Location : 1 Tay Terrace
= Property still standing
Notes: upstairs
Other properties at the same location : 2 Kerr Street
Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1915. Other properties involved : 3 Tay Terrace 5 Tay Terrace 7 Tay Terrace One possible interpretation is given below.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.443405,-2.937693
View location on the 1855 6-inch map, the 1895 25-inch map, the 1914 25-inch map, the 1966-73 25-inch map, or a 1944-50 aerial photograph at the National Library of Scotland website.
Nearby properties (demolished in red): 2 James Street 4 James Street 5 James Street 2 Kerr Street 3 Kerr Street 4 Kerr Street 5 Kerr Street 6 Kerr Street 7 Kerr Street (garden, Kerr Street) 1 Kerr Street 50 King Street 52 King Street 54 King Street 56 King Street (Seacraig Cottages [4], King Street) (Seacraig Cottages [5], King Street) (Seacraig Cottages [6], King Street) (Seacraig Cottages [7], King Street) (Seacraig Cottages [8], King Street) 51 Queen Street 53 Queen Street 14 Seacraig Court 15 Seacraig Court 16 Seacraig Court 17 Seacraig Court 3 Tay Terrace 5 Tay Terrace 7 Tay Terrace
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
| 2 Woodriffe Terrace | 1927 | |
| 1 Woodriffe Terrace | 1930s |
House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| Woodriffe Terrace |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 103 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay Terrace | ||
| 1973 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay Terrace | ||
| 1972 dir | Grant, Mrs V. 1 Tay Terrace | ||
| 1971 dir | Grant, Mrs V. 1 Tay Terrace | ||
| 1970 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay Terrace | ||
| 1969 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay Terrace | ||
| 1968 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay Terrace | ||
| 1967 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay terrace | ||
| 1966 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay terrace | ||
| 1964 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay terrace, | ||
| 1963 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay terrace, | ||
| 1962 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay terrace, | ||
| 1961 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay terrace, | ||
| 1960 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay terrace, | ||
| 1958-59 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay terrace, | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay terrace, | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Grant, Mrs V., 1 Tay terrace, | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Grant, William, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Grant, William, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Grant, William, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Grant, William, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Grant, William, clerk, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Loraine, Robert, clerk, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Loraine, Robert, clerk, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Loraine, Robert, clerk, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Loraine, Robert, fitter, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Loraine, Robert, fitter, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Deas, Robert, pianotuner, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Deas, Robert, pianotuner, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Deas, Robert, pianotuner, 1 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Deas, Robert, pianotuner, 1 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Deas, Robert, pianotuner, 9 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | [VR has this house] | |
| 1937-38 dir | Deas, Robert, pianotuner, 9 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | [VR has this house] | |
| 1936-37 dir | Deas, Robert, pianotuner, 9 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | [VR has this house] | |
| 1932-33 dir | Irons, D. Gibb (assurance secretary, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1931-32 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D., Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Irons, D. Gibb (assurance inspector, Dundee), 1 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1931-32 dir | M'Ewan, David (secretary, Dundee), 1 Woodriffe ter., East Newport | ||
| 1930-31 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D., Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1930-31 dir | M'Ewan, David (secretary, Dundee), 1 Woodriffe ter., East Newport | ||
| 1929-30 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D., Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1929-30 dir | M'Ewan, David (secretary, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe ter., East Newport | ||
| 1928-29 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D., Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1928-29 dir | M'Ewan, David (secretary, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe ter., East Newport | ||
| 1928 Kelly dir | McEwen David, Woodriffe terrace, E | ||
| 1927-28 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D., Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1927-28 dir | M'Ewan, David (secretary, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe ter., East Newport | ||
| 1926-27 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D., Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1926-27 dir | M'Ewan, David (secretary, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe ter., East Newport | ||
| 1925-26 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D., Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1925-26 dir | M'Ewan, David, (secretary, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe ter., East Newport | ||
| 1924-25 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D , Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1923-24 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D., Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1923-24 dir | M'Ewan, David (secretary, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe terr., East Newport | ||
| 1922-23 dir | M'Ewan, David (secretary, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe terr., East Newport | ||
| 1921-22 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D., Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1921 Slater dir | McEwen David, Woodriffe terrace, E | ||
| 1920-21 dir | M'Ewan, David (secretary, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe terr., East Newport | ||
| 1919-20 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D., Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1918-19 MacDonald dir | M'Ewan, D., Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1918-19 dir | M'Ewan, David (secretary, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe terr., East Newport | ||
| 1915-16 dir | Samuel, Thomas, R.N.R. (marine superintendent, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1915 Slater dir | Samuel Thomas, Woodriffe terrace, E | ||
| 1914-15 dir | Samuel, Thomas, R.N.R. (marine superintendent, Dundee), 2 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1913-14 dir | Whittet, Mrs William, (sewing machine agent, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1912-13 dir | Whittet, Mrs Wm. (sewing mach. agt., Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1911-12 dir | Whittet, Mrs Wm. (sewing mach. agt., Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1910-11 dir | Whittet, Mrs Wm. (sewing mach. agt., Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1909-10 dir | Whittet, Mrs Wm. (sewing mach. agent, Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1908-09 dir | Whittet, Mrs Wm. (sewing mach. agt., Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1908 Tayside Annual | Whittet, Mrs Wm., Woodriffe Terrace. | ||
| 1907-08 dir | Whittet, Mrs Wm. (sewing mach. agt., Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1907 Tayside Annual | Whittet, Mrs Wm., Woodriffe Terrace. | ||
| 1906-07 dir | Whittet, Mrs Wm. (sewing mach. agt., Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1905-06 dir | Steven, Mrs William C, Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1904-05 dir | Steven, Mrs William C, Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1903-04 dir | Steven, William C., shipmaster, Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1903 Slater dir | Stiven Misses, Woodriffe terrace, E Newport | ||
| 1901-02 dir | Pae, W. J., Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1900-01 dir | Pae, W. J., Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1899-00 dir | Pae, W. J., Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1899 Slater dir | Pae William, Woodriffe terrace, E | ||
| 1898-99 dir | Pae, W. J., Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1897-98 dir | Pae, W. J., Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1896-97 dir | Pae, W. J., Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1896 Slater dir | Pae William J. householder. Woodriffe ter. E [under Commercial] | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Pae, W. J., Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1894-95 dir | Pae, W. J., Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1893 Slater dir | Hunter Mr. Robert, Woodriffe ter | ||
| 1892-93 dir | Hunter, Robert (architect, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1891-92 dir | Hunter, Robert (architect, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1890-91 dir | Hunter, Robert (architect, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1889-90 dir | Hunter, Robert (architect, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1889 Slater dir | Hunter Mr Robert, Woodriffe ter., Newport, Fife | ||
| 1888-89 dir | Hunter, Robert (architect, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1887-88 dir | Hunter, Robert (architect, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1886-87 dir | Hunter, Robert (architect, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1886 Slater dir | Hunter Robert, Woodriffe Ter | ||
| 1885-86 dir | Hunter, Robert (architect, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1884-85 dir | Hunter, Robert (architect, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1882-83 dir | Hunter, Robert (architect, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1882 Slater dir | Hunter Mr, Robert, Woodriffe ter | ||
| 1880-81 dir | Smith, Jas., (secretary, Dundee Y. M. C. A.), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Male Voters | Pae, William J. | Clerk | Woodriffe Terrace, Newport | Tenant of House | Woodriffe Terrace |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Woodriffe Terrace | McEwan | David | 6 | ||||
| 1911 | Woodriffe Terrace | Whittet | Helen | 6 | ||||
| 1901 | Woodriffe Terrace | Pae | William J | 5 | View household | |||
| 1891 | Woodrife Terrace | Hunter | Robert | 7 | View household | |||
| 1881 | Woodriffe Terrace | Smith | James | 6 | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 42 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-74 | 168500 | House | Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Mrs Violet Grant | 104 | View details | ||
| 1971-72 | 168500 | House | Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Mrs Violet Grant | 104 | View details | ||
| 1969-70 | 1685 | House | Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Mrs Violet Grant | 63 | View details | ||
| 1967-68 | 560 | House | Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Mrs Violet Grant | 63 | View details | ||
| 1966-67 | 560 | House | Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Mrs Violet Grant | 63 | View details | ||
| 1964-65 | 560 | House | Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Mrs Violet Grant | 62 | View details | ||
| 1961-62 | 1707 | House | Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Mrs Violet Grant | 62 | View details | ||
| 1958-59 | 752 | House & Garden | Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Mrs Violet Grant | 37-15-8 | View details | ||
| 1957-58 | 729 | House & Garden | Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Mrs Violet Grant | 37-15-8 | View details | ||
| 1952-53 | 702 | House & Garden | Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | William Grant | 37-15-8 | View details | ||
| 1947-48 | 677 | House & Garden | Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Mrs Dorothy Loraine | 35 | View details | ||
| 1942-43 | 668 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Robert S B Loraine | 35 | View details | ||
| 1940-41 | 668 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Robert Deas | 35 | View details | ||
| 1937-38 | 671 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Robert Deas | 35 | View details | ||
| 1935-36 | 318 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Robert Deas | 35 | View details | ||
| 1932-33 | 719 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | D Gibb Irons | 35 | View details | ||
| 1930-31 | 717 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | David McEwan | 34-6-0 | View details | ||
| 1927-28 | 708 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | David McEwan | 34-6-0 | View details | ||
| 1925-26 | 689 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | David McEwan | same | 34-6-0 | View details | |
| 1922-23 | 662 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | David McEwan | same | 34-6-0 | View details | |
| 1920-21 | 640 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | David McEwan | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1917-18 | 639 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | David McEwan | same | 25 | View details | |
| 1915-16 | 635 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | Thomas Samuel | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1912-13 | 373 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | Mrs Helen Whittet | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1907-08 | 354 | House & Garden | Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J & E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | Mrs Helen Whittet | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1905-06 | 341 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | Mrs Jessie S Steven | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1903-04 | 338 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | Mrs Jessie S Steven | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1901-02 | 928 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | William J Pae, clerk | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1900-01 | 912 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | William J Pae, clerk | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1899-00 | 878 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | William J Pae, clerk | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1897-98 | 830 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | William J Pae, clerk | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1896-97 | 804 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | William J Pae, clerk | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1895-96 | 770 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | William J Pae, clerk | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1894-95 | 725 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | William J Pae | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1893-94 | 702 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | empty | 24 | View details | ||
| 1892-93 | 688 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J & E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | Robert Hunter, architect | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1891-92 | 672 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, 13 Overgate, Dundee | Robert Hunter, architect | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1890-91 | 638 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, 13 Overgate, Dundee | Robert Hunter, architect | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1889-90 | 611 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, 13 Overgate, Dundee | Robert Hunter, architect | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1885-86 | 578 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston solicitors Dundee | Robert Hunter architect | same | 24 | View details | |
| 1881-82 | 470 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston solicitors Dundee | same | Robert Hunter architect | 26 | View details | |
| 1878-79 | 442 | House and Garden | David Blyth, builder | 30 | View details |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 461 view details | East Newport | 80.06 pol | W-most part of 380.461 pol & 4 tenements | (Reid & Johnston) | 2-5 Kerr St, 1-7 Tay Tce |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884.04537 | Dickson loan transferred to Trs James Glassford Gordon Glassford | Assig by Trs deceased John Dickson, Corstorphine, consent Reid & Johnston to Trs deceased James Glassford Gordon Glassford ... Rankeillour Hope of bond (15 Nov 1878) £2200 by Reid & Johnston ... over 80.06 pol & 4 tenements of dwelling houses t/on, : N by Kerr St, : S by Nairne St | 19 May 1884 | 461 | |
| 1878.03677 | loan by Trs John Dickson | Bond £2200 by Reid & Johnston & disp to Trs deceased John Dickson, Corstorphine, of 80.06 pol grnd & 4 tenements t/on, : N by Kerr St, : S by Nairne St, the W-most portion of 380.461 pol, pt of park E of Marytown | 15 Nov 1878 | 461 |
Abbreviations in the notes
t/on - thereon; t/p - turnpike; dw - dwelling; ho - house; pt - part; pce - piece; grnd - ground; bldg - building; Tr/Trs - Trustee/Trustees; dec - deceased; ... - words omitted; pol - poles; yd - square yards; : - bounded; rd - road; ' - feet; " - inches;
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