Location : 2 Woodmuir Terrace
= Property still standing
Notes: upstairs
Other properties at the same location : 8 Shepherds Road
Introduction
Link with second Tay Bridge: Thomas Arrol stayed here.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.43505,-2.947528
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): 6 Shepherds Road 8 Shepherds Road 10 Shepherds Road 1 West Road 4 West Road 5 West Road 1 Woodmuir Terrace 5 Woodmuir Terrace 7 Woodmuir Terrace 9 Woodmuir Terrace 11 Woodmuir Terrace 13 Woodmuir Terrace 15 Woodmuir Terrace
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
| Shepherds Brae | ||
| 4 Shepherds Road |
House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| Rosebank | ||
| Rosebank House |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 103 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, 2 Woodmuir Terrace | ||
| 1973 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, 2 Woodmuir Terrace | ||
| 1972 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, 2 Woodmuir Terrace | ||
| 1971 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, 2 Woodmuir Terrace | ||
| 1970 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, 2 Woodmuir Terrace | ||
| 1969 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, 2 Woodmuir Terrace | ||
| 1968 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, 2 Woodmuir Terrace | ||
| 1967 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, 2 Woodmuir terrace | ||
| 1966 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, 2 Woodmuir terrace | ||
| 1965 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, 2 Woodmuir terrace | ||
| 1964 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, Rosebank, Woodmuir terrace | ||
| 1963 dir | Cairns, Mrs May, Rosebank, Woodmuir terrace | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Mitchell, D. S., Rosebank, Shepherd's brae | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Mitchell, D. S., Rosebank, Shepherd's brae | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Mitchell, D. S., Rosebank, Shepherd's brae, West Newport | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Mitchell, D. S., Rosebank, Shepherd's brae, West Newport | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Mitchell, D. S., Rosebank, Shepherd's brae, West Newport | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Mitchell, D. S., Rosebank, Shepherd's brae, West Newport | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Mitchell, D. S., Rosebank, Shepherd's brae, West Newport | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Vincent, Miss H. E., Rosebank, Shepherd's road, West Newport | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Vincent, Miss H. E., Rosebank, W. Newport; Secretary, [under Newport Literary And Debating Society] | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Vincent, Miss H. E., Rosebank, Shepherd's road, West Newport | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Vincent, Miss H. E., Rosebank, W. Newport; Secretary, [under Newport Literary And Debating Society] | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Vincent, Miss H. E., Rosebank, W. Newport; Secretary, [under Newport Literary And Debating Society] | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Vincent, Miss H. E., Rosebank, Shepherd's road, West Newport | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Vincent, Miss H. E., Rosebank, Shepherd's road, West Newport | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Vincent, Miss H. E., Rosebank, Shepherd's road, West Newport | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Vincent, Miss H. E., Rosebank, Shepherd's road, West Newport | ||
| 1937-38 dir | Milne, Miss, Rosebank house, Woodmuir terrace, West Newport | ||
| 1936-37 dir | Milne, Miss, Rosebank house, Woodmuir terrace, West Newport | ||
| 1935-36 dir | Milne, Miss, Rosebank house, Woodmuir terrace, West Newport | ||
| 1934-35 dir | Riddell, Charles, Rosebank house, Woodmuir terrace, West Newport | ||
| 1928-29 MacDonald dir | Salmond, J. B., Shepherd's rd., W. N. | ||
| 1927-28 MacDonald dir | Salmond, J. B., Shepherd's rd., W. N. | ||
| 1926-27 MacDonald dir | Salmond, J. B., Shepherd's rd., W. N. | ||
| 1926-27 dir | Noakes, Miss Julia, Rosebank house, Shepherd's road, West Newport | ||
| 1926-27 dir | Salmond, James B., journalist, Rosebank, Shepherd's road, W. Newport | ||
| 1925-26 MacDonald dir | Noakes, Mrs, Shepherd's road, W. N. | ||
| 1925-26 dir | Salmond, James, journalist, Rosebank, Shepherd road, West Newport | ||
| 1925-26 dir | Noakes, Miss Julia, Rosebank house, Shepherd's road, West Newport | ||
| 1924-25 MacDonald dir | Noakes, Mrs, Shepherd's road, W. N. | ||
| 1923-24 MacDonald dir | Noakes, Mrs, Shepherd's road, W. N. | ||
| 1923-24 dir | Noakes, Miss Julia, Rosebank house, Shepherd's road, West Newport | ||
| 1922-23 dir | Noakes, Miss Julia, Rosebank house, Woodmuir terrace, West Newport | ||
| 1920-21 dir | Guthrie, Mrs, Woodmuir terrace, West Newport | ||
| 1918-19 dir | Guthrie, Mrs, Woodmuir terrace, West Newport | ||
| 1917-18 MacDonald dir | Kay, Jas. M'E., Rosebank. Wester Newport | ||
| 1916-17 MacDonald dir | Kay, Jas. M'E., Rosebank, Wester Newport | ||
| 1915-16 MacDonald dir | Kay, Jas. M'E., Rosebank, Wester Newport | ||
| 1915-16 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1915 Slater dir | Kay James, Rosebank, W | ||
| 1914-15 MacDonald dir | Kay, Jas. M'E., Rosebank, Wester Newport | ||
| 1914-15 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1913-14 MacDonald dir | Kay, Jas. M'E., Rosebank, Wester Newport | ||
| 1913-14 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1912-13 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1911-12 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1911 Slater dir | Kay James, Rosebank, W | ||
| 1910-11 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house. West Newport | ||
| 1909-10 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house. West Newport | ||
| 1908-09 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house. West Newport | ||
| 1908 Tayside Annual | Kay, James M., cashier, Rosebank, W. Newport. | ||
| 1907-08 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1907 Tayside Annual | Kay, James M., cashier, Rosebank, W. Newport, | ||
| 1907 Slater dir | Kay James, Rosebank, W | ||
| 1906-07 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1905-06 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1904-05 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house. West Newport | ||
| 1903-04 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1903 Slater dir | Kay James, Rosebank, W Newport | ||
| 1902-03 dir | Kay, James (cashier, Dundee), Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1900-01 dir | Willsher, Henry, Rosebank house. West Newport | ||
| 1899-00 dir | Willsher, F., Shepherd's brae, West Newport; Secretary and Treasurer, [under Newport Cricket Club, Ground, Waterston Park] | location 2 | |
| 1899-00 dir | Willsher, Henry, Rosebank house. West Newport | ||
| 1898-99 dir | Willsher, Henry, Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1897-98 dir | Willsher, Henry, Rosebank house. West Newport | ||
| 1896-97 dir | Willsher, Henry, Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Craig, Mrs Alexander, Rosebank house. West Newport | ||
| 1894-95 dir | Craig, Mrs Alexander, Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1893-94 dir | Craig, Mrs Alexander, Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1893 Slater dir | Craig Mrs. Betsy, Rosebank House, W N | ||
| 1892-93 dir | Craig, Mrs Alexander, Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1891-92 Lamburn dir | Craig, Alex., Woodmuir, E N : House Factor | ||
| 1891-92 dir | Craig, Mrs Alexander, Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1890-91 dir | Craig, Alexander, housefactor, Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1889-90 dir | M'Kenzie, David, clerk, Rosebank house | ||
| 1889 Slater dir | M'Kenzie Mr David, Rosebank House, West Newport, Fife | ||
| 1888-89 dir | M'Kenzie, David, clerk, Rosebank house | ||
| 1887-88 dir | M'Kenzie, David, clerk, Rosebank house | ||
| 1886-87 dir | Arrol, Thos., engineer, Tay Bridge works; h. Rosebank, W. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1885-86 dir | Arrol, Thos., engineer, Tay Bridge works; h. Rosebank, W. Newport | location 2 | |
| 1884-85 dir | Arrol, Thomas, Tay Bridge Works ; h. Rosebank, West Newport | location 2 | |
| 1882-83 dir | Hume, Misses, Rosebank house, West Newport | ||
| 1882 Slater dir | Hume The Misses, Rosebank, W N | ||
| 1880-81 dir | Hume, Misses, Rosebank house | ||
| 1878-79 dir | Hume, Misses, Rosebank, West Newport | ||
| 1878 Slater dir | Hume The Misses, Rosebank, W N | ||
| 1877 Worrall dir | Hume Mrs. - , Rosebank House, W. | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Hume, Misses, Rosebank, West Newport | ||
| 1874-75 dir | Hume, Misses, Rosebank House, West Newport | ||
| 1873 Slater dir | Hunter Mrs. D., Rosebank House, Newport | [should this be Hume?] | |
| 1871-72 dir | Hume, Mrs David, Rosebank House, West Newport | ||
| 1862 Fife dir | Whittet, Miss Helen, W Newport |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Male Voters | Wilsher, Harry | Waiter | Rosebank, West Newport | Tenant of House | Rosebank |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Rosebank House | Noakes | Julia E | 5 | ||||
| 1911 | Lower Woodmuir Terrace, Rosebank | Kay | James M | 6 | ||||
| 1901 | Woodmuir Park | Willsher | Henry | 5 | View household | |||
| 1891 | Farquharson | David G | 7 | View household | ||||
| 1881 | Rosebank | Hume | Wilhelmina | 5 | View household | |||
| 1871 | Woodmuir Park | Rosebank House | Hume | Isabella T | 2 | View household | ||
| 1861 | 23 east from Castle | Whittet | Helen | 5 | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 49 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-74 | 256000 | House | Mrs May Cairns | proprietor | 85 | View details | ||
| 1971-72 | 256000 | House | Mrs May Cairns | proprietor | 85 | View details | ||
| 1969-70 | 2560 | House | Mrs May Cairns | proprietor | 61 | View details | ||
| 1967-68 | 1118 | House | Mrs May Cairns | proprietor | 61 | View details | ||
| 1966-67 | 1118 | House | Mrs May Cairns | proprietor | 61 | View details | ||
| 1964-65 | 1118 | House | Mrs May Cairns | proprietor | 60 | View details | ||
| 1961-62 | 3026 | House | Mrs May Cairns | proprietor | 60 | View details | ||
| 1958-59 | 1207 | House & Garden | Trs of late Mrs Nellie Mitchell | proprietor | 33 | View details | ||
| 1957-58 | 1185 | House & Garden | Mrs Nellie Mitchell | proprietor | 33 | View details | ||
| 1952-53 | 1152 | House & Garden | Mrs Nellie Mitchell | proprietor | 33 | View details | ||
| 1947-48 | 1116 | House & Garden | Ruth Lowe Milne, Morar, 45 Station Rd, Llanishen, Cardiff | Jane A & Elizabeth J W Milne | 33 | View details | ||
| 1942-43 | 1098 | House & Garden | Ruth Lowe Milne, Morar, 45 Station Rd, Llanishen, Cardiff | Jane A & Elizabeth J Milne | 33 | View details | ||
| 1940-41 | 1097 | House & Garden | Jeanie wife of William W Milne, Morar, 45 Station Rd, Llanishen, Cardiff | Jane A & Elizabeth J Milne | 33 | View details | ||
| 1937-38 | 1118 | House & Garden | Jeanie wife of William W Milne, Morar, Station Rd, Llanishen, Cardiff | Ellen T Milne | 33 | View details | ||
| 1935-36 | 1080 | House & Garden | Jeanie wife of William W Milne, Agra House, Tayport | Ellen T Milne | 33 | View details | ||
| 1932-33 | 1032 | House & Garden | Mrs Isobel D Riddell | proprietor | 33 | View details | ||
| 1930-31 | 1029 | House & Garden | Mrs Isobel D Riddell | proprietor | 33 | View details | ||
| 1927-28 | 1019 | House & Garden | Mrs Isobel D Riddell | proprietor | 33 | View details | ||
| 1925-26 | 999 | House & Garden | Julia Noakes per Fergusson & Stephen, 20 Whitehall St, Dundee | J B Salmond, sub-editor | same | 37-7-4 | View details | |
| 1922-23 | 973 | House & Garden | Julia Noakes | proprietor | 34-11-0 | View details | ||
| 1920-21 | 952 | House & Garden | Trs of late D G Farquharson per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee | John A Guthrie, commercial traveller | same | 26 | View details | |
| 1917-18 | 951 | House & Garden | Trs of late D G Farquharson per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee | John A Guthrie, commercial traveller | same | 26 | View details | |
| 1915-16 | 944 | House & Garden | Trs of late D G Farquharson per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee | James McEwan Kay, cashier | same | 26 | View details | |
| 1912-13 | 893 | House & Garden | Trs of late D G Farquharson per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee | James McEwan Kay, cashier | same | 26 | View details | |
| 1907-08 | 870 | House & Garden | Trs of late D G Farquharson per John Rattray & Sons, 50 Barrack St, Dundee | James McEwan Kay, cashier | same | 22 | View details | |
| 1905-06 | 850 | House and Garden | Trs of late D G Farquharson per John Rattray, 50 Barrack ST, Dundee | James McEwan Kay, cashier | same | 22 | View details | |
| 1903-04 | 839 | House and Garden | Mrs Agnes Craig or Farquharson | James McEwan Kay, cashier | same | 19-19-0 | View details | |
| 1901-02 | 649 | House and Garden | Mrs Agnes Craig or Farquharson | Harry Wilsher, waiter | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1900-01 | 637 | House and Garden | Mrs Agnes Craig or Farquharson | Harry Wilsher, waiter | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1899-00 | 607 | House and Garden | Mrs Agnes Craig or Farquharson | Harry Wilsher, waiter | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1897-98 | 558 | House and Garden | Mrs Agnes Craig or Farquharson | Harry Wilsher, waiter | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1896-97 | 535 | House and Garden | Mrs Agnes Craig or Farquharson | Mrs Elizabeth Craig | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1895-96 | 498 | House and Garden | Mrs Agnes Craig or Farquharson | Mrs Elizabeth Craig | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1894-95 | 456 | House and Garden | Mrs Agnes Craig or Farquharson | Mrs Elizabeth Craig | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1893-94 | 434 | House and Garden | David G Farquharson, house agent, 3 Barrack St, Dundee | Mrs Craig | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1892-93 | 423 | House and Garden | David G Farquharson, house agent, 3 Barrack St, Dundee | Mrs Craig | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1891-92 | 410 | House and Garden | David G Farquharson, house agent, 3 Barrack St, Dundee | Mrs Craig | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1890-91 | 382 | House and Garden | David G Farquharson, house agent, 3 Barrack St, Dundee | Alexander Craig | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1889-90 | 361 | House and Garden | David G Farquharson, house agent, 3 Barrack St, Dundee | Alexander Craig | same | 18 | View details | |
| 1885-86 | 334 | House and Garden | Miss Elizabeth Shepherd,teacher, Burn Place, Bonnyrigg, Edinburgh | Miss Wilhemina Thoms Hume | Thomas Arrol, contractor | 19-19-0 | View details | |
| 1881-82 | 231 | House and Garden | Miss Elizabeth Shepherd, Cockpen, Bonnyrigg, Edinburgh | same | Miss Wilhemina Thoms Hume | 19-19-0 | View details | |
| 1878-79 | 230 | House and Garden | James Shepherd, late boatman | same | Miss Wilhemina Thoms Hume | 23 | View details | |
| 1875-76 | 206 | House and Garden | James Shepherd, late boatman | same | Miss Wilhemina Thoms Hume | 19-19-6 | View details | |
| 1871-72 | 190 | House and Garden | James Shepherd, boatman | Miss David Hume | 19-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1867-68 | 170 | House and Garden | James Shepherd, boatman | Mrs Edie | 18 | View details | ||
| 1865-66 | 165 | House and Garden | James Shepherd, boatman | said Mrs Edie | Mrs Edie, coal merchant | 18 | View details | |
| 1864-65 | 156 | House and Garden | James Shepherd, boatman | - Edie, coal merchant | 18 | View details | ||
| 1860-61 | 144 | House and Garden | James Shepherd, boatman, Ferryport on Craig | Miss Helen Whittet | 16 | View details | ||
| 1855-56 | 203 | House and Garden | James Shepherd, boatman, Newport | Mrs Helen Whittet | said Mrs Helen Whittet | 16 | View details |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 212 view details | Woodmuir | lot 14 | 44.5 pol | (Shepherd) | 8 Shepherds Rd, 2 Woodmuir Tce |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888.03861 | Trs James Shepherd to David Guthrie Farquharson | Disp by Trs dec James Shepherd, sometime boatman, residing Newport, then feuar, Rosebank, West Newport to David Guthrie Farquharson, house agent Dundee of 44.5 poles grnd & dw ho etc t/on, lot 14 of Woodmuir Park | 3 Sep 1888 | 212 | |
| 1888.03783 | James Shepherd to Trs | Not Instr Trs dec James Shepherd, Rosebank House, West Newport, sometime boatman, of 44.5 poles grnd & dw ho etc t/on, lot 14 of Woodmuir Park [see also 1888.03554] | 7 Aug 1888 | 212 | |
| 1888.03554 | James Shepherd to Trs | Not Instr Trs dec James Shepherd, Rosebank House, West Newport, sometime boatman, of 44.5 poles grnd & dw ho etc t/on, lot 14 of Woodmuir Park [see also 1888.03783] | 7 Jun 1888 | 212 | |
| 1878.02877 | Removal of height restriction on buildings on Woodmuir House garden [Duncraig] | Ren by James Shepherd, boatman residing Newport, proprietor of pce grnd immediately S of Woodmuir House Garden in favour of Hugh Scott, manufacturer Dundee, proprietor of said garden - of a right of servitude over said Woodmuir House Garden which servitude is to the effect that any buildings which shall be erected on said garden shall not exceed a storey and a half in height, & including the roof & chimney stalks thereof shall not exceed a height of 25' from the ground - & declaring said Woodmuir House Garden to be disburdened of said servitude | 11 Apr 1878 | 212, 415 | |
| 1869.00137 | (1) St Fort to William Robertson (lots 6, 7, 21, 22); (2) consent to enclosure of street given by feuars of other lots | Feu ch & novod by Henry Stewart, St Fort consent George Just builder, disp in feu farm to William Robertson of 2 lots grnd 21 & 22 on feuing plan of Woodmoor Park total 80 pol (including half of streets); and 2 lots total 90.5 pol lots 6 & 7 on plan : S by lots 21 & 22. (2) Also consent of George Just, John Anderson Stewart, William Scrymgeour, Robert Nicoll, Commiss. of George Jos. Scott & John Scott, Arthur Begg, Barbara Doll / Just relict of John Just, Keturah Patrick, Helen Whittet, James Shepherd, all feuars / proprietors of grnd in Woodmoor Park, that the portion of street originally intended to bound lots 6 & 7 on the S shall be enclosed & occupied by said William Robertson as his own property. | 6 Mar 1869 | 337, 368, 196, 277, 125, 332, 369, 110, 310, 219, 119, 325, 212 | |
| 1855.03323 | Geddes loan repaid | Margaret Geddes grants discharge of bond & disp (Mar 1852) £250 by James Shepherd boatman & declares 44.5 poles grnd & ho etc pt of Woodmoor Park disburdened (see 939) | 15 May 1855 | 212 | |
| 1852.00939 | loan by Margaret Geddes | Margaret Geddes gets bond & disp £250 by James Shepherd over 44.5 poles grnd & dw ho etc t/on, pt of Woodmuir Park | 16 Mar 1852 | 212 | |
| 1852.00889 | St Fort to James Shepherd | James Shepherd boatman residing Newport seised 44.5 poles grnd & dw ho etc t/on, pt of Woodmuir Park, on feu ch by Henry Stewart, St Fort, consent George Just | 26 Feb 1852 | 212 | sasine extract |
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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