The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Older Buildings in the Ferry Pier Area

This page brings together all the large scale maps of the ferry pier area. The maps show the area from 1845 to 1966.

The railway plans were created to show the properties which the railway companies intended to purchase before the construction of a railway line. The 'limits of deviation' were the boundaries of the land proposed to be acquired, allowing for a flexibility in the actual location of the railway line. The companies were not interested in any properties outside these limits, which is why some buildings are shown without accompanying details on the plans. It was basically intended compulsory purchase.

For the Tay Ferry plans, the properties were those proposed to be acquired for the management of the ferry (1869), or to be taken back by the Harbour Trustees (1872) for their ownership.

1845 Edinburgh & Northern Railway

Original at National Records of Scotland, ref. RHP85261

More information on the railway proposals here

Ref	Description	Owner or reputed owner	Occupier	[Comments]	Location
36	Arable land	John Rogers	Mrs Elizabeth Rogers
37	Sea braes & trees	John Rogers	Mrs Elizabeth Rogers
38	Salmon fishings	William Berry	Alexander Harris
39	Occupation road	James Wilson	The owner, William Berry, the Public
40	Arable land	James Wilson	James Wilson
41	Private road	James Wilson	James Wilson
42	Dwelling houses, outhouse & garden ground	James Wilson	James Wilson
43	Occupation or servitude footpath	William Berry, James Wilson	The Public
44	Ground covered by high water	The Crown, or the Lords of the Admiralty, or William Berry, James Wilson, the Scottish Central Railway Co & John Rogers	The Owners and the Public
45	Ground under low water	The Crown, or the Lords of the Admiralty, or William Berry, James Wilson, the Scottish Central Railway Co	The Owners and the Public
46	Dwelling houses, outhouses, garden ground, pasture ground, sea braes & private road	William Berry	James Wilson (lessee & occupier), John Harris (occupier)	[not shown. Kempstane]	Location Location 2
47	Bleaching green, pasture ground, sea braes or common, 2 wells, bathing house & rocks	William Berry	The Owner, William Turnbull, James Wilson, John Harris and the Public	[Ran from the foot of William St to just past the foot of James St]
48	Salmon fishings	William Berry	Alexander Harris	[not shown]
49	Pasture ground and sea braes	William Berry	Mrs Anne Brand
50	Turnpike road	Trustees of Turnpike Roads, St Andrews District	William Stobie, tacksman of tolls (lessee); the Public (occupiers)
50/1	Sea wall	Trustees of Turnpike Roads, St Andrews District or Trustees of Tay Ferries, or Scottish Central Railway Co
51	Stackyard	William Berry	Charles Mitchell (lessee & occupier)		Location
52	Mill shed, stables, outhouses and court	William Berry	Charles Mitchell (lessee & occupier)	[On the corner of Tay St and Cupar Rd]	Location
53	Granary and private roads	William Berry (superior); James Wilson (proprietor)	James Wilson & John Aymer	[Opposite the bottom of the Cupar Rd]	Location Location 2
54	Braes & pasture	William Berry	Mrs Anne Brand
55	Dwelling houses & garden ground	William Berry	William Turnbull, John Bell, Alexander Milne, Alexander Harris, Mrs Menzies Mackie, John Kidd, Thomas Pinn & Mrs Catherine Brown	[At the top of the High St]	Location Location 2 Location 3
56	Old lock-up house	William Berry	Unoccupied		Location
57	Stable	William Berry	Michael Smith		Location
57/1	Coal shed	William Berry	David Spence		Location
58	Old pier	William Berry	The Public	[Old Pier]
59	Occupation or servitude road, pier-head and ground	William Berry	The Public
60	Granaries	William Berry	James Bogie, James Lindsay, & part unoccupied		Location Location 2
61	Sea wall	William Berry
62	Stables, coach houses, sheds, cellars, areas, or vacant ground, stable-yard, court & private road	William Berry	Charles Mitchell (lessee & occupier)	[part of Newport Hotel]	Location
63	Dwelling house, outhouses and water cistern	William Berry	Charles Mitchell (lessee & occupier)	[Newport Hotel]	Location
64	Garden ground	William Berry	Charles Mitchell (lessee & occupier)	[Bottom half of the High St; ground let with Newport Hotel]
65	Dwelling house, garden & private road	William Berry	Mrs Anne Brand	[4/6 High St]	Location
66	Dwelling house	William Berry	Mrs Margaret Foreman or Henderson, and part unoccupied	[Demolished, site of shed at 4/6 High St]	Location
67	Arable ground	William Berry	William Berry
68	Dwelling house, garden and area	William Berry	Mrs Margaret Foreman or Henderson, and Charles Mitchell	[Old St David's Inn, site of Trinity Church]	Location Location 2
69	Dwelling house & gardens	William Berry	Margaret Meldrum, John Duncan, Alexander Moir and Thomas Clark		Location Location 2 Location 3
70	Dwelling house, garden, private road & well	William Berry	James Smith	[Chapel House]	Location Location 2
71	Garden ground	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier)	[Seamills]
72	Dwelling house, kiln, shed, outhouses, courts, ground & private roads	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier)	[Seamills]	Location
73	Barley mill, meal mill, area & private road	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier)	[Seamills]	Location
74	Mill lade & mill race	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier)	[Seamills]
75	Warehouse, granary, ground & shed	William Berry	Mrs Anne Brand (lessee & occupier), the Scottish Central Railway Co (occupier), & part unoccupied		Location
76	Dwelling house	William Berry	Charles Mitchell (lessee & occupier)
77	Passage pier & shed	Trustees of the Tay Ferries; or the Scottish Central Railway Co	The Owners & the Public	[Ferry Pier]	Location
78	Coal sheds	Trustees of the Tay Ferries; or the Scottish Central Railway Co	The Owners

 

 

1845 Glasgow & Dundee Junction Railway

Original at National Records of Scotland, ref. RHP85254

More information on the railway proposals here

Ref	Description	Owner or reputed owner	Occupier	[Comments]	Location
25	Pasture & rough ground	William Berry	Mrs Ann Cramond or Brand	[This extended from west of the granary as far east as the foot of William St]
26	Granary, warehouse & access road, rocks & rough ground	James Wilson (proprietor), William Berry (superior)	John Aymer, James Wilson	[Opposite the bottom of the Cupar Road]	Location Location 2 Location 3
27	Rocks, rough pasture, access road & footpaths	William Berry	James Wilson, John Aymer, Mrs Ann Cramond or Brand
28	Port or harbour	William Berry	William Berry, Mrs Ann Cramond or Brand
28a	Old ferry pier	William Berry	William Berry, Mrs Ann Cramond or Brand
29	Warehouse & granary	William Berry	James Bogie, James Charles Lindsay		Location Location 2 Location 3
30	Road to pier & harbour	William Berry	William Berry, Mrs Ann Cramond or Brand, the Public
31	Stables & sheds	William Berry	Michael Smith, David Spence		Location
32	Building formerly used as a police cell	William Berry		[Site of 13/15 High St]	Location
33	Stables, sheds, granaries, lofts, outbuildings & courts	William Berry	Charles Mitchell (lessee & occupier)	[part of Newport Hotel]	Location
34	Dwelling house & outbuildings	William Berry	Charles Mitchell (lessee & occupier)	[Actually the Newport Hotel]	Location
35	Alveus strand of the River Tay & salmon fishings in the said river	Henry Stewart, the Crown, H M Commissioners of Woods & Forests	Alexander Robertson (lessee & occupier)	[Shown as St Fort's fishings (not Tayfield's), leased to Alexander Robertson]
36	Statute Labour road	Trustees of St Andrews District of Statute Labour Roads in the county of Fife	The Public
37	Ferry harbour, piers, landing places, & approaches, or Turnpike or Statute Labour road	H M Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Loans, Dundee Banking Co, Scottish Central Railway Co, Trustees for the Erecting Improving Regulating & Maintaining Ferries and Passages across the River Tay in the Counties of Fife & Forfar, Trustees of the Cupar District of Turnpike or Statute Labour Roads in the County of Fife	Dundee Banking Co, Scottish Central Railway Co, the Public
38	Dwelling house, sheds & outbuildings	H M Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Loans, Dundee Banking Co, Scottish Central Railway Co, Trustees for the Erecting Improving Regulating & Maintaining Ferries and Passages across the River Tay in the Counties of Fife & Forfar	Dundee Banking Co, Scottish Central Railway Co		Location
39	Occupation road	William Berry	William Berry
40	Alveus strand of the River Tay & salmon fishings in said river	William Berry, Henry Stewart, the Crown, Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests	Alexander Robertson (lessee & occupier)
40a	Alveus strand of the River Tay	Andrew Smith, Richard Gleadhill Holden, Arthur Baird, Mrs William Just, Mrs Barbara Mackie or Just, Robert Just, David Just, John Just, George Just, Alexander Kermath, Miss Margaret Mackie, Mrs Margaret Walker or Duncan, William Duncan, Mrs Margaret Hill or Bell, Alexander Jack, Andrew Kilgour, Alexander Ritchie, Margaret & Helen Ritchie, Thomas Just		[These are the proprietors of all the houses from here (in order) to just east of Wellgate House, i.e. all the houses on Broadhaugh plus Andrew Smith's]
41	Dwelling house, outbuildings & garden	Andrew Smith (proprietor), William Berry (superior)	Andrew Smith		Location
42	Arable	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier)
43	Occupation road	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier)
44	Arable	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier)
45	Dwelling houses, outhouses & gardens	William Berry	John Dorward	[Seamills Cottages]	Location Location 2
46	Dwelling house	William Berry	Andrew Black	[Tayfield North Lodge]	Location
47	Private road, approach to house of Tayfield	William Berry	William Berry
48	Pleasure ground & shrubbery	William Berry	William Berry
49	Mill-dam & trees	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier)
50	Burn or stream	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier)
51	Arable	William Berry	William Berry
52	Mills, mill-houses & leads, outbuildings, court & access roads	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier)	[Seamills]	Location
52a	Dwelling house, load-house, kiln, shed, outbuildings, rough ground & footpaths	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier), James Brand (occupier)	[Seamills farm buildings]	Location Location 2
52b	Dwelling house, barn, byre, stable, outbuildings, barnyard & court	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier)	[Seamills farm buildings]	Location
52c	Occupation road	William Berry	William Berry, John Just
52d	Garden ground	William Berry	John Just (lessee & occupier), James Brand (occupier)
53	Weigh and pack house, warehouse, granary & outbuildings	William Berry	James Bogie, Mrs Ann Cramond or Brand		Location Location 2
54	Rocks, rough ground, pasture ground, byre, court, private road & wood	William Berry	Mrs Ann Cramond or Brand
55	Dwelling house	William Berry	Charles Mitchell (lessee & occupier)
56	Shed	William Berry	Dundee Banking Co, Scottish Central Railway Co
57	Plantation	William Berry	William Berry
58	Dwelling house, outbuildings & garden ground	William Berry	James Smith	[This was Chapel House]	Location Location 2 Location 3
59	Dwelling houses, outbuildings, garden ground & footpath	William Berry	Alexander Muir, John Duncan, Thomas Clark		Location Location 2 Location 3
60	Dwelling house, outbuildings & garden	William Berry	Charles Mitchell, Mrs Margaret Foreman or Henderson	[Formerly the old St David's Inn; on the site of Trinity Church]	Location Location 2

 

 

1854 Ordnance Survey

Original at National Library of Scotland.

 

 

1869 Plans and sections of ferries across River Tay and relative works at Dundee [& Forgan]

Original at National Records of Scotland, ref. RHP34382

More information on the railway proposals here

This plan is part of the Tay Ferries Bill, 1869/70, which was to extend / build a new pier at Dundee; to vest in the Caledonian Railway Co the Tay Ferry which at present they only manage; etc. It is not known why the Railway Company wanted to take ownership of the Newport Inn - was it to make it a Caledonian Hotel? There was much opposition to the Bill locally and it was eventually defeated in Parliament.

 

 

Ref	Description	Owner or reputed owner	Occupier	Location
1	Pier & breakwater	Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Caledonian Railway	Location
2	Porter's office & parcel shed	Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Caledonian Railway
3	Porter's office & parcel office	Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Caledonian Railway
4	Coal shed	Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Samuel Sercombe
5	Waiting room & boothy [listed with flesher's shop on original]	Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Caledonian Railway	Location
5	Flesher's shop [listed with Waiting Room in original]	Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Samuel Sercombe	Location
6	Coal shed	Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Caledonian Railway	Location
7	Beach of River Tay above high water mark, boat stance & vacant ground or road	John Berry; Henry Stewart; Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	John Harris; Caledonian Railway
8	Vacant ground above high water mark	John Berry; Henry Stewart; Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	John Harris; Caledonian Railway
9	Garden ground, dykes & hedges	Andrew Smith	Andrew Smith	Location
10	Dwelling house	Andrew Smith	Andrew Smith	Location
11	Washing house or outhouse	Andrew Smith	Andrew Smith	Location
12	Coal house or outhouse	Andrew Smith	Andrew Smith	Location
13	Road or statute labour road	Statute Labour Road Trustees; Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Caledonian Railway; The Public
14	Stables, hay lofts, carriage sheds, harness room, granary & cellars	John Berry	David Dickson (lessee & occupier)	Location
15	Water closets	John Berry	David Dickson (lessee & occupier)
16	Court & entrance to inn, road or access to stables & other outhouses, & outer court or vacant ground	John Berry	David Dickson (lessee & occupier)
17	Coal shed	John Berry	David Dickson (lessee & occupier)
18	Hall or carriage shed	John Berry	David Dickson (lessee & occupier)	Location
19	Piggery & shed	John Berry	David Dickson (lessee & occupier)
20	Water closet	John Berry	David Dickson (lessee & occupier)
21	Inn called 'Newport Inn'	John Berry	David Dickson (lessee & occupier)	Location
22	Coal shed & water closet	John Berry	David Dickson (lessee & occupier)
23	Store	John Berry	David Dickson (lessee & occupier)
24	Turnpike road or street	Turnpike Trustees; John Berry	The Public
25	Burn or stream between high & low water mark of river or firth of Tay	The Crown; Lords Commiss. of Admiralty; Board of … Trade …; Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Covered with water at full tide; Caledonian Railway; The Public
26	River or firth of Tay above low water mark & land covered with water	The Crown; Lords Commiss. of Admiralty; Board of … Trade …; Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Covered with water at full tide; Caledonian Railway; The Public
27	River or firth of Tay above low water mark & land covered with water	The Crown; Lords Commiss. of Admiralty; Board of … Trade …; Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Covered with water at full tide; Caledonian Railway; The Public
28	River or firth of Tay below low water mark & land covered with water	The Crown; Lords Commiss. of Admiralty; Board of … Trade …; Tay Ferries Trustees; Caledonian Railway	Covered with water at full tide; Caledonian Railway; The Public
29	Woodland, beach of river or firth of Tay & vacant ground	John Berry; Sarah Crawford Berry	Sarah Crawford Berry	Location

 

 

1872 Plan of Tay Ferries showing works, lands and houses to be acquired

Original at National Records of Scotland, ref. RHP24570

More information on the railway proposals here

This plan appears, from the date, to refer to the takeover by the Dundee Harbour Trustees of the whole running and management of the Tay Ferry from the Caledonian Railway Co.

 

 

Ref	Description	Owner or reputed owner	Occupier	Location
2	Porter's office & parcels shed
3	Porter's office & parcels office
4	Coal Shed		Samuel Sercombe
5	Urinal
6	Coal shed		Tay Ferries
7	Waiting room & bothy		Tay Ferries	Location
8	Butcher's shop		Samuel Sercombe	Location
9	Boatshed		Newport Amateur Rowing Club per William Hart	Location

 

 

1895 Ordnance Survey

Original at National Library of Scotland.

 

 

1914 Ordnance Survey

Original at National Library of Scotland.

 

 

1966 Ordnance Survey

Original at National Library of Scotland.

 

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