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.
Three Newport butcher shops.
Article from Mars Mainsheet, Wormit Boating Club’s newsletter, about the raising of the Mars mooring anchor.
The residents of Newport and Wormit have always enjoyed 'strutting their stuff' in musical and dramatic productions. There have been groups of all sorts catering for singers, dancers and budding actors and actresses.
Netherlea was a large family house standing between Newport and Wormit.
Two stained glass panes from the staircase window in Netherlea House, demolished in 2019.
For over one hundred years four chemists served the pharmaceutical needs of the village.
Display board showing the Newport Club presidents from the founding of the club in 1871 until 2022. The first-named president, Albert Grothe, was engineer on the ill-fated first rail bridge.
Newport on Tay Parish Church. An extract from Places of Worship in Scotland, a survey undertaken by Scottish Church Heritage Research.
A brief outline of Newport's development over the last 200 years.
Three newscuttings from November 2023 reporting on the events held by Newport-on-Tay Church of Scotland to celebrate 150 years since the building of their church. The 150th anniversary had actually been in 2020 but Covid delayed events until the weekend of 4-5 November 2023.
A poster advertising a weekend of events on 4th-5th November 2023 in celebration of the church's 150th anniversary, and a programme leaflet for the anniversary concert in the church. The church had opened in 1870 so in fact the celebrations were three years late, with all events having been delayed by the Covid pandemic.
Booklet celebrating 25 years of Newport-on-Tay Probus Club. Started in 1992, the club first met in Newport Church Hall. They continue to meet today (2025) on alternate Wednesdays at Drumoig Hotel.
Newport has always been fortunate to have lots of green space for leisure activities, and a variety of recreation parks to enjoy more organised activities.
The Rio Cinema opened in 1939, just in time for wartime escapism. In its early years it was so popular the programme changed three times weekly.
Since 1879 Newport School has fulfilled the educational needs of the village, first on the site in Blyth Street, then from 1977 on the outskirts of the village on the Cupar Road.
Wormit School opened in 1896 on the Main road through the village. In 1978 it was replaced by the new school on the hill.
Scouts and Cubs have been active in Newport and Wormit for over 100 years.
An account from Historic Scotland explaining the background to the building of St Fillan's Catholic Church in Newport. The church, a most unusual style, was opened in 1893.
Note by Andrew Mylius explaining the processes of creating the woodland garden at St Fort.
The memorial window in St Mary's Church. The window commemorates C Douglas Mitchell of Kirk Road, West Newport who died, aged 20, on 26 March 1918.
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 ...
