Location : Chesterhill
= Property still standing
Notes: Renamed Chesterhill c.1906
Introduction
Originally 'Justfield', then 'The Cliff', this was renamed 'Chesterhill' ca. 1906. See also the original Chesterhill (now known as Washer Willy's).
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.437987,-2.912544
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.
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 |
| Cliff Terrace | Cliff Terrace | Cliff Terrace; Cliff Terrace | Mr. Frall Causewayhead; Mr. John Black Roseberry. | Nearly 1/2 a mile S.W. by S. of the Mansion House of Scotscraig. | A neat villa pleasantly situated on a rocky eminence and surrounded with trees and shrubs. The house is 2 stories high, in good repair and slated, and has some offices and a small but neat garden attached, and is the property and residence of Miss Berry. | OS1/13/32/63 |
Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)
| Chesterhill source: Newport History Group |
| Chesterhill source: The Place-Names of Fife, by Simon Taylor with Gilbert Markus, University of Glasgow (see a map of all the placenames in Forgan parish.) |
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)
| Cliff House | ||
| The Cliffe | ||
| Cliff Terrace | 1877 | |
| Chesterhill | from 1907 | |
| Justfield | pre 1851 | |
| The Cliff | up to 1906 |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 105 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957-58 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport-On-Tay] | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport-On-Tay] | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1942-43 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1941-42 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1940-41 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1939-40 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1938-39 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1937-38 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1937-38 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1936-37 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1936-37 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1935-36 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1934-35 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1934-35 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1933-34 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1931-32 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1930-31 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1929-30 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1928-29 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1928 Kelly dir | Berry Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1927-28 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1927-28 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1926-27 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1926-27 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1925-26 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert. Chesterhill | ||
| 1925-26 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1924-25 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1923-24 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1923-24 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1922-23 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1921-22 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1920-21 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1919-20 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. R. A. J., Chesterhill | ||
| 1918-19 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. R. A. J., Chesterhill | ||
| 1918-19 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1917-18 MacDonald dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill | ||
| 1916-17 MacDonald dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill | ||
| 1915-16 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1915-16 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1914-15 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1914-15 dir | Berry, Robert A. J., Chesterhill | ||
| 1913-14 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1912-13 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1911-12 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1910-11 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1907-08 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Tayfield House, also The Cliff | location 2 | |
| 1906-07 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Tayfield House, also The Cliff | location 2 | |
| 1896-97 dir | Soote, Lieutenant-Colonel James Powrie, The Cliffe, by Newport | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Soote, Lieutenant Colonel James Powrie, The Cliffe | ||
| 1891-92 dir | Gordon, James (corn merchant, Dundee), The Cliffe, East Newport | ||
| 1890-91 dir | Gordon, James (corn merchant, Dundee), The Cliffe, East Newport | ||
| 1889-90 dir | Gordon, James (corn merchant, Dundee), The Cliffe, East Newport | ||
| 1889 Slater dir | Gordon Mr James, The Cliff, Newport, Fife | ||
| 1888-89 dir | Gordon, James (corn merchant, Dundee), The Cliffe, East Newport | ||
| 1886-87 dir | Robertson, William, The Cliff | ||
| 1886 Slater dir | Robertson William, The Cliff | ||
| 1885-86 dir | Robertson, William, The Cliff | ||
| 1884-85 dir | Robertson, William, merchant, The Cliffe | ||
| 1880-81 dir | Cade, A. H., (merchant, Dundee), The Cliff | ||
| 1878-79 dir | Cade, A. H. (merchant, Dundee), The Cliff | ||
| 1878 Slater dir | Parker Mr. Edward, The Cliff | ||
| 1877 Worrall dir | Parker Mr. Edward, Cliff terrace | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Parker, William W., manager, The Cliff [* ms. alteration - 'The Cliff' deleted] | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Parker, Edward (merchant, Dundee), The Cliff [* ms. alteration - 'The Cliff' deleted] | ||
| 1874-75 dir | Parker, Edward (manufacturer, Dundee), The Cliff | ||
| 1873 Slater dir | Parker Mr. Edward, Cliff terrace, Newport | ||
| 1871-72 dir | Parker, Edward (merchant, Dundee), Cliff Terrace | ||
| 1866 Fife dir | Parker, E, merchant (Dundee), Cliff Terrace | ||
| 1862 Fife dir | Parker, E, merchant (Dundee), Cliff Terrace | ||
| 1852 Slater dir | Brown, James, manufacturer, Justfield | ||
| 1837 Pigot dir | Brown, James, manufacturer, Justfield, Forgan |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879-1880 Voters | Cade, Absalom Henry | agent | Cliff Terrace | |||||||
| 1879-1880 Voters | Powrie, James | of Reswali Forfar | Cliff Terrace | |||||||
| 1878-1879 Voters | Powrie, James | of Reswali Forfar | Cliff Terrace | |||||||
| 1874 Voters | Parker, Edward | machine maker | ||||||||
| 1874 Voters | Powrie, J | of Reswali, Forfar | ||||||||
| 1873 Voters | Parker, Edward | machine maker | ||||||||
| 1873 Voters | Powrie, James | of Reswali, Forfar | ||||||||
| 1844-1861 Voters | 24 September 1832 | Just, George | Builder | feuar | lands of Justfield & houses thereon of the lands of Cawseyhead | Justfield & Cawseyhead | [entry deleted] 1845 Expd. | |||
| 1833-1840 Voters | 24 September 1832 | Just, George | Builder | feuar | lands of Justfield & houses thereon of the lands of Cawseyhead | Justfield & Cawseyhead | ||||
| 1832 Voters | 24 September 1832 | Just, George | Builder | feuar | lands of Justfield & houses thereon of the lands of Causayhead | Justfield & Causayhead | [Tayfield deleted] |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Chesterhill | Berry | Robert A J | 14 | ||||
| 1911 | Chesterhill House | Uninhabited | ||||||
| 1901 | The Cliffe | Uninhabited | View household | |||||
| 1891 | Cliff Terrace | Gordon | James | 9 | View household | |||
| 1881 | Cliff Terrace | Uninhabited | View household | |||||
| 1871 | Cliff Terrace | Parker | Margaret E | 14 | View household | |||
| 1861 | Cliff Terrace | Parker | Edward | 10 | View household | |||
| 1851 | Cliff Terrace | Cuper | Matilda | View household | ||||
| 1841 | Justfield | Brown | James | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 56 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958-59 | 106 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry PhD per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh 3 | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1957-58 | 106 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry PhD per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh 3 | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1952-53 | 111 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1947-48 | 106 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1942-43 | 112 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1940-41 | 111 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1937-38 | 114 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1935-36 | 113 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1932-33 | 111 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1930-31 | 111 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1927-28 | 147 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1925-26 | 137 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | same | 75 | View details | |
| 1922-23 | 126 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | same | 75 | View details | |
| 1920-21 | 119 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | same | 75 | View details | |
| 1917-18 | 118 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | same | 75 | View details | |
| 1915-16 | 117 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | same | 80 | View details | |
| 1912-13 | 116 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | proprietor | 80 | View details | ||
| 1907-08 | 111 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | proprietor | 80 | View details | ||
| 1905-06 | 103 | House, offices, garden, etc. | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | proprietor | 70 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 105 | House, offices, garden, etc. | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | empty | 60 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 107 | Land | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1901-02 | 133 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Reps of late Mrs Margaret P Soote, Rires House, Broughty Ferry per Geo. O Soote, 23 Queen St, Edinburgh | empty | 60 | View details | ||
| 1901-02 | 135 | Land | Reps of late Mrs Margaret P Soote, Rires House, Broughty Ferry per Geo. O Soote, 23 Queen St, Edinburgh | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 132 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Mrs Margaret P Soote, Rires House, Broughty Ferry | empty | 60 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 134 | Land | Mrs Margaret P Soote, Rires House, Broughty Ferry | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1899-00 | 124 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Mrs Margaret P Soote, Rires House, Broughty Ferry | empty | 60 | View details | ||
| 1899-00 | 126 | Land | Mrs Margaret P Soote, Rires House, Broughty Ferry | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1897-98 | 110 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Mrs Margaret P Soote, Rires House, Broughty Ferry | proprietor | 60 | View details | ||
| 1897-98 | 112 | Land | Mrs Margaret P Soote, Rires House, Broughty Ferry | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 110 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Reps of late Lieut.-Colonel James P Soote | proprietor | 60 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 112 | Land | Reps of late Lieut.-Colonel James P Soote | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1895-96 | 108 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Lieut.-Col. James P Soote | proprietor | 60 | View details | ||
| 1895-96 | 110 | Land | Lieut.-Col. James P Soote | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1894-95 | 165 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Lieut.-Col. James P Soote | proprietor | 60 | View details | ||
| 1894-95 | 167 | Land | Lieut.-Col. James P Soote | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 158 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Col. James P Soote, Row House, Broughty Ferry | proprietor | 60 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 160 | Land | Col. James P Soote, Row House, Broughty Ferry | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1892-93 | 162 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Col. James P Soote, Row House, Broughty Ferry | empty | 60 | View details | ||
| 1892-93 | 164 | Land | Col. James P Soote, Row House, Broughty Ferry | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1891-92 | 160 | House, offices, garden, etc. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | John Gordon, merchant | same | 60 | View details | |
| 1891-92 | 162 | Land | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | John Gordon, merchant | same | 5 | View details | |
| 1890-91 | 154 | House, offices, garden, etc. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | John Gordon, merchant | same | 60 | View details | |
| 1890-91 | 156 | Land | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | John Gordon, merchant | same | 5 | View details | |
| 1889-90 | 151 | House, offices, garden, etc. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | John Gordon, farmer | same | 60 | View details | |
| 1889-90 | 153 | Land | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | John Gordon, farmer | same | 5 | View details | |
| 1885-86 | 139 | House, offices, garden, etc. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | William Robertson, merchant | same | 60 | View details | |
| 1881-82 | 83 | House, Land &c. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar per D B Bruce, house agent, Dundee | same | Absalom Henry Cade Esq., agent | 70 | View details | |
| 1878-79 | 90 | House, Land &c. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | same | Absalom Henry Cade Esq., agent | 70 | View details | |
| 1875-76 | 89 | House, Land &c. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | same | Edward Parker, engineer | 62-10-0 | View details | |
| 1871-72 | 85 | House & land etc | James Powrie, Reswalli, Forfar | Edward Parker, engineer | 62-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1867-68 | 80 | House, Lands and Steading of Cliff Terrace | James Powrie of Reswali, Forfar | Edward Parker | 62-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1865-66 | 81 | House, Lands and Steading, Cliff Terrace | Miss Jessie Powrie, Links House, Broughty Ferry | said Edward Parker | Edward Parker | 53-17-0 | View details | |
| 1864-65 | 74 | House, Lands and Steading of Cliff Terrace | Miss Jessie Powrie, Links House, Broughty Ferry | Edward Parker | 45 | View details | ||
| 1860-61 | 37 | House, land & steading | Miss Jessie Powrie | Edward Parker | 45 | View details | ||
| 1855-56 | 97 | House and Garden | Miss Jessie Powrie, Justfield | said Miss Powrie | 35 | View details | ||
| 1855-56 | 98 | Lands | Miss Jessie Powrie, Justfield | said Miss Powrie | 12 | View details |
Early taxation records (either at this exact location or an earlier one)
| Date | Taxpayer | Taxable items | Duty paid | Tax | Source ref | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - Feb 1762 | David Just in Justfield | 1 house | 6d. | House & Window Tax | E326/1/43/222 | |
| 26 Jun 1761 | David Just in Justfield | 1 house | 6d. | House & Window Tax | E326/1/43/190 | |
| early 1761 | David Just in Justfield | 1 house | 6d. | House & Window Tax | E326/1/43/155 | |
| 2 Aug 1760 | David Just in Justfield | 1 house | 6d. | House & Window Tax | E326/1/43/116 |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 166 view details | Causewayhead | Justfield, The Holes | + 2 rigs of land | Chesterhill (present-day) |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894.00244 | 1st, 2nd & 3rd Jamieson loans repaid | Disch by James Auldjo Jamieson WS Edinburgh disburd (1) bond (16 Nov 1876) £1000; (2) bond (9 Apr 1877) £700; (3) bond (28 Jan 1879) £500 all by James Powrie of Reswallie Forfarshire – inter alia portion of land pt of Inverdovat Barony called Holes alias Justfield (see 1876.01096) | 27 Feb 1894 | 166 | |
| 1892.01865 | 4th Jamieson loan repaid | Disch by James Auldjo Jamieson WS Edinburgh disburd bond (13 Aug 1881) £400 by James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfarshire – inter alia portion of land – the Holes or Justfield & others (see 31 Aug 1866 and 1876.01096) | 8 Dec 1892 | 166 | |
| 1892.01841 | Mar con Jamieson/ Powrie loan repaid | Disch by mar con Trs of James Auldjo Jamieson, WS Edinburgh & Isabella Powrie or Jamieson disburd bond (19 Aug 1868) £650 by James Powrie of Reswallie – portion of land part of Barony or estate of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield on E side of Causewayhead & Innerdovat and 2 riggs or butts of the lands of Causewayhead and pce grnd given in lieu of pasturage etc on lands of Causewayhead & now enclosed & joined to the other lands | 6 Dec 1892 | 166 | |
| 1892.01093 | James Auldjo Jamieson to James Powrie Soote | Disp by James Auldjo Jamieson WS Edinburgh to Lt-Col James Powrie Soote resid Reres House B Ferry of portion land formerly pt of Barony or Estate of Inverdovat called the Holes of Justfield on E side of Causewayhead & Inverdovat & 2 rigs or butts of lands of Causewayhead with teinds with pce of ground given in lieu of pasturage etc on lands of Causewayhead & now enclosed & joined to the other lands. | 7 Jul 1892 | 166 | |
| 1884.04855 | James Powrie to James Auldjo Jamieson | Disp by James Powrie, Reswallie, Forfarshire to James Auldjo Jamieson, WS, Edinburgh of pt of Innerdovat called the Holes or Justfield ... & others ... | 2 Aug 1884 | 166 | |
| 1882.02456 | loans 1 & 2 by James Auldjo Jamieson transferred back from William Henry Revell Bedell Sivright | Assig by William Henry Revell Bedell Sivright of Southouse to James Auldjo Jamieson WS of (1) bond (16 Nov 1876) £1000 & (2) bond (9 Apr 1877) by James Powrie to James Auldjo Jamieson over pt of Inverdovat ... the Holes or Justfield | 11 Nov 1882 | 166 | |
| 1881.00873 | 4th loan by James Auldjo Jamieson | Bond £400 & disp by James Powrie, Reswali to James Auldjo Jamieson WS Edinburgh of pt of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield … | 13 Aug 1881 | 166 | |
| 1879.03990 | 3rd loan by James Auldjo Jamieson | Bond £500 & disp by James Powrie, Reswali, Forfarshire to James Auldjo Jamieson, WS Edinburgh, of pt of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield … | 28 Jan 1879 | 166 | |
| 1879.03984 | loan by Trs Mar Con John Berry & Margaret Higgins Burn Murdoch / Berry to William Berry | Bond £6000 & disp by William Berry, Tayfield, consent of his curators, to Mar Con Trs his father John Berry, now deceased, & Margaret Higgins Burn Murdoch / Berry of lands & estate of Tayfield comprehending the Tenandry of Tayfield (formerly Inverdovat) which comprehends (1) the lands of Inverdovat & Plewlands, the lands of Inverdovat sometime belonging to David Balfour, lands called Leighton's Lands, Mills of Seamills, the Bank of Inverdovat, the lands of Newport with the piers or harbours etc; and which lands & estate of Tayfield comprehend also (2) parts of the lands commonly called Causewayhead comprehending the lands called Pluck-the-Crow, pts of the barony & lands of Inverdovat commonly designed as follows: Causewayhead & Laverocklaw, Den of St Foord, Craighead, Fishhouse Lands, 6 Rigs of lands on the E side of Newport above the Boatmen's houses and yards, the house, lands & garden sometime possessed by David Webster, the lands of Waterston Crook, the lands & others sometime possessed by John Paton, the houses & gardens immediately to the E of Newport sometime possessed by William Feathers & George Scott, the lands called the Holls, & Pluck-the-Crow with the salmon & other fishings ... [as in 1872.01306] | 27 Jan 1879 | 166, 211, 210, 283 | |
| 1878.03282 | loans 1 & 2 by James Auldjo Jamieson transferred to William Henry Revell Bedell Sivright | Assig by James Auldjo Jamieson, WS Edinburgh, to William Henry Revell Bedell Sivright of Southhouse of (1) bond (16 Nov 1876) £1000 and (2) bond (9 Apr 1877) £700 by James Powrie, Reswallie, Forfarshire over pt of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield & others | 12 Jul 1878 | 166 | |
| 1877.01560 | second loan by James Auldjo Jamieson | Bond £700 & disp security by James Powrie of Reswali, Forfarshire to James Auldso Jamieson, WS Edinburgh of inter alia that portion of land formerly pt of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield & others - as in disp 31 Aug 1866 & 16 Nov 1876 | 9 Apr 1877 | 166 | |
| 1876.01096 | loan by James Auldjo Jamieson | Bond £1000 & disp by James Powrie, Reswali, Forfar to James Auldjo Jamieson, WS, Edinburgh of inter alia, pt of estate of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield … as in disp 31 Aug 1866 | 16 Nov 1876 | 166 | |
| 1868.03167 | loan by Trs Mar Con James Auldjo Jamieson & Isabella Powrie / Jamieson | Trs marriage contract between James Auldjo Jamieson WS & his spouse Isabella Powrie get bond & disp £650 by James Powrie over a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said land | 19 Aug 1868 | 166 | |
| 1866.01330 | Trs Jessie Powrie to James Powrie | James Powrie regist disp to himself by Trs Jessie Powrie consent James Powrie & James Soot & Margaret Powrie his spouse, of portion of land the Holes … Inverdovat or Justfield on E side of Causewayhead, & 2 riggsor butts of land of Causewayhead, & … pce land in lieu of servitude … | 31 Aug 1866 | 166 | |
| 1866.01133 | James Powrie to Jessie Powrie (1849), now to Trs | Trs Jessie Powrie get not instr of … Inverdovat Holes or Justfield … 2 riggs or butts of land in Causewayhead … on disp & convey by James Powrie, consent of Margaret Powrie & James Soot her husband, & Janet (Jessie) Powrie daughters of William Powrie, to said Jessie Powrie, 1849, & disp & settl by her, 1855 | 25 May 1866 | 166 | |
| 1848.01202 | Thomas Powrie to James Powrie | James Powrie as heir to uncle Thomas Powrie seised a portion of Inverdovat called The Holes or Justfield on the east side of Causewayhead & Innerdovat; and 2 riggs or butts of land of Causewayhead, with a piece of land given in lieu of the servitude of pasturage on the lands of Causewayhead, on Pr Cl Con by William Berry, Tayfield | 3 Feb 1848 | 166 | |
| 1842.00596 | George Just to Thomas Powrie | Thomas Powrie seised a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead with a piece of grnd given off in lieu of pasturage on the lands of Causewayhead, & houses etc t/on & teinds on disp by George Just, formerly mason Justfield, now builder & contractor, Tayside near Woodhaven, consent of spouse Isabella Walker & Christian Just also residing Tayside | 12 May 1842 | 166 | |
| 1842.00595 | Meldrum loans repaid | George Just, mason, formerly at Justfield now at Tayside, gets ren by surviving Tr of Elizabeth Meldrum of a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said lands, & of £200 & £200 in 2 bonds & disp, 23 Mar 1821 & 28 Jun 1824. (see v3, 4778) | 12 May 1842 | 166 | |
| 1840.04778 | Elizabeth Meldrum loans to Trs | Tr Elizabeth Meldrum seised a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said lands - in security £200 & £200 in 2 bonds & disp by George Just, mason, formerly at Justfield, then at Tayside to said Elizabeth Meldrum, 23 Mar 1821 & 28 Jun 1824 - on disp & settl by Elizabeth Meldrum, 18 Jul 1831 & on ch adjud in impl by George Just, March 1840 (see v2, 132 & 1876) | 19 Mar 1840 | 166 | |
| 1829.05171 | Trs John Anstruther loan repaid | Robert Dalgleish, Scotscraig, gets ren by Trs John Anstruther of Airdit of … lands of Scotscraig … Sandyhills … pts of lands of Innerdivot called Laverocklaw & others & commonly designated as follows - (1) town & lands of Causewayhead & Laverocklaw; (2) town & lands of Den of St Foord; (3) lands of Craighead; (4) that field & piece of land on S side of river Tay called Fishhouseland; (5) 6 riggs of land on E side of Newport above the boatmen's houses & yards; (6) & the house lands & garden on the E side of the Water of Dundee; (7) lands of Waterston Crook; (8) land with the crofts & yards upon the water called Dundee Waterside; (9) houses & yards immediately to the E of Newport; (10) & 1.5 acres of land called the Holls, being pt of the lands of Causewayhead; (11) & piece of land with the pertinents called Pluck-the-Craw; (12) & salmon fishings called Greenside; (13) & teinds; (14) an annual rent corresponding to £1000 Scots payable furth of said lands of Innerdivot; (15) parts of the lands of Innerdivot & Bank thereof; (16) & part of the great common; & of £4000 in bond & disp (see 3338) | 14 Dec 1829 | 166, 283 & others | |
| 1826.03338 | loan by Trs John Anstruther | Trs John Anstruther of Airdit seised … lands of Scotscraig … pts of lands of Innerdivot called Laverocklaw & others & commonly designated as follows - (1) town & lands of Causewayhead & Laverocklaw; (2) town & lands of Den of St Foord; (3) lands of Craighead; (4) that field & piece of land on S side of river Tay called Fishhouseland; (5) 6 riggs of land on E side of Newport above the boatmen's houses & yards; (6) & the house lands & garden on the E side of the Water of Dundee; (7) lands of Waterston Crook; (8) land with the crofts & yards upon the water called Dundee Waterside; (9) houses & yards immediately to the E of Newport; (10) & 1.5 acres of land called the Holls, being pt of the lands of Causewayhead; (11) & piece of land with the pertinents called Pluck-the-Craw; (12) & salmon fishings called Greenside; (13) & teinds; (14) an annual rent corresponding to £1000 Scots payable furth of said lands of Innerdivot; (15) parts of the lands of Innerdivot & Bank thereof; (16) & part of the great common; in security of £4000 on bond & disp by Robert Dalgleish, Scotscraig | 6 Nov 1826 | 166, 283 & others | |
| 1825.02413 | George Just to Isabella Walker / Just | Isabella Walker formerly at St Fort now spouse of George Just, builder & contractor, Tayside near Woodhaven seised in liferent - square pce grnd & ho t/on pt of Wellgate Park in lands of Inverdovat; a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said lands & teinds - on post nupt mar con between them, 26 Nov 1824 | 5 May 1825 | 166, 87 | sasine extract |
| 1824.02083 | William Dalgleish to Robert Dalgleish | Robert Dalgleish of Scotscraig as heir of provision to William Dalgleish of Scotscraig his father seised … lands of Scotscraig … pts of lands of Innerdivot called Laverocklaw & others & commonly designated as follows - (1) town & lands of Causewayhead & Laverocklaw; (2) town & lands of Den of St Foord; (3) lands of Craighead; (4) that field & piece of land on S side of river Tay called Fishhouseland; (5) 6 riggs of land on E side of Newport above the boatmen's houses & yards; (6) & the house lands & garden on the E side of the Water of Dundee; (7) lands of Waterston Crook; (8) land with the crofts & yards upon the water called Dundee Waterside; (9) houses & yards immediately to the E of Newport; (10) & 1.5 acres of land called the Holls, being pt of the lands of Causewayhead; (11) & piece of land with the pertinents called Pluck-the-Craw; (12) & salmon fishings called Greenside; (13) & teinds; (14) an annual rent corresponding to £1000 Scots payable furth of said lands of Innerdivot; (15) parts of the lands of Innerdivot & Bank thereof; (16) & part of the great common; on Pr cl con by Charles Dalgleish, his brother, with consent of his curators | 19 Nov 1824 | 166, 283 & others | |
| 1824.01876 | loan by Elizabeth Meldrum | Elizabeth Meldrum seised a portion of Inverdovat, the Holes or Justfield & 2 rigs or buts of Causeyhead & piece of land in lieu of servitude in security of £200 on bond & disp by George Just, mason, formerly at Justfield now at Tayside. | 10 Jul 1824 | 166 | |
| 1823.01059 | liferent annuity to Mary Bayne / Dalgleish | Mary Bayne spouse of Robert Dalgleish younger of Scotscraig seised, 28 Dec 1822, lands of Scotscraig … pts of lands of Innerdivot called Laverocklaw & others & commonly designated as follows - (1) town & lands of Causewayhead & Laverocklaw; (2) town & lands of Den of St Foord; (3) lands of Craighead; (4) that field & piece of land on S side of river Tay called Fishhouseland; (5) 6 riggs of land on E side of Newport above the boatmen's houses & yards; (6) & the house lands & garden on the E side of the Water of Dundee; (7) lands of Waterston Crook; (8) land with the crofts & yards upon the water called Dundee Waterside; (9) houses & yards immediately to the E of Newport; (10) & 1.5 acres of land called the Holls, being pt of the lands of Causewayhead; (11) & piece of land with the pertinents called Pluck-the-Craw; (12) & salmon fishings called Greenside; (13) & teinds; (14) an annual rent corresponding to £1000 Scots payable furth of said lands of Innerdivot; (15) parts of the lands of Innerdivot & Bank thereof; (16) & part of the great common; - in security of a liferent annuity of £300 on bond by William Dalgleish of Scotscraig & said Robert Dalgleish (see 2083 & 3338) | 14 Jan 1823 | 166, 283 & others | |
| 1821.00133 | Thomas Just to George Just | George Just seised a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said lands on disp by Thomas Just, formerly mason ay Causeyhead, afterwards feuar at Justfield,his father, 18 Jun 1810 | 26 Mar 1821 | 166 | |
| 1821.00132 | loan by Elizabeth Meldrum | Elizabeth Meldrum residing Inverdovat seised 23 Mar 1821 a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said lands in security of £200 on bond & disp by George Just, mason, formerly at Justfield now at Tayside. | 26 Mar 1821 | 166 | |
| 1817.11557 | Trs James Douglas loan repaid | Dalgleish of Scotscraig gets ren of bond etc … Trs James Douglas ... (see 10426) | 1817 | 166 & others | |
| 1815.10426 | loan by Trs James Douglas to William Dalgleish & James Heriot | Trs of late James Douglas of Edenside, Major E I Co Serv on the Bombay Establishment, seised … Scotscraig … Sandyhills … pts of land of Innerdivot commonly called town & land of Causeyhead & Laverocklaw, town & lands of Den of St Foord, lands of Craighead, a field & pce of grnd on S side of R Tay called Fish House land cut & inclosed by a wall & ditch possessed by John Morrison innkeeper Newport of Dundee, 6 rigs of land on E side of said Newport, the houses & yards of the skippers, & the ho, land & yd in the Newport of Dundee, the lands of Waterston Crook, that grnd with the crofts & yards at the side of the Dundee Waterside, houses & yds on E side of said Newport, 1.5 acres of land called the Holls - pt of the lands of Causeyhead, & pce of grnd called Pluck-the-Craw, with the common pasture on N & S sides or pts of the Commons of Innerdivot & Sclatesmuir, with the salmon fishings belonging to the said lands called Greenside; an annualrent corresponding to £1000 Scots, payable from the said lands of Innerdivot; other pts of Innerdivot & Bank thereof, with pt of the large common; … in security of £2000 - on bond by William Dalgleish, Scotscraig & James Heriot of Ramornie WS, Dec 1814. | 18 Jan 1815 | 166, 283 & others | |
| 1803.06583 | Scotscraig to Thomas Just | Thomas Just, feuar & mason, Causeyhead as heir to David Just, feuar there, his father, seised 18 Aug 1803 in a portion of land called The Holles or Justfield on the east side of Causeyhead & Innerdovat; and 2 riggs or butts of the lands of Causeyhead, with a piece of land in lieu of servitude of pasturage, etc, on the lands of Causeyhead, & teinds, parish of Forgan on pr cl con by William Dalgleish younger of Scotscraig, 11 Mar 1803. Pr.56.33 | 7 Oct 1803 | 166 |
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