A magazine article from 1974 noting the history of the joinery business based at Woodhaven. It was started by William Buist in 1875, continued by his grandson William Rankine after World War I, and taken over by next generation Sandy Rankine in the 1960s.
Leaflet outlining the history of Sandford House.
Document outlining the history of St Fillan's RC Church from 1886 until 1995. A list of parish priests in the same period is included.
A leaflet detailing the history of St Mary's Church.
The history of St Thomas' Church, written in a series of articles for the church journal. They were written by R J Cairns between 1956 and 1958.
A History of the Newport Club, written in 1983 by W R Nicolson.
Interior view of St Fillan's Catholic Church in King Street, Newport-on-Tay.
Wonderful photograph of J B Philip's licensed grocery on Union Street. This house operated as a licensed grocer from at least as far back as the 1850s until the 1980s. J B Philips was the shop-keeper from around 1910 until 1920. For the next 50 years the grocer was Alexander Young. Until fairly recently it ...
Wonderful advert from a 1926 issue of the Tayport, Newport and Wormit Advertiser for the latest cars at the best prices from J T Young's garage on Boat Road. Top of the range Morris-Cowley comes in at £195, the equivalent of £15,000 today, so considerably less than the equivalent car today (2025).
A photograph of James Johnstone's bus at the pier, the first to run between Newport and Tayport in the 1920s. The Fifie is just visible over the wall.
For over 100 years two families in particular dominated the joinery business in Newport and Woodhaven.
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.
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.
A postcard view of Linden Avenue looking west. These houses were built in the early 1890s by local builder Alexander Robertson.
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.
