The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : 3  East Queen Street

= Property still standing

Notes:      upstairs

Other properties at the same location : 6 Tay Terrace     

Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1889. Other properties involved : 5 East Queen Street     6 Tay Terrace     8 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:      56.443438,-2.9367

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   5 East Queen Street   7 James Street   8 James Street   6 Kerr Street   7 Kerr Street   8 Kerr Street   9 Kerr Street   10 Kerr Street   11 Kerr Street   9a, Kerr Street   51 Queen Street   53 Queen Street   2 Tay Terrace   4 Tay Terrace   6 Tay Terrace   8 Tay Terrace   (formerly 9, Tay Terrace)   10 Tay Terrace   12 Tay Terrace   9 Tay Terrace  

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      111

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 94 entries

Entries in the Registers of Voters

Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 47 entries

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Sasine Abridgements:

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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