Location : Roseberry
= Property demolished or site redeveloped
Notes: demolished
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.430355,-2.915996
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.
1854 Ordnance Survey Name Book Entry (originals at ScotlandsPlaces) (more information on the O.S. Name Books page)
| List of names to be corrected if necessary | Orthography, as recommended to be used in the new plans | Other modes of spelling the name | Authorities for these other modes of spelling when known | Situation | Descriptive remarks or other general observations which may be considered of interest | Source |
| Roseberry | Roseberry | Roseberry; Roseberry; Roseberry Hill | Mr. John Black Tenant; Rent Receipts; Johnston's Co. Map | About 1 mile S.W. of the Mansion House of Scotscraig. | A dwelling house with some farm offices and a small farm attached. The houses are thatched & in bad repair. It is the property of Henry Stewart Esq. St. Fort, and tenanted by John Black. | OS1/13/32/62 |
Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)
| Roseberry source: The Place-Names of Fife, by Simon Taylor with Gilbert Markus, University of Glasgow (see a map of all the placenames in Forgan parish.) |
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
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House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| Roseberry |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 7 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
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| 1877 Worrall dir | Black James, Roseberry : Farmers In Forgan Parish. | ||
| 1866 Fife dir | Black, James, joiner, Roseberry | ||
| 1862 Fife dir | Black, James, flesher, Roseberry | ||
| 1862 Fife dir | Black, James, joiner / wright, Roseberry | ||
| 1860 Slater dir | Black James, Roseberry : Wrights & Joiners | ||
| 1852 Slater dir | Black, William, wright, Roseberry | ||
| 1852 Slater dir | Black, James, wright, Roseberry |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
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| 1879-1880 Voters | Black, James | wright | Roseberry | |||||||
| 1878-1879 Voters | Black, James | wright | Roseberry |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
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| 1911 | Roseberry | Black | Jessie | 2 | ||||
| 1901 | Roseberry Croft | Black | Jessie | 4 | View household | |||
| 1891 | Roseberry | Black | James | 2 | View household | |||
| 1881 | Roseberry | Black | James | 2 | View household | |||
| 1871 | Roseberry | Black | James | 3 | View household | |||
| 1861 | Roseberry | Black | James | 3 | View household | |||
| 1851 | Roseberry | Black | John | View household | ||||
| 1841 | Roseberry Hill | Black | John | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 28 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | ||
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| 1940-41 | 79 | House | Trs for Andrew Mylius (minor) per Lindsay Howe & Co, WS, 32 Charlotte Sq, Edinburgh | empty (ruinous) | 0 | View details | ||
| 1937-38 | 81 | House | Mrs Lesbia Mylius per Lindsay, Howe & Co WS, 32 Charlotte Sq, Edinburgh | empty (ruinous) | 0 | View details | ||
| 1935-36 | 81 | House | Mrs Lesbia Mylius per Lindsay, Howe & Co WS, 32 Charlotte Sq, Edinburgh | empty (ruinous) | 0 | View details | ||
| 1927-28 | 115 | House | Mrs Lesbia Mylius per Pagan & Osborne, Cupar | empty | 2 | View details | ||
| 1925-26 | 107 | House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | empty | 2 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 97 | House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | empty | 2 | View details | ||
| 1920-21 | 89 | House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | empty | 2 | View details | ||
| 1917-18 | 87 | House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | empty | 2 | View details | ||
| 1915-16 | 86 | House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | empty | 2 | View details | ||
| 1912-13 | 84 | House | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black | same | 2 | View details | |
| 1907-08 | 79 | House & Land | Trs of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart, per David Osborne, Cupar | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter | same | 7 | View details | |
| 1905-06 | 71 | House and Land | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per David Osborne, Cupar | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter | same | 7 | View details | |
| 1903-04 | 72 | House and Land | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per David Osborne, Cupar | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter | same | 7 | View details | |
| 1901-02 | 78 | House and Land | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter | same | 7 | View details | |
| 1900-01 | 78 | House and Land | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter | same | 7 | View details | |
| 1899-00 | 75 | House and Land | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter | same | 7 | View details | |
| 1897-98 | 71 | House and Land | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter | same | 7 | View details | |
| 1896-97 | 71 | House and Land | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter | same | 7 | View details | |
| 1895-96 | 70 | House and Land | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter | same | 7 | View details | |
| 1894-95 | 69 | House and Land | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter | same | 7 | View details | |
| 1893-94 | 65 | House and Land | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter | same | 7 | View details | |
| 1892-93 | 67 | House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Exrs of late William Oliphant, farmer per Congleton & Dickson, solicitors, Dundee | Mrs Jessie Fyall or Black, crofter; IO | View details | ||
| 1891-92 | 67 | House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per James Curr, land agent, St Fort | Exrs of late William Oliphant, farmer per Congleton & Dickson, solicitors, Dundee | James Black, crofter; IO | View details | ||
| 1890-91 | 64 | House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per Lindsay Howe & Co., WS, 32 Charlotte Sq., Edinburgh | Exrs of late William Oliphant, farmer per Congleton & Dickson, solicitors, Dundee | James Black, crofter; IO | View details | ||
| 1889-90 | 60 | House | Trs. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart per Lindsay Howe & Co., WS, 32 Charlotte Sq., Edinburgh | Exrs of late William Oliphant, farmer per Congleton & Dickson, solicitors, Dundee | James Black, crofter; IO | View details | ||
| 1881-82 | 15 | Pendicle of Roseberry | Reps. of late Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart | William Oliphant, farmer | James Black, wright | 14 | View details | |
| 1878-79 | 16 | Pendicle of Roseberry | Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart | William Oliphant, farmer | James Black, wright | 14 | View details | |
| 1875-76 | 16 | Pendicle of Roseberry | Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart | William Oliphant, farmer | James Black, wright | 14 | View details |
Early Sasines:
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