The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : Pluck-the-Crow [centre],  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 [east]      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 in Pluck-the-Crow [east]

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.433417,-2.954325

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)   80 West Road   (Pluck-the-Crow [east], 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)

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)

House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 13 entries

Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 29 entries

Railway Map References:

Early Sasines:

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