The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : 74  West Road

= Property still standing

Notes:      

Introduction

Sketch map from RHP85254, Glasgow & Dundee Junction Railway plans, 1845;
80 is now Coronation Garden;
83 is byre, stable, shed & outbuildings etc (Thomas Just);
85 is dwelling house, straw house, outbuildings & garden (Thomas Just);
86 is bathing house (Thomas Just);
87 is arable ground (Thomas Just);
above right of 88 is dwelling house etc (Mrs Isabella Brown/Cameron & Margaret Brown), now demolished (Riverside [3]);
89 is Wellgate House (William Thornton, David Pitcairn), now 78 West Road;
90 is Pluck-the-Craw (Mrs Jane Cameron, David Scott, John Baillie, Peter Inglis)

1 Riverside Lane and 74 West Road were built on the site of, or converted from, Thomas Just's house. 76 West Road was later added on to the west.

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.433874,-2.953418

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 Riverside Lane   Riverside [2], Riverside Lane   47 West Road   49 West Road   51 West Road   53 West Road   55 West Road   57 West Road   59 West Road   70 West Road   76 West Road   78 West Road   (Broadhaugh Steading, West Road)   (cottage, West Road)   (Photo studio, West Road)  

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      420      424

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 101 entries

Entries in the Registers of Voters

Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 54 entries

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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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