Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 11 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Subject: "Burgh" xDecade: "1950s" x Search term Filter by Format Artifact (1)Document (2)Newspaper cutting (1)Photograph (7)Filter by Area Newport (10)Wormit (1)Filter by Decade 1880s (5)1890s (5)1900s (7)1910s (7)1920s (7)1930s (7)1940s (7)1960s (7)1970s (7)1980s (2)1990s (2)2000s (1)Filter by Century 19th (5)21st (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Newport Police Burgh: Boundary Stones Two photographs showing the Newport Police Burgh boundary stone which marked the eastmost limit of the burgh boundary. This stone is near the shore beyond the road bridge. The letters NPB can just be deciphered. Newport Police Burgh: Boundary Stone Photograph showing the Newport Police Burgh boundary stone at the junction of Kirk Road and Cupar Road. It may have been moved from the other side of the road. Newport Police Burgh: Boundary Stone Photograph showing the Newport Police Burgh boundary stone which marked the most westerly limit of the burgh boundary. This stone is embedded in the concrete at the base of the Tay Bridge Disaster memorial at Wormit Bay. The letters NPB can be seen clearly. Newport Police Burgh: Boundary Stones Three photographs showing Newport Police Burgh boundary stones which marked the boundary of the burgh. These three stones are in the field above Kirk Road. The letters NPB are clearly seen and two of the stones are in remarkably good condition. Thomas Halliday, Designer of Newport-on-Tay Coat of Arms Photograph of Thomas Halliday, designer of Newport-on-Tay coat of arms. At the time of his death in 1998 he was Scotland's oldest working artist, sculptor and stained glass artist. Newport Police Burgh: Boundary Stones These photographs show three more Newport Police Burgh boundary stones discovered in Spring 2021. The first split one is on the left grass verge of the track up to Causewayhead, and has probably been moved from the field next to it. The second photo shows the stone, in excellent condition, which is in the field ... Frank Morrison: Freedom of Burgh 1953 News article from 1953 describing Frank Morrison, the first person to be given freedom of the burgh, becoming Newport's first Honorary Burgess. Only one other person would receive that honour: Miss Maude Pilkington in 1970. Miss Alice Maude Pilkington, 1901 - 2002 Miss Pilkington died on 14 January, 2002 at the age of 100. She was given the Freedom of the Burgh in 1970. Charter granting Coat of Arms to Newport-on-Tay. Framed copy Copy of the charter granting Newport's new coat of arms in 1956. This framed copy was made by Jack Morton, Burgh Surveyor, 1948-1975. Newport-on-Tay Coat of Arms Explanation and description of Newport's new coat of arms, granted in 1956. Newport's Coat of Arms Newport's coat of arms (framed). This was the old coat of arms, in use until 1956. In that year the Lord Lyon King of Arms issued a charter granting the right to a revised coat of arms.