The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

1861 Census

About the 1861 census

The 1861 census was taken on the night of Sunday 7 April, 1861. The following information was gathered:

• Number of schedule (allocated consecutively from 1 in each enumeration district)
• Name of street, place, road, etc.
• House number or name
• Whether a house was inhabited, uninhabited or being built
• Name of each person that had spent the night in that household
• Relationship of person enumerated to the head of the family
• Person's marital status
• Age at last birthday (sex is indicated by which column the age is recorded in)
• Person's rank, profession, or occupation
• Person's place of birth - county and place (if outside of Scotland, only the country may be given)
• Whether blind or deaf and dumb
• Number of children from 5 to 15 attending school (not transcribed here)
• Number of rooms with one or more windows
• Lodgers and separate occupiers were to be given a separate schedule. Boarders were to be included in the main household, but were separated on the enumeration book by a single stroke.

The remainder of this page is transcribed in full from the census returns.

The parish was split into 3 Enumeration Districts:

Enumeration District 1

The northern boundary of this enumeration district extends from the South Lodge of Tayfield west to Newport Castle (opposite Pluck the Crow Point) and thence along the sea coast to Wormit Bay. Along this boundary line are the following houses: Pluck the Crow, Fishers Cottage, Cowe Hole, the village of Woodhaven and Scroggie Side. The farms of Wormit & Newton form the western boundary and separate the parishes of Forgan and Balmerino. The farms and cottar houses are the only houses on this boundary line.
The southern boundary extends from Newton Hill east to Bogton, the houses of which on the north side of the road only belong to Forgan, and form part of the boundary between Forgan and Kilmany parishes. This southern boundary is continued from Bogton, by the south of the Links and Morendy Woods, separating between Forgan, Logie & Leuchars parishes, and meeting the southern extremity of the eastern boundary close to, but not including Peckletillom.
The eastern boundary of this division extends along the main road (running from Leuchars to Newport) from Commertone Houses and includes along the line St Fort Smithy and Forgan School house and ends where the northern boundary begins at South Lodge of Tayfield. In the centre of this district are St Fort House and servants' houses connected therewith, the farms and cottar houses of Wester Friarton, South Friarton and Flass, Seggie Den, Tayfield Mains and Water Stone Crook.
John Murdoch, Enumerator.

Enumeration District 2

The northern boundary of this enumeration district extends from James Street east of Newport along the sea coast to Greenside Scalp, opposite Scotscraig Turnpike and thence along the east march of the farm of Northfield, Craig Law and Scotscraig Burn, to a little south of Ferry Port on Craig Turnpike. The houses near this boundary line are (1) along the coast Craighead Cottages, Northfield farm and cottar houses; (2) opposite Craig Law, Cliff Terrace, Chesterhill & Knowhead.
The eastern boundary is Morton Estate in Forgan parish between Forgan & Ferry Port on Craig & Leuchars parishes, extending to the farms of Nine Wells and Kirkton Barns. The houses along this boundary are Morton Farm & Cottar Houses, Ninewells, Burnside, Kirkton Barns & Lawhouses.
The southern boundary passes along the north of Cowbakie Hill & Craigie Hill to the turnpike road from Leuchars to Newport. The houses near this line are Cauldhame, Forgan Manse, Myreside and East Friarton.
The western boundary is the eastern boundary of No. 1 enumeration district but extending from the South Lodge of Tayfield along by Newport but not including any portion of it as far as James Street, the western point of the northern boundary. The houses along this line are Old Schoolhouse, Tayfield Smithy and the farm of Craighead. In the centre of this enumeration district are the farms and cottar houses of Inverdovat, Causeyhead and Roseberry.
James Foggie, Enumerator.

Enumeration District 3

This enumeration district includes the whole of the village of Newport and the estate of Tayfield. It is of a triangular form and has for its northern boundary the Firth of Tay. It extends from James Street, the western point of the 2nd. enumeration district along the sea coast as far as Newport Castle opposite Wellgate House (inclusive).
Its southern boundary is the northern boundary of No. 1 enumeration district from Newport Castle to the South Lodge of Tayfield and the remaining side has for its boundary the northern boundary of No. 2 enumeration district from South Lodge of Tayfield to James Street east of Newport. With the exception of Tayfield House and North & South Lodges, the houses in this division are close together.
William Jamie, Enumerator.

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