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Location : 23  Queen Street

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= Property still standing

Notes:      upstairs

Other properties at the same location : 25 Queen Street     

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.442072,-2.937537

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):   (former coal shed, King Street)   16 Queen Street   18 Queen Street   19 Queen Street   20 Queen Street   22 Queen Street   24 Queen Street   25 Queen Street   26 Queen Street   27 Queen Street   28 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   43 Queen Street   45 Queen Street   part of 31, Queen Street   unidentified [? part of 41], Queen Street   (Shed / Stable, Queen Street)   (Nursery ground, Queen Street)   35 Robert Street   37 Robert Street   39 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 1961

 

 

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 37 entries

SourceEntry 
1974 dirNish, Mrs I., 23 Queen Street
1973 dirNish, Mrs I., 23 Queen Street
1972 dirNish, Mrs I., 23 Queen Street
1971 dirNish, Mrs I., 23 Queen Street
1970 dirNish, Mrs I., 23 Queen Street
1969 dirNish, Mrs, 23 Queen Street
1968 dirNeish, Mrs, 23 Queen Street
1967 dirNeish, Mrs, 23 Queen street
1966 dirMillar, George B., manager, 23 Queen street
1952-53 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1951-52 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1950-51 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1949-50 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1948-49 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1947-48 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1946-47 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1942-43 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1941-42 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1940-41 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1939-40 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1938-39 dirRoss, Findlay, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1937-38 dirRoss, Finlay, Woodside, Queen street
1933-34 dirLaing, David, mechanic, Meldrum square, Queen street, East Newport
1932-33 dirLaing, David, mechanic, Meldrum square, Queen street, East Newport
1931-32 dirLaing, David, mechanic, Meldrum square, Queen street, East Newport
1930-31 dirLaing, David, mechanic, Meldrum square, Queen street, East Newport
1929-30 dirLaing, David, mechanic, Meldrum square, Queen street, East Newport
1925-26 dirThomson, Miss, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1923-24 dirThomson, Miss, Woodside, Queen street, East Newport
1922-23 dirThomson, Miss, Woodside, East Newport
1922-23 dirThomson, Miss, Queen street, East Newport
1921-22 MacDonald dirThomson, Miss, Woodside, E. N.
1920-21 dirThomson, Miss, Queen street, East Newport
1920-21 dirThomson, Miss, Woodside, East Newport
1918-19 dirThomson, Miss, Queen street, East Newport
1908 Tayside AnnualMathewson, Wm., Newport Dairy, Robertson Place; h., Queen Street.location 2
1907 Tayside AnnualMathewson, Wm., Newport Dairy, Robertson Place; h., Queen Street.location 2

 

 

Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1921 Meldrum Square Frazer James A 2
1921 Meldrum Square Thomson Ann 2
1911 Queen Street, Meldrum Square Dean Alfred J 4

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 26 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1973-74143100House Isabella M Nish proprietor 43View details
1971-72143100House Isabella M Nish proprietor 43View details
1969-701431House Isabella M Nish proprietor 31View details
1967-68348House Isabella M Nish proprietor 31View details
1966-67348House George B Millar proprietor 31View details
1964-65348House George B Millar proprietor 31View details
1961-621109House George B Millar proprietor 31View details
1958-59530House & Garden George B Millar proprietor 18-15-0View details
1957-58531House & Garden Bessie L Irwin proprietor 18-15-0View details
1952-53500House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A J M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Finlay Ross 18-15-0View details
1947-48474House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A J M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Finlay Ross 18-15-0View details
1942-43477House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A J M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Finlay Ross 18-15-0View details
1940-41475House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A J M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Finlay Ross 18-15-0View details
1937-38480House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A J M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Finlay Ross 18-15-0View details
1935-36472House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A J M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Mrs Jeannie Warman 18-14-0View details
1932-33444House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie W Laing 18-14-0View details
1930-31438House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie W Laing 18-14-0View details
1927-28430House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie W Laing 18-14-0View details
1925-26416House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Ann F Thomson same 18-14-0View details
1922-23393House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Ann F Thomson same 18-14-0View details
1920-21382House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Ann F Thomson same 14-15-0View details
1917-18382House & Garden Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie James Watt, clerk same 13View details
1915-16378House & Garden Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie James Watt, clerk same 13View details
1912-13456House & Garden Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Alfred J Dean, lithographer same 13View details
1907-08444House James Mather, Tayport William Matthewson, dairyman same 13View details
1905-06431House James Mather, Tayport William Matthewson, dairyman same 13View 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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