St Fort House Ground Floor Plan. According to the 1901 census St Fort House had 48 rooms.
St Fort House in the snow looking north.
Newspaper article containing an interview with Andrew Mylius, owner of St Fort farm. Mr Mylius is the great-great-grandson of Henry Stewart who built St Fort House.
A line drawing of St Fort station by Keith Robson, drawn in 1989. St Fort station opened in 1878 as the only station on the line between Leuchars and the new rail bridge. To the south of St Fort there was a large triangular junction linking the lines to Leuchars and the Tay bridge with ...
The magnificent walled garden and glasshouses, on left hand side of road driving from Forgan roundabout to Five Roads.
St Mary's Church then and now. The early photograph gives a wonderful view of the fairly new St Mary's, built 1886 - 1887. Older neighbours the Congregational Church (1868), Newport School (1879) and the tower of St Thomas' (1870) are just visible behind, while Tayfield Estate office can be seen on the right. There's just ...
The stunningly beautiful interior of St Mary's Episcopal Church on the steps between Kilnburn and the High Street.
Two photographs showing work being carried out to extend St Thomas' Church in 1902. A new chancel and transepts were added at the east end of the building, and an organ installed. At the same time the manse was built next door to the church.
A history of the Church of St Thomas of the Seamylnes, written by Fraser Ritchie in1983. It covers the period from the planning of the church in the late 1860s until its union with St Fillan's Church in 1978 and with Forgan Church in 1981, thereafter becoming Newport-on-Tay Church of Scotland.
Two drawings showing plans for the extension to St Thomas' Church in 1902. Plans were drawn on 24 May 1901. As can be seen on second drawing the area of the church would be more than doubled, from a very simple rectangle shape to a building with increased seating in new transepts, as well as ...
A leaflet giving details of the planning, installation and use of the fine 'Father' Willis Organ in St Thomas' Church.
Two views of St Fillan's Catholic Church, Newport-on-Tay, one from King Street, one from Queen Street .
Those of a certain age will remember using these old stamp machines. You popped in your penny, or two or three (old pennies of course, pre-decimalisation of 1971), and out came your stamp. In the days when snail mail was the only form of communication, these machines were lifelines when the post office was closed. ...
The story of Wormit's Steele and Brodie beehive works from Brian Nish.
Photograph of Strawberrybank Farm in the snow. Strawberrybank is the smallholding opposite Newport Primary School playing field.
Suppository Makers from Doig's chemist shop.
News article from the Courier in 2012. Network Rail's chief engineer claims that the bridge's fine construction, combined with ongoing maintenance and strengthening, has made it a 'feat of engineering'.
This is a Victorian bee house, beautifully restored in 2020. It is one of only five known in Scotland, and probably the only wooden one. It has now been listed as a building of historical importance. It is believed to have been brought to Tayfield by boat around 1850. The actual hives were on shelves ...
A photograph of some of Tayfield's staff, responsible for forestry work.
A photograph of Tayfield House in the snow, probably early 1900s.
These two photographs show some of the house staff at Tayfield House around 1900, and a page boy from around 1870. Until World War II a large staff would help to run the house.
The viaduct that carried the railway line through the Tayfield Estate comprised four spans on three columns. It was removed soon after the line closed. Picture 1 shows the series of supports that carried the viaduct, 2 the present day retaining wall at the other side of the gap, and 3 is a rare view ...
This photograph shows some of the estate workers beginning to cut up a fallen tree. Second left is Mr McLaren. The estate originally had few trees, but the first John Berry started a careful tree planting programme, which successive generations have continued to this day.
Drawing of Tayport station by Keith Robson done in 1988. Tayport Station is worthy of including here as it was the terminus for the Newport railway. But although the Newport railway opened in 1879, Tayport station had opened as early as 1848 because in that year a line had been built to Tayport from Cupar, ...
