Location : Pluck-the-Crow [east], West Road
= Property demolished or site redeveloped
Notes: Demolished.
Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1881. Other properties involved : Pluck-the-Crow [west] Pluck-the-Crow [centre] One possible interpretation is given below.
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)
Up to at least 1851 the row was divided into 4 cottages. The additional occupier is included here.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.433448,-2.954218
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 Castle Bank 8 Castle Bank 2 Castle Brae (Pluck-ye-Craw ground, West Road) 53 West Road 55 West Road 57 West Road 59 West Road 80 West Road (Pluck-the-Crow [centre], West Road) (Pluck-the-Crow [west], West Road) 84 West Road
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 |
Pluck the Crow | Pluck the Crow | Pluck the Crow; Pluck the Crow | John Berry Esq. Tayfield; Mr. Smith, Factor, Chapelhouse | In the West end of the Village of Newport. | A row of cottages of one story high and in good repair, with gardens attached. Occupied by labouring people. Feued from John Berry Esq. of Tayfield. | OS1/13/33/41 |
Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)
Pluck The Crow 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.) |
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Reference no.  385  386
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
Newburgh Road, West Newport |
House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
Pluck the Crow [east] | ||
Pluck-the-Craw | ||
The Cottages, Newburgh Road |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 19 entries
Source | Entry | ||
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1936-37 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1935-36 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1934-35 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1933-34 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1932-33 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1931-32 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1930-31 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1929-30 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1928-29 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1927-28 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1926-27 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1925-26 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1923-24 dir | Mason, William, The Cottages, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
1922-23 dir | Mason, David, delivery clerk, The Cottages, Newburgh rd., W. Newport | ||
1920-21 dir | Mason, David, delivery clerk, The Cottages, West Newport | ||
1918-19 dir | Mason, David, delivery clerk, The Cottages, West Newport | ||
1915-16 dir | Mason, David, delivery clerk, The Cottages, West Newport | ||
1914-15 dir | Mason, David, delivery clerk, The Cottages, West Newport | ||
1913-14 dir | Mason, David, delivery clerk, The Cottages, West Newport |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
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1900 Male Voters | Heggie, Henry | Mason | Pluck-the-Craw, Newport | Tenant of House | Pluck-the-Craw |
Census records
Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
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1921 | The Cottages | Mason | William | 3 | ||||
1911 | Newburgh Road, Pluck The Craw | Mason | David | 3 | ||||
1901 | Woodhaven Road | Heggie | Henry DC | 3 | View household | |||
1891 | Pluck the Crow | Heggie | Henry | 3 | View household | |||
1881 | 1 Pluck the Crow Cottages | Turnpike Road | Uninhabited | View household | ||||
1871 | Pluck the Crow | Unoccupied | View household | |||||
1861 | Pluck the Crow | Unoccupied | View household | |||||
1851 | Ritchie | Alexander | View household | |||||
1851 | Inglis | Peter | View household | |||||
1841 | Newport | Baillie | John | View household | ||||
1841 | Newport | Ritchie | Alexander | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 27 entries
Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
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1935-36 | 1029 | House & Garden | John Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Cresc, Edinburgh | William Mason | 6 | View details | |||
1932-33 | 980 | House & Garden | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Cresc, Edinburgh | William Mason | 6 | View details | |||
1930-31 | 977 | House & Garden | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Cresc, Edinburgh | William Mason | 6 | View details | |||
1927-28 | 966 | House & Garden | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Cresc, Edinburgh | William Mason | 6 | View details | |||
1925-26 | 946 | House & Garden | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | William Mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1922-23 | 919 | House & Garden | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | William Mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1920-21 | 898 | House & Garden | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | William Mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1917-18 | 896 | House & Garden | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | David Mason, clerk | same | 6 | View details | ||
1915-16 | 889 | House & Garden | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | David Mason, clerk | same | 6 | View details | ||
1912-13 | 682 | House & Garden | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | David Mason, clerk | same | 6 | View details | ||
1907-08 | 663 | House & Garden | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | David Mason, clerk | same | 6 | View details | ||
1905-06 | 644 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Duncan Mathieson, caretaker | same | 6 | View details | ||
1903-04 | 636 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1901-02 | 424 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1900-01 | 411 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1899-00 | 382 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1897-98 | 334 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1896-97 | 312 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1895-96 | 286 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1894-95 | 122 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1893-94 | 115 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1892-93 | 119 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1891-92 | 118 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1890-91 | 113 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1889-90 | 109 | House and Garden | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1885-86 | 101 | House and Garden, Pluck-the-Craw | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, Edinburgh | Henry Heggie, mason | same | 6 | View details | ||
1881-82 | 50 | House and Garden, Pluck-the-Craw | William Berry Esq. (a minor), per J D Hannan, factor | same | 5 | View details |
Railway Map References:
Plan | Year | Ref | Description | Owner or reputed owner | Occupier | [Comments] |
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RHP85254 (G & D J) | 1845 | 90 | Dwelling houses, outbuildings & garden ground | William Berry | Mrs Jane Cameron, David Scott, John Baillie, Peter Inglis | [Pluck-the-Craw, now the site of 84 West Road] |
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