The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : 89  Tay Street

= Property still standing

Notes:      

Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1869. Other properties involved : 87 Tay Street      One possible interpretation is given below.

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:      56.445149,-2.937792

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   85 Tay Street   87 Tay Street   91 Tay Street   93 Tay Street   (Kempstane, Tay Street)   (Kempstane [2], Tay Street)   81 Tay Street  

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      322 (no transcripts on this site)

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

House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 146 entries

Entries in the Registers of Voters

Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 47 entries

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Sasine Abridgements:

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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