The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : 12  Tay Street

Photo / old map: Map, Steedman 1825, ref. 15 Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

= Property still standing

Notes:      lower

Part of a divided property. Other parts: 14 Tay Street     

Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building between 1939 and 1960. Other properties involved : 14 Tay Street      One possible interpretation is given below.

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.440959,-2.940664

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):   Rio Cinema, St Marys Lane   2 Tay Street   4 Tay Street   6 Tay Street   8 Tay Street   10 Tay Street   14 Tay Street   18 Tay Street   20 Tay Street   22 Tay Street   (Bathing Shelter, Tay Street)   (old cottage [1], Tay Street)   (old cottage [2], Tay Street)   (old cottage [3], Tay Street)   (old byre [4], Tay Street)   (old byre [5a], Tay Street)   (Matthewson's Land [1], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [2], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [3], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [4], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [5], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [6], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [7], William Street)   (Matthewson's Land [8], William Street)   (stable, Matthewson's Land, William Street)   (stable & store, Matthewson's Land, William Street)   outbuilding behind 12 Tay Street, William Street  

Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      56

Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)

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Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 138 entries

Entries in the Registers of Voters

Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 52 entries

Dean of Guild Plans:

Held at Fife Archives. See index page

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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;

Basic Types of Sasine Abridgements     Worked example explaining the sasine transactions on the property pages     Sasine entries - background information and explanation

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