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The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : 5  Tay Terrace

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= Property still standing

Notes:      upstairs

Other properties at the same location : 4 Kerr Street     

Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1912. Other properties involved : 1 Tay Terrace     3 Tay Terrace     7 Tay Terrace      One possible interpretation is given below.

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.443533,-2.937494

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   2 James Street   4 James Street   5 James Street   7 James Street   8 James Street   2 Kerr Street   3 Kerr Street   4 Kerr Street   5 Kerr Street   6 Kerr Street   7 Kerr Street   8 Kerr Street   9 Kerr Street   10 Kerr Street   11 Kerr Street   54 King Street   56 King Street   80 Tay Street   1 Tay Terrace   2 Tay Terrace   3 Tay Terrace   4 Tay Terrace   7 Tay Terrace  

 

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      117      122

 

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

3 Woodriffe Terrace1880s
7 Woodriffe Terrace1918
6 Woodriffe Terrace1927

 

 

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

Woodriffe Terrace

 

 

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 77 entries

SourceEntry 
1971 dirCraig, Mrs J. D., teacher, 5 Tay Terrace
1970 dirCraig, Mrs J. D., teacher, 5 Tay Terrace
1969 dirCraig, Mrs J. D., teacher, 5 Tay Terrace
1968 dirCraig, Mrs J. D., teacher, 5 Tay Terrace
1967 dirCraig, Mrs J. D., teacher, 5 Tay terrace
1966 dirCraig, Mrs J. D., teacher, 5 Tay terrace
1965 dirCraig, Mrs J. D., teacher, 5 Tay terrace
1964 dirCraig, Mrs J. D., teacher, 5 Tay terrace
1963 dirCraig, Rev. James D., retired, 5 Tay terrace
1962 dirCraig, Rev. James D., retired, 5 Tay terrace
1961 dirCraig, Rev. James D., retired, 5 Tay terrace
1960 dirCraig, Rev. James D., retired, 5 Tay terrace
1958-59 dirCraig, Rev. James D., retired, 5 Tay terrace
1957-58 dirCraig, Rev. James D., retired, 5 Tay terrace
1956-57 dirShearer, Miss Catherine M., 5 Tay terrace
1955-56 dirShearer, Miss Catherine M., 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1954-55 dirShearer, Mrs. 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1953-54 dirShearer, Mrs, 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1952-53 dirShearer, Mrs, 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1951-52 dirShearer, Mrs, 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1950-51 dirShearer, Mrs, 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1949-50 dirShearer, Mrs, 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1948-49 dirShearer, Mrs, 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1947-48 dirShearer, Mrs, 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1946-47 dirShearer, Mrs, 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1942-43 dirShearer, Mrs, 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1941-42 dirShearer, Mrs, 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1940-41 dirShearer, Mrs, 5 Tay terrace, East Newport
1939-40 dirShearer, Mrs, 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1938-39 dirShearer, Mrs, 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1937-38 dirShearer, Mrs, 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1936-37 dirShearer, Mrs, 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1935-36 dirShearer, Mrs, 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1934-35 dirShearer, Mrs, 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1933-34 dirShearer, Mrs, 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1932-33 dirShearer, Mrs, 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1931-32 dirShearer, Mrs, 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1930-31 dirShearer, Mrs, 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1929-30 dirShearer, Mrs, 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1928-29 dirShearer, W. Cameron (insurance manager, Dundee), 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1928 Kelly dirShearer W. Cameron, 6 Woodriffe ter. E
1927-28 dirShearer, W. Cameron (insurance manager, Dundee), 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1926-27 dirShearer, W. Cameron (insurance inspector, Dundee), 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1925-26 dirShearer, Mrs B. D., 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1925-26 dirCameron, W. Shearer [sic] (insur. insptr., Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport
1923-24 dirShearer, Mrs B. D., 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1922-23 dirShearer, Mrs B. D., 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1920-21 dirShearer, Mrs B. D., 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1918-19 dirRollo, John, shipmaster, 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1918-19 dirShearer, Mrs B. D., 6 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1907-08 dirStewart, Mrs, Woodrifffe terrace
1906-07 dirStewart, Mrs, Woodriffe terrace
1905-06 dirStewart, Mrs, Woodriffe terrace
1904-05 dirStewart, Mrs, Woodriffe terrace
1902-03 dirCrockett, Alexander D., clerk, Woodriffe terrace. East Newport
1901-02 dirCrockett, Alexander D., clerk, Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1899-00 dirScroggie, Mrs, Woodriffe terrace. East Newport
1899 Slater dirScroggie Mrs. householder, Woodriffe ter. E [under Commercial]
1896 Slater dirScroggie Mrs. householder, Woodriffe ter. E [under Commercial]
1893-94 dirRollo, George (merchant, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1893 Slater dirRollo Mr. George, Woodriffe ter
1892-93 dirRollo, George (merchant, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1891-92 dirDuncan, David (clerk, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1891-92 dirRollo, George (merchant, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1890-91 dirDuncan, David (clerk, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1889-90 dirDuncan, David (clerk, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1889 Slater dirDuncan Mr David, Woodriffe ter., Newport, Fife
1888-89 dirDuncan, David (clerk, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1887-88 dirDuncan, David (clerk, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, East Newport
1886-87 dirDuncan, David (clerk, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace. East Newport
1886 Slater dirDuncan David, Woodriffe Ter. Kerr St
1885-86 dirDuncan, David (clerk, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace. East Newport
1884-85 dirScott, Wm. A. (carver and gilder, Dundee), Woodriffe villas, E. Newport
1882-83 dirScott, Wm. A. (carver and gilder, Dundee), 3 Woodriffe ter., E. Newport
1882 Slater dirScott Mr. William A., Woodriffe ter
1880-81 dirScott, Wm. A. (carver and gilder, Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport
1878-79 dirScott, William A. (carver and gilder, Dundee),Woodriffe ter., E. Newport

 

 

Entries in the Registers of Voters

SourceEnrol DateNameOccup.AddressQualificationPropertyatNotes
1879-1880 Voters Scott, William carver & Gilder Easter Newport

 

Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1921 Woodriffe Terrace Shearer Isabella D 6
1901 Woodriffe Terrace Uninhabited View household
1891 Woodrife Terrace Duncan David 6View household
1881 Woodriffe Terrace Scott William A 6View household

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 42 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1973-74168700House David W Bett proprietor 104View details
1971-72168700House Major Robert B Borthwick proprietor 104View details
1969-701687House Mrs Isabella B Craig proprietor 63View details
1967-68562House Mrs Isabella B Craig proprietor 63View details
1966-67562House Mrs Isabella B Craig proprietor 63View details
1964-65562House Mrs Isabella B Craig proprietor 62View details
1961-621710House James D Craig proprietor 62View details
1958-59754House & Garden James D Craig proprietor 34-4-8View details
1957-58731House & Garden James D Craig proprietor 34-4-8View details
1952-53703House & Garden Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer 34-4-8View details
1947-48679House & Garden Tay-Kerr Investments Ltd per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer 31-9-0View details
1942-43670House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer 31-9-0View details
1940-41670House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer 31-9-0View details
1937-38673House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer 31-9-0View details
1935-36323House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer 31-9-0View details
1932-33724House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer 31-9-0View details
1930-31722House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer 31-9-0View details
1927-28713House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer 31-9-0View details
1925-26694House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer same 31-9-0View details
1922-23667House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer same 31-8-10View details
1920-21645House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer same 22View details
1917-18644House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer same 22View details
1915-16640House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer same 22View details
1912-13371House & Garden Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mrs Bella D Shearer same 22View details
1907-08352House & Garden Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J & E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee empty 22View details
1905-06339House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee Jessie Stewart same 22View details
1903-04336House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee empty 22View details
1901-02926House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee Alexander W Crockett same 22View details
1900-01910House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee empty 24View details
1899-00876House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee Mrs Catherine Scroggie same 24View details
1897-98828House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee Mrs Catherine Scroggie same 24View details
1896-97802House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee Mrs Catherine Scroggie same 24View details
1895-96768House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee Mrs Catherine Scroggie same 24View details
1894-95723House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee Mrs Scroggie same 24View details
1893-94700House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee George Rollo, insurance agent same 24View details
1892-93686House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J & E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee George Rollo, insurance agent same 24View details
1891-92670House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, 13 Overgate, Dundee George Rollo, insurance agent same 24View details
1890-91636House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, 13 Overgate, Dundee David Duncan, clerk same 24View details
1889-90609House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, 13 Overgate, Dundee David Duncan, clerk same 24View details
1885-86576House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston solicitors Dundee David Duncan, clerk same 24View details
1881-82467House and Garden Messrs Reid & Johnston solicitors Dundee same William Scott carver & gilder 26View details
1878-79445House and Garden David Blyth, builder same William Scott, carver and gilder 30View details

 

 

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Plot: 461  view details East Newport 80.06 pol W-most part of 380.461 pol & 4 tenements (Reid & Johnston) 2-5 Kerr St, 1-7 Tay Tce

 

Sasine Abridgements:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1884.04537Dickson loan transferred to Trs James Glassford Gordon GlassfordAssig by Trs deceased John Dickson, Corstorphine, consent Reid & Johnston to Trs deceased James Glassford Gordon Glassford ... Rankeillour Hope of bond (15 Nov 1878) £2200 by Reid & Johnston ... over 80.06 pol & 4 tenements of dwelling houses t/on, : N by Kerr St, : S by Nairne St19 May 1884461
1878.03677loan by Trs John DicksonBond £2200 by Reid & Johnston & disp to Trs deceased John Dickson, Corstorphine, of 80.06 pol grnd & 4 tenements t/on, : N by Kerr St, : S by Nairne St, the W-most portion of 380.461 pol, pt of park E of Marytown15 Nov 1878461

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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