Location : former laundry, King Street
= Property demolished or site redeveloped
Notes:
Introduction
Used by the Town Council 1939-45, also site of an air-raid shelter; site previously used as a garage by John T Young; before that it was the Newport and District Steam Laundry; before that King Street Dairy.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.4410,-2.9381
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): 3 Gowrie Street 5 Gowrie Street 7 Gowrie Street 9 Gowrie Street 11 Gowrie Street 13 Gowrie Street 15 Gowrie Street 17 Gowrie Street 19 Gowrie Street 21 Gowrie Street 23 Gowrie Street 25 Gowrie Street 27 Gowrie Street (former builder's yard, Gowrie Street) 10 Hillside Place 2 King Street (formerly 4, police house, King Street) (formerly 6, police station, King Street) (formerly 8, police house, King Street) (formerly 10, King Street) (formerly 12, King Street) 11 King Street (formerly 14, King Street) (formerly 16, King Street) 20 King Street St Fillans R C Church, 18, King Street 22 King Street 24 King Street (The Cottage, King Street) (Bakery, King Street) 1 Maryton 2 Maryton 3 Maryton 4 Maryton 5 Maryton 6 Maryton 7 Maryton 8 Maryton 9 Maryton 10 Maryton 11 Maryton 12 Maryton 13 Maryton 14 Maryton 15 Maryton 16 Maryton 17 Maryton 18 Maryton 19 Maryton 20 Maryton 21 Maryton 22 Maryton 23 Maryton 24 Maryton 1 Queen Street 3 Queen Street 5 Queen Street 7 Queen Street 9 Queen Street 11 Queen Street 13 Queen Street (Holly Cottages [west], Queen Street) (Holly Cottages [east], Queen Street) 19 Queen Street
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Reference no.  170 (no transcripts on this site)
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
Queen Street | 1870s |
House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
King Street Dairy | 1894 | |
King Street Laundry | 1896-1900 | |
Newport and District Steam Laundry | 1901-1905 |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 43 entries
Source | Entry | ||
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1906-07 MacDonald dir | Young, D., Newport laundry : Miscellaneous | ||
1905-06 MacDonald dir | Young, D., Newport laundry : Miscellaneous | ||
1905-06 dir | Young, D. W., proprietor, Newport and District Steam Laundry, King street ; h. James square | location 2 | |
1904-05 MacDonald dir | Young, D., Newport laundry : Miscellaneous | ||
1904-05 dir | Young, D. W., proprietor, Newport and District Steam Laundry, King street ; h. James square | location 2 | |
1903-04 dir | Young, D. W., proprietor, Newport and District Steam Laundry, King street ; h. James square | location 2 | |
1903 Slater dir | Newport Steam Laundry (D. W. Young, proprietor), King street Newport (Commercial) | ||
1902-03 MacDonald dir | Young, D., Newport laundry : Miscellaneous | ||
1902-03 dir | Young, D. W., proprietor, Newport and District Steam Laundry, King street ; h. James square | location 2 | |
1901-02 MacDonald dir | Young, D., Newport laundry : Miscellaneous | ||
1901-02 dir | Young, D. W., proprietor, Newport and District Steam Laundry, King street ; h. James square | location 2 | |
1901-02 dir | Newport and District Steam Laundry, King street; D. W, Young, proprietor ; h. James square. See Adv. p. 75 | location 2 | |
1900-01 MacDonald dir | Young, D., Newport laundry : Miscellaneous | ||
1896 Slater dir | Coburn Barbara (Miss), King St. laundry, E [under Commercial] | ||
1894-95 dir | Mathewson, Oliver, dairyman and contractor. King street | ||
1893-94 dir | Mathewson, Oliver, dairyman and contractor. King street | ||
1893 Slater dir | Mathewson Oliver, dairyman and cart owner, King st : Miscellaneous. | ||
1892-93 dir | Mathewson, Oliver, dairyman and contractor, King street | ||
1891-92 MacDonald dir | Mathewson, Oliver, King st. ; dairykeeper : Miscellaneous | ||
1891-92 Lamburn dir | Mathewson, Oliver, King st : Dairyman And Carting Contractor | ||
1891-92 dir | Mathewson, Oliver, dairyman, King street | ||
1890-91 dir | Mathewson, Oliver, dairyman, King street | ||
1889-90 dir | Mathewson, Oliver, dairyman, King street | ||
1889 Slater dir | Mathewson Oliver, dairyman, King st : Miscellaneous. | ||
1888-89 dir | Mathewson, Oliver, dairyman. King street | ||
1887-88 dir | Mathewson, Oliver, dairyman. King street | ||
1886 Slater dir | Mathewson Oliver, carting contractor and dairyman, King St | ||
1885-86 dir | Mathewson, Oliver, dairyman. King street, East Newport | ||
1885 Clark dir | Mathewson, Oliver, King st, Carting Contractor : Miscellaneous. | ||
1882-83 dir | Mathewson, Oliver, dairyman and carting contractor, King st., E. Newport | ||
1882 Slater dir | Mathewson Oliver, carting contractor, King st : Miscellaneous. | ||
1880-81 dir | Matthewson, Oliver, contractor, King street. East Newport | ||
1877 Worrall dir | Gorrie Mrs. Thomas, King st | ||
1871-72 dir | Landsman, Mrs Janet, laundress, Queen Street, East Newport | ||
1869-70 dir | Lanceman, Mrs Janet, laundress, Queen Street, East Newport | ||
1867-68 dir | Lanceman, Janet, laundress. East Newport | ||
1866 Fife dir | Landsman, Mrs Thomas, laundress / mangler, E Newport | ||
1866 Fife dir | Landsman, Thomas, summer lodgings prop., E Newport | ||
1862 Fife dir | Landsman, Mrs Thomas, laundress / mangler, E Newport | ||
1862 Fife dir | Gorrie, Thomas, boot & shoemaker, E Newport | ||
1862 Fife dir | Landsman, Thomas, summer lodgings prop., E Newport | ||
1853-54 dir | Murdoch, Peter, grocer, Seacraig. | [?] | |
1852 Slater dir | Murdoch, Peter, grocer / spirit dealer, Newport | [?] |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
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1900 Male Voters | Young, David | Laundryman | King Street, Newport | Tenant of House | King Street | |||||
1900 Female Voters | Gorrie, Mrs Isabella Hampton or | Mill Place, Tayport | Proprietor of House | King Street | ||||||
1874 Voters | Landsman, Thomas | seaman | ||||||||
1873 Voters | Landsman, Thomas | seaman |
Census records
Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
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1901 | Laundry - house used as, King Street | A schedule was given to tenant here but see No 169A on p. 35 | View household | |||||
1891 | King Street Dairy | Mathewson | Oliver | 4 | View household | |||
1881 | Queen Street | Mathewson | Oliver | 5 | View household | |||
1871 | Queen Street | Landsman | Thomas | 5 | View household | |||
1861 | Gorrie | Thomas | 2 | View household | ||||
1861 | Landsman | Thomas | 5 | View household | ||||
1851 | Murdoch | Peter | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 36 entries
Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
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1935-36 | 343 | Garage | John T Young, Linwood | John T Young Ltd | 42 | View details | |||
1932-33 | 323 | Garage | John T Young, Linwood | proprietor | 60 | View details | |||
1930-31 | 318 | Garage | John T Young, motor engineer, Ashbrook | proprietor | 60 | View details | |||
1927-28 | 315 | Garage | John T Young, motor engineer | proprietor | 60 | View details | |||
1925-26 | 300 | Garage | John T Young, motor engineer, Ashbrook | proprietor | 60 | View details | |||
1922-23 | 285 | Garage & Ground | John T Young, motor engineer | proprietor | 40-10-0 | View details | |||
1920-21 | 273 | Ground | John T Young, motor engineer, per Sturrock & Morrison, Dundee | proprietor | 0-10-0 | View details | |||
1917-18 | 272 | Ground | Thomas Landsman's Trustee per David Duncan & Son, solicotors, Dundee | William Bain, carter, Queen Street | same | 0-10-0 | View details | ||
1915-16 | 270 | Ground | Mrs Isabella Gorrie, Mill St, Tayport per David Duncan & Son, solicitors, Dundee | William Bain, carter, Queen Street | same | 0-10-0 | View details | ||
1912-13 | 438 | Builder's Yard | Mrs Iabella Gorrie, Mill Street, Tayport per David Duncan & Son, solicitors, Dundee | unlet | 6 | View details | |||
1907-08 | 419 | House, Garden, etc | Mrs Iabella Gorrie, Mill Place, Tayport | David W Young, Pearl Laundry, Dundee | same | 14 | View details | ||
1905-06 | 406 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Mill Place, Tayport | David W Young, laundryman | same | 14 | View details | ||
1903-04 | 402 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Mill Place, Tayport | David W Young, laundryman | same | 14 | View details | ||
1901-02 | 992 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Mill Place, Tayport | David W Young, laundryman | same | 14 | View details | ||
1900-01 | 975 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Mill Place, Tayport | David W Young, laundryman | same | 14 | View details | ||
1899-00 | 941 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Mill Place, Tayport | David W Young, laundryman | same | 14 | View details | ||
1897-98 | 894 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Inn Square, Tayport | Miss Cockburn, laundress | same | 10 | View details | ||
1896-97 | 866 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Inn Square, Tayport | Miss Cockburn, laundress | same | 10 | View details | ||
1895-96 | 832 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Inn Square, Tayport | Miss Cockburn, laundress | same | 10 | View details | ||
1894-95 | 788 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Inn Square, Tayport | Oliver Matthewson, dairyman | same | 10 | View details | ||
1893-94 | 765 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Ogilvie St, Tayport | Oliver Matthewson, dairyman | same | 10 | View details | ||
1892-93 | 749 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Ogilvie St, Tayport | Oliver Matthewson, dairyman | same | 10 | View details | ||
1891-92 | 733 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Ogilvie St, Tayport | Oliver Matthewson, dairyman | same | 10 | View details | ||
1890-91 | 686 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Ogilvie St, Tayport | Oliver Matthewson, dairyman | same | 10 | View details | ||
1889-90 | 660 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isa. Hampton or Gorrie, Ogilvie St, Tayport | Oliver Matthewson, dairyman | same | 10 | View details | ||
1885-86 | 623 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isabella Hampton or Gorrie, Ferryport-on-Craig | Oliver Matthewson, dairyman | same | 10 | View details | ||
1881-82 | 515 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isabella Hampton or Gorrie, Ferryport-on-Craig | same | Oliver Matthewson contractor | 10 | View details | ||
1878-79 | 491 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isabella Hampton or Gorrie | Said Mrs Gorrie | 18 | View details | |||
1875-76 | 378 | House, Garden &c. | Mrs Isabella Hampton or Gorrie | Said Mrs Gorrie | 18 | View details | |||
1871-72 | 341 | Washing house & green | Thomas Landsman, seaman | Thomas Landsman, seaman | View details | [included with 340] | |||
1871-72 | 340 | House and Garden | Thomas Landsman, seaman | Thomas Landsman, seaman | 18 | View details | |||
1867-68 | 352 | House, Outhouse, Garden, etc | Thomas Landsman, seaman | Said Thomas Landsman | 15 | View details | |||
1865-66 | 313 | House, Outhouse, Garden, etc | Thomas Landsman, seaman | said Thomas Landsman | 12 | View details | |||
1864-65 | 293 | House, Outhouse, Garden, etc | Thomas Landsman, seaman | Said Thomas Landsman | 12 | View details | |||
1860-61 | 246 | House, outhouse & garden | Thomas Landsman, seaman | Thomas Landsman | 14 | View details | |||
1855-56 | 152 | House | Thomas Lansman, seaman, Newport | Peter Murdoch, grocer, Newport | said Peter Murdoch | 10 | View details | [could be 1860.246] |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
Plot: 184 view details | Maryton | lot 29 | 27 falls 9 ells | (Landsman / Hampton 1) | former King St laundry |
Sasine Abridgements:
Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
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1891.00407 | John Hampton to Trs | Trust disp & settl by John Hampton clerk residing King St, Newport containing disp to Trs for purposes therein mentioned of 2 pces grnd lying contiguous lots & dw ho t/on, pt of Seacraig being the 2 pieces of grnd in not instr 1876.00711 | 24 Apr 1891 | 184, 185 | |
1876.00711 | Thomas & Jenny Landsman to James Edward (1868) to John Hampton (1876) | Not Instr John Hampton, clerk, East Newport of (1) 28 falls 32 ells lot 30 of Marytown, : E Queen Street, : W King Street, pt of Seacraig; (2) 3 falls 35 ells grnd at NW corner of and pt of lot 29 & dw ho on said 2 pieces of grnd, on disp 1868 by Thomas Landsman seaman & his wife Jenny Taylor / Landsman to James Edward, flaxspinner, Dundee & disp 1876 by James Edward | 17 Jul 1876 | 184, 185 | |
1874.03972 | Thomas & Jenny Landsman to Trs | Not Instr Trs Thomas Landsman & his wife Janet / Jenny Taylor or Landsman of 27 fall 9 ell grnd & dw ho t/on lot 29 on copy plan of Marytown, : E by 20' road, : W by 24' road, pt of Seacraig | 23 Dec 1874 | 184 | |
1868.03193 | David Taylor loan repaid | David Taylor grants disch to Thomas Landsman seaman of bond & disp (£50) by Isabella Landsman & said Thomas Landsman & his spouse Janet Taylor (Dec 1850) & declares 27 falls 9 ells & 28 falls 32 ells grnd & ho etc in Marytown disburdened (see 1851.00048) | 3 Sep 1868 | 184, 185 | |
1865.00527 | Murdoch / Rawet loan repaid | Janet Rawet & spouse Peter Murdoch grant disch of bond & disp £67 by Isabella Landsman & Thomas Landsman, consent Janet / Jenny Taylor his spouse, & declare 2 pces grnd lying contiguous lots 29 & 30 of Marytown, 27 falls 9 ells & 28 falls 32 ells, disburdened (v5, 2752) | 29 Aug 1865 | 184, 185 | |
1851.00048 | loan by David Taylor | David Taylor gets bond & disp £50 by Isobella Landsman & Thomas Landsman & Janet Taylor his spouse over 27 falls 9 ells & 28 falls 32 ells grnd & dw ho etc t/on in Marytown | 24 Jan 1851 | 184, 185 | |
1850.02752 | loan by Janet Rawet / Murdoch & Peter Murdoch | Janet Rawet & Peter Murdoch her husband residing Easter Newport get bond & disp in fee & liferent for £67 by Isobel Landsman & Thomas Landsman, consent of Janet Tayler his spouse, over 2 pieces grnd lying contiguous lots 29 & 30 of Seacraig in Maryton 27 falls 9 ells & 28 falls 32 ells | 2 May 1850 | 184, 185 | |
1840.05129 | Tayfield to Isobel Landsman, then to Landsman & Hampton families | Isobel 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 liferent & fee 27 falls 9 ells & 28 falls 32 ells & ho etc t/on in Marytown - on feu ch by William Berry, Tayfield, consent said Thomas Landsman, to said Isobel Landsman 27 Mar 1840, & disp & assig by her, Sep 1840. | 12 Nov 1840 | 184, 185, 250 | sasine extract |
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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