 7-18-0View details
1925-26484House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Anna Gordon same 7-18-0View details
1922-23455House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Anna Gordon same 7-18-0View details
1920-21444House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Miss Anna Gordon same 5-10-0View details
1917-18443House & Garden Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Miss Anna Gordon same 5-10-0View details
1915-16438House & Garden Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Miss Anna Gordon same 5-10-0View details
1912-13445House & Garden Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Mrs Mary Anderson same 5-10-0View details
1907-08427House & Garden James Mather, Tayport David Feeam [? Fearn] same 5-10-0View details
1905-06414House & Garden James Mather, Tayport James Bell, gardener same 5-10-0View details
1903-04410House and Garden James Mather, Tayport James Bell, gardener same 5View details
1901-021000House and Garden James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar James Bell, gardener same 5View details
1900-01983House and Garden James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar James Bell, gardener same 5View details
1899-00949House and Garden James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar James Bell, gardener same 5View details
1897-98902House and Garden James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar James Bell, gardener same 5View details
1896-97874House and Garden James Thrift Meldrum, Bowside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar James Bell, gardener same 5View details
1895-96840House and Garden Thomas Bell, farmer, Todhall judicial factor on estate of late Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar James Bell, gardener same 5View details
1894-95796House and Garden Thomas Bell, farmer, Todhall judicial factor on estate of late Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar James Bell, gardener same 5View details
1893-94773House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar James Bell, gardener same 5View details
1892-93757House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar James Bell, gardener same 5View details
1891-92741House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar William Sharp, gardener same 5View details
1890-91694House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar William Sharp, gardener same 5View details
1889-90670House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar William Sharp, gardener same 5View details
1885-86631House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron Miss Margaret White same 5View details
1881-82522House and Garden Miss Meldrum, Dron same Margaret White 5View details

 

 

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:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1879.04486Scotscraig to Trs Alexander Meldrum (1833), to Catherine Ogilvie / Meldrum to Hay MeldrumNot 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 Meldrum27 May 1879250, 261
1874.0380827 feus to Balmerino ChurchDisp 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 rights9 Nov 1874239, 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;

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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