Kinbrae House main entrance gate.
A slightly less imposing view of Kinbrae House than some others. Although the main driveway to the house came up from West Road, this main door was to the rear, looking towards what is now Kinbrae park. This entrance takes visitors straight in to the main floor of the house which is actually the middle ...
A view of the front elevation of Kinbrae House.
Kinbrae House, the home of Sir John Leng. Kinbrae was built by 1870 and was demolished around 1960.
Kinbrae House from south.
Kinbrae House from the south in snow.
Newscutting reporting on the 'at-home' held by Lady Leng for 300 guests in the Blyth Hall in 1914. It was certainly a lavish affair, with dancing in the flower-bedecked main hall and supper served in the small hall above.
The youngest of a family of four, his family home was Helen Villa, 49 Bay Road, Wormit. Robert was a member of the successful pre-war Wormit football team. He had worked as a teller at the British Linen Bank in West Port, Dundee, and was one of the first Wormit men to enlist at the ...
He was the son of Andrew Leitch, a Provost of Newport, whose home was at Netherlea, West Road, Newport (now demolished). Thomas had emigrated to Canada in 1907, and was a successful businessman. He joined the Canadian Army at the outbreak of war, and was sent to France in 1915. He was wounded twice, and ...
Detail of the ceiling in the Leng Chapel.
Leng Chapel Inscription Panel. The Memorial to John Leng's first wife Dame Emily Leng, and also remembrance of his second wife Mary.
The Leng Chapel at Vicarsford Cemetery, two miles south of Newport. Built on a hill, the chapel is a memorial to John Leng's first wife Emily.
He was the grandson of Sir John Leng of Kinbrae House and the son of John Adam St Quentin Leng and Mary Blyth Johnson of Seymour House, 111 Tay Street, Newport (now Riverview Lodge Care Home). He worked in the family firm of newspaper publishers in Dundee, and had four sisters and a younger brother, ...
Two newspaper articles reporting the Newport History Group remembrance project, Lest We Forget. The first focuses on the delivery of the project in 2022, marking 100 years since the unveiling of the war memorial. The second reports the national Alan Ball Award, awarded to the history group for its publication of the book Lest We ...
An early postcard of Linden Avenue, Newport. On the left, the railway line crosses the bridge at the top of Victoria Street. On the right, the first house now has a large gate cut into the corner of the stone wall.
His widowed mother lived at 12 St Fort Road, Woodhaven. He had two brothers, and a sister who died as a child. He was initially in the infantry, and was severely wounded, then subsequently joined the Royal Flying Corps. In April 1918 the RFC merged with the Royal Naval Air Service to become the Royal ...
Three Newport butcher shops.
This house was built for Dr John Stewart in the 1870s, and used as a doctor's residence and GP surgery for over 100 years. From the 1930s, Lovaine was occupied by Dr Taylor, who was later succeeded by three generations of Drs Mackintosh. It was last used as a surgery by Dr Macleod, until purpose ...
The general practice surgery was at the rear of the building, entered through the back yard.
Henry lived at Union Place, 18 Union Street, East Newport. He had joined the Black Watch aged 18, and served in India and Australia. He had been awarded the South African Medal for service during the Boer War. After leaving the army, he joined the Dundee Police until appointed as a School Board officer in ...
The brother of Frederick MacKenzie, he was the younger son of Frederick Thomas Mackenzie and Annie Sang Mackenzie, of Riverview, 35 Naughton Road, Wormit. John had graduated from St Andrews University. He was killed in action on 27th May 1918, aged 27, just two months after the death of his brother, and his name is recorded ...
One of two brothers both of whom were killed in WW1, his family home was at Riverview, 35 Naughton Road, Wormit. Frederick had attended Morgan Academy, followed by Oxford University. He had won numerous medals and awards both at school and university. He had been in the OTC at Oxford University and had subsequently been ...
Map showing the original four ferry crossings on the Tay: Dundee-Balmerino; Dundee-Woodhaven; Dundee-Seamills (Newport); and Broughty Ferry-Ferryport-on-Craig (Tayport).
Map showing home locations of 100 casualties from World War I and World War II. It’s interesting to note the densely packed casualties in East Newport, particularly in the area comprising William Street, Robert Street and James Street, and Union Street, King Street and Queen Street. This of course reflects the greater density of housing in ...
