Location : Bowling Green, King Street
= Property demolished or site redeveloped
Notes: built over
Introduction
Opened 28 June 1869 as the green for Newport Bowling Club. Used by them until 1877 when they moved to Scott Street. Thereafter, this green was used by the Maryton Bowling Club from 1877 - 1901, and for Seacraig Lawn Tennis Club c. 1915.
Commentary
See the blog Seacraig.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.442418,-2.938574
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): 19 King Street 21 King Street 23 King Street 25 King Street 27 King Street 29 King Street 30 King Street (Garage, formerly 31, King Street) 32 King Street 34 King Street 36 King Street 38 King Street 40 King Street 42 King Street 44 King Street (Seacraig House [1], King Street) (Seacraig House [2], King Street) (Seacraig House [3], King Street) (Seacraig Cottages [1], King Street) (Seacraig Cottages [2], King Street) (Seacraig Cottages [3], King Street) (former coal shed, King Street) 15 Robert Street 17 Robert Street 19 Robert Street 21 Robert Street 23 Robert Street 25 Robert Street 27 Robert Street 29 Robert Street 31 Robert Street 33 Robert Street 35 Robert Street 36 Robert Street 37 Robert Street 1 Seacraig Court 2 Seacraig Court 3 Seacraig Court 4 Seacraig Court 5 Seacraig Court 6 Seacraig Court 7 Seacraig Court 8 Seacraig Court 9 Seacraig Court 10 Seacraig Court 11 Seacraig Court 12 Seacraig Court 13 Seacraig Court 14 Seacraig Court 15 Seacraig Court 22 Union Street 50 Union Street (former quarry & stables, Union Street)
Later use of the site : (Seacraig Garage)
Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)
Seacraig Tennis Club source: Newport History Group |
Seacraig Bowling Club source: Newport History Group |
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)
Bowling Green |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 64 entries
Source | Entry | ||
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1889-90 dir | M'Arthur, Peter; Committee, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1889-90 dir | Mitchell, David; Committee, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1889-90 dir | Brown, Thomas; President, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1889-90 dir | Storrier, John; Vice-President, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1889-90 dir | Armstrong, John, 1 King st. ; Secretary, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | location 2 | |
1889-90 dir | Ferrie, William; Committee, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1889-90 dir | Young, Wm.; Treasurer, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1888-89 dir | Ferrie, William; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1888-89 dir | Storrier, John; Vice-President, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1888-89 dir | Armstrong, John, 34 Seagate; Secretary, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1888-89 dir | M'Arthur, Peter; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1888-89 dir | Young, Wm.; Treasurer, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1888-89 dir | Brown, Thomas; President, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1888-89 dir | Mitchell, David; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1887-88 dir | Brown, Thos.; Vice-President, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1887-88 dir | Shepherd, Wm.; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1887-88 dir | Clark, John; Treasurer, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1887-88 dir | Storrier, J; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1887-88 dir | Armstrong, John, King street; Secretary, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | location 2 | |
1887-88 dir | Ferrie, W; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1887-88 dir | Watson, Thos.; President, [under Marytown Bowling Club] | ||
1886-87 dir | Armstrong, J.; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1886-87 dir | Just, Robert; Treasurer, [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1886-87 dir | Watson, Thos.; Vice-President, [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1886-87 dir | Ferrie, W.; Committee, [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1886-87 dir | Langlands, John, King street; Secretary, [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | location 2 | |
1886-87 dir | Jack, James S.; President, [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1886-87 dir | M'Gregor, D; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1885-86 dir | Jack, James; Vice-President, [under Marytown Bowling Club - East Newport] | ||
1885-86 dir | M'Arthur, P; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club - East Newport] | ||
1885-86 dir | Just, Robert; Treasurer, [under Marytown Bowling Club - East Newport] | ||
1885-86 dir | Mitchell, D; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club - East Newport] | ||
1885-86 dir | Ferrie, William; President, [under Marytown Bowling Club - East Newport] | ||
1885-86 dir | Langlands, John, King street; Secretary, [under Marytown Bowling Club - East Newport] | location 2 | |
1885-86 dir | Tait, R.; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club - East Newport] | ||
1885 Clark dir | Langlands, John, King st, Secretary : Marytown Bowling Club East Newport | location 2 | |
1885 Clark dir | Ferrie, Wm., President : Marytown Bowling Club East Newport | ||
1885 Clark dir | Just, Robert, Treasurer. : Marytown Bowling Club East Newport | ||
1884-85 dir | Brown, T.; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1884-85 dir | Langlands, John; Secretary, [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1884-85 dir | Tait, R; Committee, [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1884-85 dir | Ferrie, W; Committee [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1884-85 dir | Latto, David; Vice-President, [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1884-85 dir | Just, Robert; Treasurer [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1884-85 dir | Mitchell, David; President, [under Marytown Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1876-77 dir | Turnbull, John; Green Committee, [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1876-77 dir | Brown, Captain; Green Committee, [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1876-77 dir | M'Farlane, John; President, [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1876-77 dir | Whyte, George D; Director [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1876-77 dir | Campbell, Alexander; Secretary and Treasurer, [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1876-77 dir | Milne, William; Director [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1876-77 dir | Mann, David; Green Committee, [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1874-75 dir | Dove, John F; Green Committee [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1874-75 dir | Robertson, Bailie; Director [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1874-75 dir | Campbell, Alexander; Secretary and Treasurer, [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1874-75 dir | Dryden, William; Green Committee [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1874-75 dir | Smith, James; Director [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1874-75 dir | Carr, Michael C.; Director [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1874-75 dir | Mann, David; President 1874-75, [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1874-75 dir | Thoms, James H; Green Committee, [under Newport Bowling Club] | ||
1871-72 dir | Dove, Alexander G., Secretary and Treasurer; [under Newport Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1871-72 dir | Sidey, Duncan, President; [under Newport Bowling Club East Newport] | ||
1869-70 dir | Alexander, David, Secretary and Treasurer; [under Newport Bowling Club, East Newport] | ||
1869-70 dir | Mills, James, President; [under Newport Bowling Club, East Newport] |
Census records
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Valuation Roll entries There are 22 entries
Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
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1925-26 | 343 | Ground | William Mackay, Lorneville, E Newport | Seacraig Garage Co Ltd | same | 1 | View details | ||
1922-23 | 325 | Ground | William Mackay, Lorneville, E Newport | unlet | 1 | View details | |||
1920-21 | 314 | Ground | William Mackay, Lorneville, E Newport | Walter Stark | same | 1 | View details | ||
1917-18 | 313 | Ground | William Mackay, Lorneville, E Newport | unlet | 7-10-0 | View details | |||
1915-16 | 309 | Ground | William Mackay, Lorneville, E Newport | Seacraig Lawn Tennis Club per William Grant, secretary, E Newport | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1901-02 | 982 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, commission agent, Invertay, 3 Elvendon Rd, Palmers Green, London per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | James S Sturrock, assistant manager, Dundee Advertiser | same | 9 | View details | ||
1900-01 | 965 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, commission agent, 67 Leadenhall St, London per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | James S Sturrock, assistant manager, Dundee Advertiser | same | 9 | View details | ||
1899-00 | 931 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, commission agent, 67 Leadenhall St, London per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | James S Sturrock, assistant manager, Dundee Advertiser | same | 9 | View details | ||
1897-98 | 884 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, clerk, 67 Leadenhall St, London per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | James S Sturrock, assistant manager, Dundee Advertiser | same | 9 | View details | ||
1896-97 | 856 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, clerk, 19 Beresford Rd, Canonbury, London per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | James S Sturrock, assistant manager, Dundee Advertiser | same | 9 | View details | ||
1895-96 | 822 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, clerk, 19 Beresford Rd, Canonbury, London per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | James S Sturrock, assistant manager, Dundee Advertiser | same | 9 | View details | ||
1894-95 | 778 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, clerk, 19 Beresford Rd, Canonbury, London per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | James S Sturrock, assistant manager, Dundee Advertiser | same | 9 | View details | ||
1893-94 | 755 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, clerk, 19 Beresford Rd, London per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | James S Sturrock, assistant manager, Dundee Advertiser | same | 9 | View details | ||
1892-93 | 740 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, clerk, 154 Southgate Rd, London per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | James Sturrock, Asst. manager, Dundee Advertiser | same | 9 | View details | ||
1891-92 | 724 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, clerk, 154 Southgate Rd, London per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | James Sturrock, Asst. manager, Dundee Advertiser | same | 9 | View details | ||
1890-91 | 677 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, clerk, 154 Southgate Rd, London per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | James Sturrock, Asst. manager, Dundee Advertiser | same | 9 | View details | ||
1889-90 | 651 | Bowling Green | Robert Brown Wilkins, Glasgow per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | Ernest Hassberger, merchant | same | 9 | View details | ||
1885-86 | 614 | Bowling Green | Trs. of late Robert Brown per D W Logie, solicitor, Stirling | Maryton Bowling Club per Robert Just jun, secretary | same | 10 | View details | ||
1881-82 | 506 | Bowling Green | Mrs Mary Brown Wilkins | same | Working Mens Bowling Club per Secretary Bowling Club | 10 | View details | ||
1878-79 | 482 | Bowling Green | Captain Robert Brown | same | Bowling Club | 11 | View details | ||
1875-76 | 369 | Bowling Green | Captain Robert Brown | same | Bowling Club | 11 | View details | ||
1871-72 | 331 | Bowling green | Captain Robert Brown | Bowling Club | 30 | View details |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
Plot: 317 view details | Maryton | 79.36 pol | part of 5 pieces of ground | (Brown) | Seacraig Bowling Green, King St; quarry etc, Union St | See the blog Seacraig. |
Sasine Abridgements:
Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
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1891.01430 | Hendry loan repaid | Disch by Andrew Hendry solicitor Dundee Tr for children of him & Ann Mitchell / Hendry disburd bond (28 Aug 1886 £700) by Robert Brown Wilkins 25 St James Sq Edinburgh, now in London over (1) 79.36 pol grnd & bldgs t/on (2) 119.95 pol grnd adjoining & bldgs t/on : E partly by 30' road, both : S by 25' road, parts of 5 pieces of grnd lots 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 of Marytown | 12 Nov 1891 | 317, 316 | |
1891.01424 | loan by Catherine Wright / Thomson | Bond £400 by Robert Brown Wilkins resid sometime with his grandfather Robert Brown Seacraig House Newport presently in London to Catherine Wright or Thomson, Monzie Villa, Blairmore, Argyleshire of (1) 79.36 pol grnd & bldgs t/on (2) 119.95 pol grnd adjoining & bldgs t/on : E partly by 30' road, both : S by 25' road, parts of 5 pieces of grnd lots 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 of Marytown, see also 1891.1423 (both bonds ranking pari passu) | 12 Nov 1891 | 317, 316 | |
1891.01423 | loan by Mary Reid / Townsend | Bond £400 & disp secur by Robert Brown Wilkins resid sometime with his grandfather Robert Brown Seacraig House Newport presently in London to Mary Reid or Townsend resid St Clair House, 25 Aytoun Road, Pollockshields widow of (1) 79.36 pol grnd & bldgs t/on (2) 119.95 pol grnd adjoining & bldgs t/on : E partly by 30' road, both : S by 25' road, parts of 5 pieces of grnd lots 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 of Marytown, see also 1891.01424 | 12 Nov 1891 | 317, 316 | |
1886.00877 | loan by Andrew Hendry & Ann Mitchell / Hendry | Bond £700 & disp by Robert Brown Wilkins … to Andrew Hendry solicitor Dundee & wife Ann Mitchell … of (1) 119.95 pol, : S by 24' road, : N by 25' road, : E by 30' road, & bldgs t/on; (2) pce grnd 79.36 pol, : S by 24' road, : N by 25' road, : E by (1), & bldgs t/on, all being pts of 5 lots 2-26 of Marytown … | 28 Aug 1886 | 316, 317 | |
1886.00845 | Trs Robert Brown to Robert Brown Wilkins | Disp by Trs deceased Robert Brown, Seacraig House, Newport to grandson Robert Brown Wilkins … now 25 St James Sq, Edinburgh, of Seacraig House Newport with grnd, bowling green, quarry & pertinents viz (1) 119.95 pol, : S by 24' road, : N by 25' road, : E by 30' road, & bldgs t/on; (2) pce grnd 79.36 pol, : S by 24' road, : N by 25' road, : E by (1), & bldgs t/on, all being pts of 5 lots 2-26 of Marytown … | 13 Aug 1886 | 316, 317 | |
1881.00697 | Robert Brown to Trs | Not Instr Trs deceased Robert Brown, Sea Craig House, Newport of 79.36 pol & bldgs t/on, : S by 24' road, : N by 25' road, pt of 5 pieces of grnd lots 22-26 of Marytown | 9 Jun 1881 | 317 | |
1868.03143 | Robert Brown loan repaid | Robert Brown grants disch of bond & disp £650 by Trs sequest est Alexander Rhind (Aug 1867) & declares 25 falls 4 ells lot 27 Maryton & lots 22-26 Maryton disburdened | 6 Aug 1868 | 192, 149, 316, 317 | |
1868.02745 | part of Robert Brown loan repaid; [plot ID 317] cleared of loan; remainder of loan now only over remaining ground [plot IDs 316, 192, 149] | Robert Brown grants disch & restriction of bond & disp £650 extent of £50 to Tr sequest est Alexander Rhind (Aug 1867) declaring 25 falls 4 ells or 31 pol 20 yd grnd lot 27 on plan & 5 pieces grnd (4 x 40 falls 4 ells + 1 x 49 falls 14 ells) lots 22-26 on plan & ho etc t/on in Maryton disburdened thereof; & disburd. to the full extent of said bond & disp a pce grnd 79.36 pol with bldgs etc t/on, pt of said 5 pieces of grnd; & restricting the security for the balance of £600 to the remaining subjects (see 1867.02212) | 19 Mar 1868 | 149, 317, 316, 192 | |
1868.02744 | Trs Alexander Rhind to Robert Brown (another part) | Robert Brown, Sea Craig House, reg disp to himself by Trs sequest est. Alexander Rhind of 79.36 pol grnd & bldgs etc t/on part of 5 pieces of land lots 22-26 of Marytown | 19 Mar 1868 | 317, 149 |
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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