Location : 4 Tay Terrace
= Property still standing
Notes: downstairs
Other properties at the same location : 1 East Queen Street
Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1895. Other properties involved : 1 East Queen Street 7 James Street 2 Tay Terrace One possible interpretation is given below.
Introduction
House numbering in Tay Terrace, Kerr Street & East Queen Street was so problematic that the Town Council renumbered them in February 1937 and insisted that the new numbers be displayed. It appears to have had little effect.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.443343,-2.936909
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): 1 East Queen Street 3 East Queen Street 5 East Queen Street 7 James Street 8 James Street 4 Kerr Street 5 Kerr Street 6 Kerr Street 7 Kerr Street 8 Kerr Street 9 Kerr Street 9a, Kerr Street 47 Queen Street 49 Queen Street 51 Queen Street 53 Queen Street 2 Tay Terrace 5 Tay Terrace 6 Tay Terrace 7 Tay Terrace 8 Tay Terrace 10 Tay Terrace
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Reference no. 103
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
| Craighead Road | 1878 | |
| 2 Tay Terrace | 1901 and 1920s | |
| 3 Tay Terrace | 1936 |
House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
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Directory entries (before 1975) There are 94 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 dir | Davie, F. administrative assistant, 4 Tay Terrace | ||
| 1973 dir | Davie, F. administrative assistant, 4 Tay Terrace | ||
| 1972 dir | Davie, F. 4 Tay Terrace | ||
| 1964 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace | ||
| 1963 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace | ||
| 1962 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace | ||
| 1961 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace | ||
| 1960 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace | ||
| 1958-59 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace, East Newport. | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Young, Mrs Alexander, 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Young, Alexander, grocer and wine merchant, 5 Union street (Tel. No. N. 2254); h. 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | location 2 | |
| 1941-42 dir | Young, Alexander, grocer and wine merchant, 5 Union street (Tel. No. N. 2254); h. 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | location 2 | |
| 1940-41 dir | Young, Alexander, grocer and wine merchant, 5 Union street (Tel. No. N. 2234); h. 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | location 2 | |
| 1939-40 dir | Young, Alexander, grocer and wine merchant, 5 Union street (Tel No. N. 2254); h. 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | location 2 | |
| 1938-39 dir | Young, Alexander, grocer and wine merchant, 5 Union street (Tel. No. N. 54); h. 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | location 2 | |
| 1937-38 dir | Young, Alexander, grocer and wine merchant, 5 Union street (Tel. No. N. 54); h. 4 Tay terrace, East Newport | location 2 | |
| 1936-37 dir | Young, Alexander, grocer and wine merchant, 5 Union street (Telephone No. N. 54); h. 3 Tay terrace, East Newport | location 2 | |
| 1935-36 dir | Young, Alexander, grocer and wine merchant, 5 Union street (Telephone No. N. 54); h. 3 Tay terrace, East Newport | location 2 | |
| 1934-35 dir | Young, Alexander, grocer and wine merchant, 5 Union street (Telephone No. N. 54); h. 3 Tay terrace, East Newport | location 2 | |
| 1933-34 dir | Aitken, Mrs Jane, 3 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Aitken, Mrs Jane, 3 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Aitken, Mrs Jane, 3 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Aitken, Mrs Jane, 3 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Aitken, Mrs Jane, 3 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Aitken, Mrs Jane, 3 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1928 Kelly dir | Aitken Mrs. Tay terrace, E | ||
| 1927-28 dir | Aitken, Mrs James, 3 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1926-27 dir | Aitken, Mrs James, 2 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1925-26 dir | Aitken, Mrs James, 2 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1923-24 dir | Aitken, Mrs James, 2 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1922-23 dir | Aitken, Mrs James, 2 Tay terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1921 Slater dir | Drummond Mrs. Tay terrace, E | ||
| 1921 Slater dir | Aitken Mrs. Tay terrace, E | ||
| 1920-21 dir | Drummond, Mrs George, Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1918-19 dir | Drummond, Mrs George, Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1915-16 dir | Drummond, Mrs George, Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1915 Slater dir | Drummond Mrs. Tay terrace. E | ||
| 1914-15 dir | Drummond, Mrs George, Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1913-14 dir | Drummond, George (shipbroker, Dundee), Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1912-13 dir | Drummond, George (shipbroker, Dundee), Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1911 Slater dir | Thompson Thomas Hill, Tay terrace, E | ||
| 1910-11 dir | Thompson, Thos. H., cable superintendent, 3 Tay terrace, E. Newport | ||
| 1909-10 dir | Thompson, Thos. H., cable superintendent, 3 Tay terrace, E. Newport | ||
| 1908-09 dir | Thompson, Thos. H., cable superintendent, 3 Tay terrace, E. Newport | ||
| 1908 Tayside Annual | Thompson, Thos. H., cable supt., 3 Tay Ter. | ||
| 1907-08 dir | Thompson, T. Hill, cable superintendent, 3 Tay terrace | ||
| 1907 Tayside Annual | Thompson, Thos. H., cable supt., 3 Tay Ter. | ||
| 1907 Slater dir | Thompson Thomas Hill, Tay terrace, E | ||
| 1906-07 dir | Thompson, T. Hill, cable superintendent, 3 Tay terrace | ||
| 1905-06 dir | Thompson, T. Hill, cable superintendent, 3 Tay terrace | ||
| 1904-05 dir | Thompson, T. Hill, cable superintendent, 3 Tay terrace | ||
| 1903-04 dir | Thompson, T. Hill, cable superintendent, 3 Tay terrace | ||
| 1903-04 dir | Drummond, George (shipbroker, Dundee), 2 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1903 Slater dir | Thomson Thomas Hill, Tay terrace, E Newport | ||
| 1903 Slater dir | Philip James, 2 Tay terrace, E Newport | ||
| 1902-03 dir | Drummond, George (shipbroker, Dundee), 2 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1901-02 dir | Drummond, George (shipbroker, Dundee), 2 Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1899-00 dir | Philip, James, traveller, Tay terrace | ||
| 1899 Slater dir | Philip James, 2 Tay terrace, E | ||
| 1899 Slater dir | Philip James, comm. trav. 2 Tay ter. E [under Commercial] | ||
| 1898-99 dir | Philip, James, traveller, Tay terrace | ||
| 1897-98 dir | Philip, James, traveller, Tay terrace | ||
| 1896-97 dir | Philip, James, traveller, Tay terrace | ||
| 1896 Slater dir | Philip James, comm. trav. 2 Tay ter. E [under Commercial] | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Philip, James, traveller, Tay terrace | ||
| 1892-93 dir | Morrison, Matthew, jun., butcher, 2 High street ; h. Tay terrace | location 2 | |
| 1891-92 dir | Cochrane, Mrs J. J., Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1890-91 dir | Cochrane, Mrs J. J., Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1889-90 dir | Cochrane, Mrs J. J., Tay terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1889 Slater dir | Cochrane Mrs Helen, Tay ter., East Newport, Fife | ||
| 1888-89 dir | Cochrane, Mrs J. J., Tay terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1887-88 dir | Cochrane, Mrs J. J., Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1886-87 dir | Cochrane, Mrs J. J., Tay terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1886 Slater dir | Cochrane Mrs Helen, East Queen St | ||
| 1884-85 dir | Cochrane, Mrs J.J., Tay terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1882-83 dir | Cochrane, Mrs J. J., Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1882 Slater dir | Cochrane Mrs.-, Tay ter | ||
| 1878-79 dir | Kay, John (wholesale grocer, Dundee), Tay terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1877 Worrall dir | Kay Mr. John, Tay terrace | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Kay, John (wholesale grocer, Dundee), Tay Terrace, East Newport [* ms. addition -'Tay terrace' changed to 'Prospect Ter'] | ||
| 1874-75 dir | Kay, John (grocer, Dundee), Tay terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1871-72 dir | Kay, John (grocer, Dundee), Tay Terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1869-70 dir | Kay, John, (grocer, Dundee), Tay Terrace, East Newport |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879-1880 Voters | Keay, John | merchant | Easter Newport | |||||||
| 1878-1879 Voters | Keay, John | merchant | Easter Newport | |||||||
| 1874 Voters | Keay, John | grocer | ||||||||
| 1873 Voters | Keay, John | grocer |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Tay Terrace | Drummond | Wreathia M | 5 | ||||
| 1911 | 3 Tay Terrace | Thompson | Thomas H | 5 | ||||
| 1901 | Tay Terrace | Uninhabited | View household | |||||
| 1891 | Tay Terrace | Cochrane | Helen | 5 | View household | |||
| 1881 | Tay Terrace | Uninhabited | View household | |||||
| 1871 | Queen Street | Keay | John | 5 | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 47 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-75 | 170800 | House | Mrs Agnes P Davie | proprietor | 83 | View details | |||
| 1973-74 | 170800 | House | Mrs Agnes P Davie | proprietor | 83 | View details | |||
| 1972-73 | 170800 | House | Mrs Agnes P Davie | proprietor | 83 | View details | |||
| 1971-72 | 170800 | House | Mrs Agnes P Davie | proprietor | 83 | View details | |||
| 1969-70 | 1708 | House | Mrs Agnes P Davie | proprietor | 56 | View details | |||
| 1968-69 | 1708 | House | Mrs Agnes P Davie | proprietor | 56 | View details | |||
| 1967-68 | 579 | House | Mrs Agnes P Davie | proprietor | 56 | View details | |||
| 1966-67 | 579 | House | Mrs Agnes P Davie | proprietor | 56 | View details | |||
| 1964-65 | 579 | House | Philip M Eagles, Seacraig, 64 Tay Street, E Newport | empty | 55 | View details | |||
| 1961-62 | 1717 | House | Philip M Eagles, Seacraig, Tay Street, E Newport | Mrs Alice Young | 55 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 762 | House & Garden | Philip M Eagles, Seacraig, Tay Street, E Newport | Mrs Alice Young | 29-6-8 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 739 | House & Garden | Philip M Eagles, Seacraig, Tay Street, E Newport | Mrs Alice Young | 29-6-8 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 712 | House & Garden | Philip M Eagles, 1 East Queen Street, E Newport | Mrs Alice Young | 29-6-8 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 687 | House & Garden | Margaret M C Forsyth, 1 East Queen St, Newport | Mrs Alice Young | 29-6-8 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 673 | House & Garden | Margaret M C Forsyth, 1 East Queen St, Newport | Alexander Young | 29-6-8 | View details | |||
| 1940-41 | 673 | House & Garden | Margaret M C Forsyth, 1 East Queen St, Newport | Alexander Young | 29-6-8 | View details | |||
| 1937-38 | 676 | House & Garden | Margaret M C Forsyth, 1 E Queen St, Newport | Alexander Young | 29-6-8 | View details | |||
| 1935-36 | 646 | House & Garden | Margaret M C Forsyth | Alexander Young | 29-6-8 | View details | |||
| 1932-33 | 620 | House & Garden | Margaret M C Forsyth | Mrs James Aitken | 29-6-8 | View details | |||
| 1930-31 | 615 | House & Garden | Margaret M C Forsyth | Mrs James Aitken | 29-6-8 | View details | |||
| 1927-28 | 606 | House & Garden | Margaret M C Forsyth | Mrs James Aitken | 29-6-8 | View details | |||
| 1925-26 | 590 | House & Garden | Margaret M C Forsyth | Mrs James Aitken | same | 29-6-8 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 562 | House & Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth | Mrs James Aitken | same | 29-6-8 | View details | ||
| 1920-21 | 539 | House & Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth | Mrs George Drummond | same | 22 | View details | ||
| 1917-18 | 538 | House & Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth | Mrs George Drummond | same | 22 | View details | ||
| 1915-16 | 533 | House & Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth | Mrs George Drummond | same | 22 | View details | ||
| 1912-13 | 353 | House & Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth | George Drummond, shipping agent | same | 22 | View details | ||
| 1907-08 | 335 | House & Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth, 5 Bellefield Ave, Magdalen Green, Dundee | Thomas Hill Thompson, cable superintendent | same | 22 | View details | ||
| 1905-06 | 321 | House and Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth, 3 Bellefield Avenue, Magdalene Green, Dundee | Thomas Hill Thompson, cable superintendent | same | 22 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 318 | House and Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth, 3 Bellefield Avenue, Magdalene Green, Dundee | Thomas Hill Thompson, cable superintendent | same | 19-19-0 | View details | ||
| 1901-02 | 909 | House and Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth | George Drummond, clerk | same | 19-19-0 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 893 | House and Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth | M Macdougall | same | 19-19-0 | View details | ||
| 1899-00 | 859 | House and Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth | James B Philip, traveller | same | 22 | View details | ||
| 1897-98 | 811 | House and Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth, 50 Seafield Rd, Dundee | James B Philip, traveller | same | 22 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 785 | House and Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Miller or Forsyth, 50 Seafield Rd, Dundee | James B Philip, traveller | same | 22 | View details | ||
| 1895-96 | 751 | House and Garden | Mrs Elizabeth McKenzie or Forsyth, Thomson St, Perth Rd, Dundee | James B Philip, traveller | same | 22 | View details | ||
| 1894-95 | 706 | House and Garden | Lewis M'Kenzie, retired coachbuilder | empty | 19-19-0 | View details | |||
| 1893-94 | 685 | House and Garden | Lewis M'Kenzie, retired coachbuilder | Matthew Morrison jun, butcher | same | 19-19-0 | View details | ||
| 1892-93 | 671 | House and Garden | Lewis M'Kenzie, retired coachbuilder | Matthew Morrison jun, butcher | same | 19-19-0 | View details | ||
| 1891-92 | 655 | House and Garden | Lewis M'Kenzie, retired coachbuilder | Mrs Ellen Cochrane | same | 19-19-0 | View details | ||
| 1890-91 | 621 | House and Garden | Lewis M'Kenzie, retired coachbuilder | Mrs Ellen Cochrane | same | 19-19-0 | View details | ||
| 1889-90 | 594 | House and Garden | Lewis M'Kenzie, retired coachbuilder | Mrs Ellen Cochrane | same | 19-19-0 | View details | ||
| 1885-86 | 561 | House and Garden | Lewis M'Kenzie, retired coachbuilder | Mrs Ellen Cochrane | same | 19-19-0 | View details | ||
| 1881-82 | 453 | House and Garden | Lewis M'Kenzie, retired coachbuilder | same | Mrs Cochrane | 19-19-0 | View details | ||
| 1878-79 | 428 | House and Garden | Lewis M'Kenzie, retired coachbuilder | same | John Keay, merchant | 23 | View details | ||
| 1875-76 | 348 | House and Garden | Messrs. David Mann & Thomas Myles, builders | same | John Keay, merchant | 22 | View details | ||
| 1871-72 | 310 | House and Garden | Mann & Myles, builders | John Keay, grocer | 19-10-0 | View details |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 351 view details | East Newport | lot 22 | 66 pol | (Mann & Myles) | 2-4 Tay Tce, 7 James St, 1 E Queen St |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875.04941 | Hood / Wilson loan repaid | Disch by Isabella Hood / Wilson disburd bond (19 Feb 1868) £800 by Thomas Myles ... & David Mann ... of 65 pol grnd lot 22 of park E of Newport | 12 Oct 1875 | 351 | |
| 1875.04936 | Thomas Myles & David Mann to Lewis McKenzie | Disp by Thomas Myles ... & David Mann ... to Lewis McKenzie, residing Newport of 66 pol lot 22 & bldgs t/on, : N by Nairne St, : W by James St, : S by Pilmor St, pt of park E of Newport | 9 Oct 1875 | 351 | |
| 1868.02713 | loan by Isabella Hood / Wilson | Isabella Hood relict of John Wilson gets bond & disp £800 by Thomas Myles & David Mann over 66 pol grnd & houses etc t/on, no. 22 on plan of park E of Marytown | 29 Feb 1868 | 351 | |
| 1867.02466 | Tayfield to Thomas Myles & David Mann | Thomas Myles builder & David Mann builder reg feu ch to themselves by Berry, Tayfield of lot of 66 pol grnd no. 22 on plan of park E of Newport, Marytown, on S side of Nairne St | 23 Nov 1867 | 351 |
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;
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