Location : 109 Tay Street
Photo / old map: Map, Steedman 1825. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
= Property still standing
Notes:
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.44624,-2.936939
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): 103 Tay Street 105 Tay Street (cottage beside Craighead Cottage, Tay Street)
1854 Ordnance Survey Name Book Entry (originals at ScotlandsPlaces) (more information on the O.S. Name Books page)
| List of names to be corrected if necessary | Orthography, as recommended to be used in the new plans | Other modes of spelling the name | Authorities for these other modes of spelling when known | Situation | Descriptive remarks or other general observations which may be considered of interest | Source |
| Craighead Cottage | Craighead Cottage | Craighead Cottage; Craighead Cottage; Craighead Cottage | John Berry Esq. Tayfield; Mr. Smith Factor Chapelhouse; Property Documents. | About 1/4 of a mile N.E. of the Village of Easter Newport. | A small farm house one story high with offices, all in good repair. There is a garden and a small arable farm attached. Tenanted by Mr. Fyffe. The property of John Berry Esq. of Tayfield. | OS1/13/32/81 |
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Reference no. 331 (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)
| Rickards Point | 1864 | |
| Craighead Cottage | 1932 | |
| Seymour Cottage | 1947 | |
| Richard's Point | 1967 |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 29 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 dir | Dunlop, J., 109 Tay Street | ||
| 1973 dir | Dunlop, J., 109 Tay Street | ||
| 1972 dir | Dunlop, J., 109 Tay Street | ||
| 1971 dir | Dunlop, J., 109 Tay Street | ||
| 1970 dir | Dunlop, J., 109 Tay Street | ||
| 1969 dir | Dunlop, J., 109 Tay Street | ||
| 1968 dir | Dunlop, J., 109 Tay Street | ||
| 1908 Tayside Annual | Humphries, John, gardener, Craighead. | ||
| 1896 Slater dir | Clark Mary (Miss), householder, Craighead cottage, E [under Commercial] | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Clark, Miss, Craighead cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1894-95 dir | Clark, Miss, Craighead cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1893-94 dir | Clark, Miss, Craighead cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1892-93 dir | Clark, Alexander, gardener, Craighead cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1891-92 Lamburn dir | Clark, Alex., Craighead cot, E N : Gardeners. | ||
| 1891-92 dir | Clark, Alexander, gardener, Craighead cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1890-91 dir | Clark, Alexander, gardener, Craighead cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1889-90 dir | Clark, Alexander, gardener, Craighead cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1888-89 dir | Clark, Alexander, gardener, Craighead cottage. East Newport | ||
| 1887-88 dir | Clark, Alexander, gardener, Craighead cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1886-87 dir | Clark, Alexander, gardener, Craighead cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1885-86 dir | Clark, Alexander, gardener, Craighead cottage. East Newport | ||
| 1885 Clark dir | Clark, Alex., Craighead cottage, East Newport : Gardeners. | ||
| 1884-85 dir | Clark, Alexander, gardener, Craighead cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1878-79 dir | Mitchell, David (West Station, Dundee), Craighead cottage, E. Newport | ||
| 1877 Worrall dir | Mitchell David, Craighead Cottage | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Mitchell, David (West Station, Dundee), Craighead Cottage, E. Newport [* ms. alteration - 'Craighead Cottage, E.' deleted, 'W.' added] | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Mitchell, D. W. (clerk, Dundee), Craighead cottage. East Newport | ||
| 1874-75 dir | Mitchell, David, clerk, Craighead Cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1862 Fife dir | Husband, D, draper (Dundee), E Newport |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Male Voters | Turnbull, Robert | Gardener | Craighead, Newport | Tenant of House | Craighead |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Seymour Cottage | Kinnear | John | 6 | ||||
| 1911 | Tayport Road, Seymour Cottage | Sutherland | Thomas | 4 | ||||
| 1901 | Craighead Cottage Tay Street | Turnbull | Jessie | 4 | View household | |||
| 1891 | Craighead Cottage | Clark | Alexander | 4 | View household | |||
| 1881 | Craighead Cottage | Clark | Alexander | 4 | View household | |||
| 1871 | Tay Street | Seacraig Cottage | Don | James | 4 | View household | ||
| 1861 | Craighead Cottage | Husband | David | 4 | View household | |||
| 1851 | Uninhabited | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 52 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-75 | 161500 | House | John Dunlop | proprietor | 76 | View details | |||
| 1973-74 | 161500 | House | John Dunlop | proprietor | 76 | View details | |||
| 1972-73 | 161500 | House | John Dunlop | proprietor | 76 | View details | |||
| 1971-72 | 161500 | House | John Dunlop | proprietor | 76 | View details | |||
| 1969-70 | 1615 | House | John Dunlop | proprietor | 52 | View details | |||
| 1968-69 | 1615 | House | John Dunlop | proprietor | 52 | View details | |||
| 1967-68 | 498 | House | John Dunlop | proprietor | 52 | View details | |||
| 1966-67 | 498 | House | John Dunlop | proprietor | 52 | View details | |||
| 1964-65 | 498 | House | David A Gibson | proprietor | 53 | View details | |||
| 1961-62 | 1702 | House | David A Gibson | proprietor | 53 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 746 | House & Garden | David A Gibson | proprietor | 10 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 723 | House & Garden | David A Gibson | proprietor | 10 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 698 | House & Garden | Mrs Mary F Smith | proprietor | 10 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 673 | House & Garden | Dorothy Leng & Mrs Mildred Silver per former | James Mollison, gardener | 10 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 664 | House & Garden | Dorothy Leng, Mrs Mildred Silver & Edward Leng per first named | James Mollison, gardener | 10 | View details | |||
| 1940-41 | 664 | House & Garden | Dorothy Leng, Mrs Mildred Silver & Edward Leng per first named | James Mollison, gardener | 10 | View details | |||
| 1937-38 | 667 | House & Garden | Reps of John A St Quentin Leng, journalist per J & H Pattullo & Donald, 1 Bank St, Dundee | James Mollison, gardener | 10 | View details | |||
| 1935-36 | 640 | House & Garden | John A St Quentin Leng, journalist | James Mollison, gardener | 10 | View details | |||
| 1932-33 | 614 | House & Garden | John A St Quentin Leng, journalist | James Mollison, gardener | 10 | View details | |||
| 1930-31 | 609 | House & Garden | John A St Quentin Leng, journalist | John Kinnear, gardener | 10 | View details | |||
| 1927-28 | 601 | House & Garden | John A St Quentin Leng, journalist | John Kinnear, gardener | 10 | View details | |||
| 1925-26 | 585 | House & Garden | John A St Quentin Leng, journalist | John Kinnear, gardener | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 555 | House & Garden | John A St Quentin Leng, journalist | John Kinnear, gardener | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1920-21 | 533 | House & Garden | John A St Quentin Leng, journalist | John Kinnear, gardener | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1917-18 | 532 | House & Garden | John A St Quentin Leng, journalist | John Kinnear, gardener | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1915-16 | 527 | House & Garden | John A St Quentin Leng, journalist | John Kinnear, gardener | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1912-13 | 622 | House & Garden | John A St Quentin Leng, Seymour, Tayport Road, Newport | Thomas Sutherland, gardener | same | 10 | View details | ||
| 1907-08 | 602 | House & Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per William Bremner, agent, Dundee | James Reoch, Grenada, Newport | John Humphries, gardener | 10 | View details | ||
| 1905-06 | 591 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per William Bremner, agent, Dundee | James Reoch | John Bell, gardener | 10 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 582 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per William Bremner, agent, Dundee | James Reoch | John Bell, gardener | 10 | View details | ||
| 1901-02 | 1173 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per William Bremner, agent, Dundee | James Reoch | John Bell, gardener | 10 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 1156 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per William Bremner, agent, Dundee | Robert Turnbull, gardener | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1899-00 | 1118 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per F Tod, agent, Dundee | Robert Turnbull, gardener | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1897-98 | 1056 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per F Tod, bank agent, Dundee | Miss Lizzie Marr | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 1023 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per F Tod, bank agent, Dundee | Miss Lizzie Marr | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1895-96 | 978 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per F Tod, agent, Dundee | Miss Mary Clark | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1894-95 | 931 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per Alexander Scott, agent, Dundee | Miss Clark | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 905 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per Alexander Scott, agent, Dundee | Miss Clark | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1892-93 | 884 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per Alexander Scott, agent, Dundee | Miss Clark | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1891-92 | 863 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per Alexander Scott, agent, Dundee | Miss Clark | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1890-91 | 818 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per Alexander Scott, agent, Dundee | Execrs. of late Alexander Clark, gardener | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1889-90 | 790 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland per Alexander Scott, agent, Dundee | Alexander Clark, gardener | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1885-86 | 753 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland | Alexander Clark gardener | same | 12 | View details | ||
| 1881-82 | 635 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland | same | Alexander Clark gardener | 12 | View details | ||
| 1878-79 | 605 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland | same | David Mitchell, Caledonian Railway | 15 | View details | ||
| 1875-76 | 475 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland | same | David Mitchell, Caledonian Railway | 15 | View details | ||
| 1871-72 | 426 | House and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland | 15 | View details | ||||
| 1867-68 | 298 | Cottage and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland | Alexander Scott, banker | 14 | View details | |||
| 1865-66 | 273 | Cottage and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland | said Joseph Rickard | Joseph Rickard, innkeeper, Dundee | 14 | View details | ||
| 1864-65 | 254 | Cottage and Garden | Clydesdale Bank of Scotland | Joseph Riccard, innkeeper, Dundee | 14 | View details | |||
| 1860-61 | 217 | House and Garden | Eastern Bank of Scotland | George Wilson | 14 | View details | |||
| 1855-56 | 80 | House and Garden | Eastern Bank of Scotland, Dundee | Henry Blyth, merchant, Dundee | said Henry Blyth | 14 | View details |
Railway Map References:
| Plan | Year | Ref | Description | Owner or reputed owner | Occupier | [Comments] |
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| RHP85254 (G & D J) | 1845 | 5 | Dwelling house and garden ground | James Wilson (proprietor), William Berry (superior) | James Wilson | [Craighead Cottage - now 109 Tay St] |
Other Sightings:
| Year | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1825 | Building shown on map: Craighead | National Library of Scotland, Plan of the coast from Newport to Craighead, 1824-25, John Steedman |
Early Sasines:
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