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Location : 85  Tay Street

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Notes:      subdivided briefly in 1895

 

Introduction

85, 87 & 89 Tay Street: 85 was built and occupied by 1861. Either 87 or 89 was also built at this time. The third house was built by 1869. It is not possible, from the information available here, to tell whether 87 or 89 was the last one to be built.

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.445086,-2.937299

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):   83 Tay Street   87 Tay Street   88 Tay Street   89 Tay Street   90 Tay Street   91 Tay Street   92 Tay Street   93 Tay Street   95 Tay Street   97 Tay Street   99 Tay Street  

 

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      324 (no transcripts on this site)

 

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)

Abbotsgrange
Marybank Cottage 1861
Marybank 1881
Marybank Villa 1917
Woodbank Villa 1922
Errolbank 1937

 

 

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 154 entries

SourceEntry 
1974 dirEasson, Miss, 85 Tay Street
1973 dirEasson, Miss, 85 Tay Street
1972 dirEasson, Miss, 85 Tay Street
1971 dirEasson, Miss, 85 Tay Street
1970 dirEasson, Miss, 85 Tay Street
1969 dirEasson, Miss, 85 Tay Street
1968 dirEasson, Miss, 85 Tay Street
1967 dirEasson, Miss, 85 Tay street
1966 dirEasson, Miss, 85 Tay street
1965 dirEasson, Miss, 85 Tay street
1964 dirEasson, Miss, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1963 dirEasson, Miss, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1962 dirEasson, Miss, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1961 dirEasson, Mrs W., Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1960 dirEasson, Mrs W., Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1958-59 dirEasson, Mrs W., Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1957-58 dirEasson, Mrs W., Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1956-57 dirEasson, Mrs W., Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1955-56 dirEaston, Mrs W., Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1954-55 dirEasson, Mrs W., Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1953-54 dirEasson, Mrs W., Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1952-53 dirEasson, Mrs W., Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1951-52 dirEasson, William, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1950-51 dirEasson, William, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1949-50 dirEasson, William, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1948-49 dirEasson, William, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1947-48 dirEasson, William, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1946-47 dirEasson, William, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1942-43 dirEasson, William, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1941-42 dirEasson, William, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1940-41 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1940-41 dirEasson, William, Abbotsgrange, Tay street
1939-40 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1939-40 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1938-39 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1938-39 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1937-38 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1937-38 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1936-37 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1936-37 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1935-36 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st. Easter Newport
1935-36 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1934-35 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1934-35 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1933-34 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1933-34 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1932-33 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road; Secretary and Treasurer, [under Newport Bowling Club]location 2
1932-33 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1931-32 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1931-32 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1931-32 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road ; Secretary and Treasurer, [under Newport Bowling Club]location 2
1930-31 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1930-31 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1930-31 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road; Secretary and Treasurer, [under Newport Bowling Club]location 2
1929-30 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1929-30 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road ; Secretary and Treasurer, [under Newport Bowling Club]location 2
1929-30 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1928-29 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1928-29 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road; Secretary and Treasurer, [under Newport Bowling Club]location 2
1928-29 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1928 Kelly dirGrant John M. Errolbank
1927-28 MacDonald dirMcRitchie, Steel, Woodbank : Builders
1927-28 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1927-28 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road; Secretary and Treasurer, [under Newport Bowling Club]location 2
1927-28 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1926-27 MacDonald dirMcRitchie, Steel, Woodbank : Builders
1926-27 MacDonald dirGrant, J. M., Errol Bank, Tay st., Easter Newport
1926-27 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1926-27 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road; Secretary, [under Newport Bowling Club]location 2
1925-26 MacDonald dirMcRitchie, Steel, Woodbank. Phone No. 30 : Builders
1925-26 MacDonald dirM'Ritchie, S., Woodbank. Tay st,
1925-26 dirGrant, John M., Errolbank, Tayport road
1924-25 MacDonald dirM'Ritchie, S., Woodbank, Tay st.
1924-25 MacDonald dirMcRitchie, Steel, Woodbank. Phone No. 30 : Builders
1923-24 MacDonald dirMcRitchie, Steel, Woodbank. Phone No. 30 : Builders
1923-24 MacDonald dirM'Ritchie, S., Woodbank, Tay st.
1922-23 dirM'Ritchie, Steel (plasterer, Dundee), Woodbank, Tayport rd., E. Newport
1921-22 MacDonald dirMcRitchie, Steel, Woodbank. Phone No. 30 : Builders
1921 Slater dirMcRitchie Steel, Woodbank, E
1920-21 dirM'Ritchie, Steel (plasterer, Dundee), Marybank, Tayport rd., E. Newport
1919-20 MacDonald dirHeath, E., Marybank Villa, Tay st.
1918-19 MacDonald dirHeath, E., Marybank Villa, Tay st.
1918-19 dirPinkerton, Misses J. D. and A., Marybank, Tayport road, E. Newport
1917-18 MacDonald dirLaing, F., Marybank Villa, Tay st.
1916-17 MacDonald dirLaing, F., Marybank Villa, Tay st.
1915-16 MacDonald dirLowe, James, Marybank Villa
1915-16 dirLaing, W. F. (officer of customs and excise, Dundee), Marybank, Tayport road, East Newport
1915 Slater dirLaing Francis. Marybank, Tayport road, E
1914-15 MacDonald dirLowe, James, Marybank Villa
1914-15 dirLaing, W. F. (officer of customs and excise, Dundee), Marybank, Tayport road, East Newport
1913-14 MacDonald dirLowe, James, Marybank Villa
1913-14 dirLowe, Mrs Helen, Marybank cottage, East Newport
1913-14 dirLowe, J. M. (bank accountant, Dundee), Marybank, East Newport
1913-14 dirLow, J. M., Marybank, East Newport; Interim Hon. Secretary. [under Newport Choral Society]
1912-13 MacDonald dirLowe, James, Marybank Villa
1912-13 dirLowe, J. M., Marybank, East Newport; Interim Hon. Secretary, [under Newport Choral Society]
1912-13 dirLowe, Mrs Helen, Marybank cottage, East Newport
1912-13 dirLowe, J. M. (bank accountant, Dundee), Marybank, East Newport
1911-12 MacDonald dirLowe, James, Marybank Villa
1911-12 dirLowe, Mrs Helen, Marybank cottage, East Newport
1911-12 dirLowe, J. M. (bank accountant, Dundee), Marybank, East Newport
1911 Slater dirLowe James M. Marybank, Tayport rd. E
1910-11 MacDonald dirLowe, James, Marybank Villa
1910-11 dirLowe, J. M. (bank accountant, Dundee), Mary bank, East Newport
1910-11 dirLowe, Mrs Helen, Marybank cottage. East Newport
1909-10 MacDonald dirLowe, James, Marybank Villa
1909-10 dirLowe, Mrs Helen, Marybank cottage. East Newport
1909-10 dirLowe, J. M, (bank accountant, Dundee), Marybank, East Newport
1908-09 MacDonald dirLowe, James, Marybank Villa
1908-09 dirLowe, J. M., Marybank cottage, East Newport; Hon. Secretary, [under Newport Club]
1908-09 dirLowe, Mrs Helen, Marybank cottage, East Newport
1908-09 dirLowe, J. M. (bank accountant, Dundee), Marybank, East Newport
1908 Tayside AnnualLowe, James, accountant, Marybank, E.
1907-08 MacDonald dirLowe, James, Marybank Villa
1907-08 dirLowe, J. M. (bank accountant, Dundee), Marybank, East Newport
1907-08 dirLowe, Mrs Helen, Marybank cottage. East Newport
1907 Tayside AnnualLowe, James, accountant, Marybank, E.
1907 Tayside AnnualChristie, Miss Isabella, Marybank Villa, W.
1907 Slater dirLowe James M. Marybank. E
1906-07 MacDonald dirLowe, James, Marybank Villa
1906-07 dirLowe, Mrs Helen, Marybank cottage, East Newport
1905-06 dirLowe, Mrs Helen, Marybank cottage, East Newport
1904-05 dirLowe, Mrs Helen, Marybank cottage, East Newport
1902-03 dirAllison, John M, (sailmaker, Dundee), Marybank, East Newport
1901-02 dirAllison, John M. (sailmaker, Dundee), Marybank, East Newport
1899 Slater dirWorrall Mrs. A. T. Marybank, E
1896-97 dirNixon, J. A. L., Marybank villa, East Newport
1896 Slater dirNixon Hannah (Mrs.), householder, Marybank villa, Ferry road, E [under Commercial]
1895-96 dirNixon, J. A. L., Marybank villa. East Newport
1894-95 dirNixon, J. A. L , Marybank villa, East Newport
1893-94 dirKane, Mrs Paul (smallware merchant, Dundee), Marybank cottage, Tayport road
1893 Slater dirKane Mrs. Hannah, Marybank Villa, E N
1892-93 dirKane, Mrs Paul (smallware merchant, Dundee), Marybank cottage, Tayport road
1891-92 dirKane, Mrs Paul (smallware merchant, Dundee), Marybank cottage, Tayport road
1889 Slater dirRobertson Mrs Euphemia, Marybank Cottage, East Newport, Fife
1887-88 dirWhite, James, Marybank cottage
1886 Slater dirReoch Mrs Helen, Marybank Cottage, Tay st
1884-85 dirReoch, Mrs William, Marybank cottage, East Newport
1882-83 dirReoch, Mrs William, sen., Marybank cottage, East Newport
1882 Slater dirReoch, Mrs. Helen, Marybank Cottage
1880-81 dirReoch, Mrs, sen., Marybank cottage, East Newport
1878-79 dirReoch, Mrs, sen., Marybank cottage. East Newport
1878 Slater dirReoch Mrs. Helen, Marybank Cottage
1877 Worrall dirReoch Mrs. Wm. Mary bank Cottage
1876-77 dirReoch, Mrs William, Marybank cottage, East Newport
1874-75 dirReoch, Mrs William, Marybank Cottage
1873 Slater dirBell Mrs. A., Marybank Cottage, Newport
1871-72 dirBell, Mrs Archibald, Marybank Cottage, East Newport
1869-70 dirBell, Archibald, shipmaster, Marybank, East Newport
1867-68 dirBell, Archibald, shipmaster, Marybank, East Newport
1867 Slater dirBell Mr. Archibald, Newport
1867 Slater dirBell Archibald, Newport : Ship Owners
1866 Fife dirBell, Capt Archibald, shipmaster, E Newport
1862 Fife dirBell, Capt Archibald, shipmaster, E Newport

 

 

Entries in the Registers of Voters

SourceEnrol DateNameOccup.AddressQualificationPropertyatNotes
1864-1865 Voters 6 September 1862 Bell, Archibald shipmaster proprietor houses and garden Craighead
1862-1863 Voters 6 September 1862 Bell, Archibald shipmaster proprietor houses and garden Craighead
1846-1862 Voters addition Bell, Archibald shipmaster Craighead proprietor houses and garden, Craighead; occupied by himself and James Brown

 

Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1911 [Tayport Road, Marybank Villa] Lowe James M 7
1901 Tay Street Worrall Florence N 6View household
1891 Marybank Villa Kane Hannah 8View household
1881 Marybank Cottage Reoch Helen 7View household
1871 Tay Street Bell Catherine 10View household
1861 Mary Bank Cottage Bell Catherine 8View household

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 48 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1973-74160200House Beatrice Easson proprietor 150View details
1971-72160200House Beatrice Easson proprietor 150View details
1969-701602House Beatrice Easson proprietor 95View details
1967-68486House Beatrice Easson proprietor 95View details
1966-67486House Beatrice Easson proprietor 95View details
1964-65486House Beatrice Easson proprietor 79View details
1961-621620House Mrs Nellie Easson proprietor 79View details
1958-59735House & Garden Mrs Nellie Easson proprietor 42View details
1957-58712House & Garden Mrs Nellie Easson proprietor 42View details
1952-53687House & Garden Mrs Nellie Easson proprietor 42View details
1947-48662House & Garden William Easson & spouse proprietor 42View details
1942-43653House & Garden William Easson & spouse proprietor 42View details
1940-41653House & Garden William Easson & spouse said William Easson 42View details
1937-38656House & Garden John Murray Grant & spouse proprietor 42View details
1935-36629House & Garden John Murray Grant & spouse proprietor 42View details
1932-33603House & Garden John Murray Grant & spouse proprietor 42View details
1930-31599House & Garden John Murray Grant & spouse proprietor 42View details
1927-28591House & Garden John Murray Grant & spouse proprietor 42View details
1925-26575House & Garden John Murray Grant & spouse proprietor 42View details
1922-23545House & Garden Steel McRitchie, builder proprietor 45-10-0View details
1920-21523House & Garden Steel McRitchie, builder proprietor 35View details
1917-18522House & Garden Miss Isabella Christie Edwin Heath, managing director same 35View details
1915-16517House & Garden Miss Isabella Christie Francis Laing, officer of customs & excise same 35View details
1912-13615House & Garden Miss Isabella Christie James M Lowe, accountant same 35View details
1907-08595House & Garden Miss Isabella Christie, Craigation James M Lowe, accountant same 35View details
1905-06584House and Garden Miss Isabella Christie, Craigation, East Newport James Lowe same 35View details
1903-04575House and Garden Misses Mary & Isabella Christie, Craigation, East Newport per J Findlay jun, 69 Reform St, Dundee empty 35View details
1901-021169House and Garden Miss Mary Christie, Craigation, East Newport John Allison, ropemaker same 35View details
1900-011152House and Garden Miss Mary Christie, Craighead, Wallwood Rd, Leightonstone, Essex Mrs Florence N Worrall same 35View details
1899-001114House and Garden Miss Mary Christie, Craighead, Wallwood Rd, Leightonstone, Essex Mrs Florence N Worrall same 35View details
1897-981052House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Hannah Smith Kane or Nixon per Watt & Co, solicitors, Dundee empty 35View details
1896-971019House and Garden Trs of late Mrs Hannah Smith Kane or Nixon per Watt & Co, solicitors, Dundee proprietor 35View details
1895-96973House and Garden Mrs Hannah Smith Kane wife of John Aldworth Lalor Nixon, clerk said John A L Nixon 19View details
1895-96974House and Garden Mrs Hannah Smith Kane wife of John Aldworth Lalor Nixon, clerk Miss P Kane, clerk same 15View details
1894-95927House and Garden Mrs Han. Smith wife of John Aldworth Lalor Nixon, clerk, Dundee said John A L Nixon 34View details
1893-94901House and Garden Mrs Han. Smith or Kane, widow, wholesale smallware merchant, 33 Overgate, Dundee proprietor 34View details
1892-93880House and Garden Mrs Hannah Smith or Kane, widow, wholesale smallware merchant, 33 Overgate, Dundee proprietor 34View details
1891-92859House and Garden Mrs Hannah Smith or Kane, widow, wholesale smallware merchant, 33 Overgate, Dundee proprietor 34View details
1890-91814House and Garden Mrs Hannah Kane, widow, wholesale smallware merchant, 33 Overgate, Dundee proprietor 36View details
1889-90786House and Garden Mrs Mary Kydd, High St., Newport Mrs E M Robertson same 36View details
1885-86749House and Garden Mrs Mary Kydd, High St., Newport Mrs Helen Mackie or Reoch same 36View details
1881-82631House and Garden Trustees of late Archibald Bell, shipowner same Mrs Helen Mackie or Reoch 36View details
1878-79601House and Garden Trustees of late Archibald Bell, shipowner same Mrs Helen Mackie or Reoch 36View details
1875-76471House and Garden Trustees of late Archibald Bell, shipowner same Mrs Helen Mackie or Reoch 36View details
1871-72421House and Garden Trs of late Archibald Bell Mrs Bell 33View details
1867-68292House and Garden Archibald Bell, shipmaster Said Archibald Bell 30View details
1865-66268House and Garden Archibald Bell, shipmaster Said Archibald Bell 28View details
1864-65249House and Garden Archibald Bell, shipmaster Said Archibald Bell 28View details

 

 

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Plot: 122  view details Craighead lot 1 40.5 pol bounded S by turnpike; N partly by sea; W by 25' road preservation of lights W of lot 2; footpath access to lot 3; use of water & quarries 85 Tay St

 

Sasine Abridgements:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1891.00783Boase loan transferred to Henry Lawson senAssig by Alfred William Boase solicitor Dundee to Henry Lawson sen sometime harbourmaster now resid Railway Place Montrose of bond (9 March 1891) £400 by Hannah Smith / Kane widow of Paul Kane wholesale smallware merchant Dundee and also 40.5 pol grnd & dw ho etc t/on lot 1 : S road Newport – Ferryport : N partly by sea : W by 25' road2 June 1891122
1891.00220loan by Alfred William BoaseBond £400 & disp security by Hannah Smith / Kane widow of Paul Kane wholesale smallware merchant, Dundee to Alfred William Boase solicitor Dundee of 40.5 pol lot 1 & cottage t/on, : S by t/p to Ferryport, : N partly by the sdea, : W what was described as a 25' road in E Newport9 Mar 1891122
1890.06703Mary Bell / Kydd to Hannah Smith /KaneDisp by Mary Bell / Kydd Newport widow to Hannah Smith / Kane, Youngsdale Place, widow of 40.5 pol lot 1 & cottage t/on, : S by t/p to Ferryport, : N partly by the sdea, : W partly by 25' road (including half of the measurement) used as a footpath & partly by a shrubbery ... in E Newport ... pt of lands of Archibald Bell7 Jun 1890122
1882.01662Trs A Bell to Mary Bell / KyddDisp by Trs Archibald Bell to daughter Mary Bell / Kydd of pce grnd 40.5 pol, : S by t/p to Ferryport, : N partly by the sea, : W by 25' road (half of which is included in the measurement) & used as an access to this pce grnd & to the adjoining lot, & as a shrubbery, with dw ho t/on, lot 1 in plan of feu 5 Sep 1860 ... power to use water & quarries ... under declaration that Mary Bell / Kydd shall be bound, for preservation of lights, not to build on that part of lot 1 which lies W of and opposite the cottage on lot 2 ... & right of access by said footpath to lot 331 Mar 188266, 122

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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