A fascinating account from the Dundee Masonic Lodge of the ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone of Newport pier 1823.
This shows information provided by Forgan School to the Government in answer to a questionnaire in 1838. It gives details of numbers of pupils etc.
Diet sheet showing the rations the Mars boys received. The diet was limited and unvarying, carbohydrate heavy but sustaining. No emphasis on five a day in those days.
St Fort House Ground Floor Plan. According to the 1901 census St Fort House had 48 rooms.
The toast list from Curling Club dinner in 1892.
Newspaper report from the Fifeshire Journal (transcribed) about a fatal coaching accident in Newport on 3 March 1836, leading to the death of Alexander Kidd, a wright.
The story of Wormit's Steele and Brodie beehive works from Brian Nish.
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.
A poem entitled Country Churchyard, written about Forgan in August 1896 by Mrs Blyth Martin, well known for gifting the Blyth Hall to Newport. The poem is signed at Blyth House, now 72 Tay Street.