Location : Well Cottage, West Road
= Property still standing
Notes: combined with 62 West Road
Part of a combination of previously separate properties. Other parts: 62 West Road
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.434101,-2.952241
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): (Riverside [3], Riverside Lane) 2 Wellgate Street 4 Wellgate Street 6 Wellgate Street 41 West Road 43 West Road 54 West Road 56 West Road 58 West Road 60 West Road 62 West Road 66 West Road 68 West Road (Coronation Garden, 64, West Road) Hazel Bank, West Road (weaver's cottage, West Road)
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Reference no. 426
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
| Newburgh Road, West Newport | 1961 |
House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| Well Cottage |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 45 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road | ||
| 1961 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road | ||
| 1960 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road | ||
| 1958-59 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road. West Newport | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Myles, Thomas, engineer, Well cottage, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
| 1926-27 dir | Robertson, Miss M., Well cottage, Newburgh road : Nurses. | ||
| 1926-27 dir | Robertson, Miss M., nurse, Well cottage, Newburgh road, West Newport | ||
| 1925-26 dir | Robertson, Miss M., nurse, Well cottage, Newburgh rd., West Newport | ||
| 1923-24 dir | Robertson, Miss M. nurse, Well cottage, Newburgh rd., West Newport | ||
| 1922-23 dir | Robertson, Miss M., nurse. Well cottage, Newburgh rd., West Newport | ||
| 1920-21 dir | Robertson, Miss M. nurse, Woodhaven road, West Newport | ||
| 1918-19 dir | Robertson, Miss M., nurse, Woodhaven road, West Newport | ||
| 1907 Tayside Annual | Duncan, James, gardener, Well Cottage, W. | ||
| 1902-03 dir | Fairweather, James, hairdresser and tobacconist. High street ; h. Well cottage, West Newport | location 2 | |
| 1901-02 dir | Fairweather, James, hairdresser and tobacconist. High street ; h. Well cottage, West Newport | location 2 | |
| 1900-01 dir | Fairweather, James, hairdresser and tobacconist. High street ; h. Well cottage, West Newport | location 2 | |
| 1899-00 dir | Lowson, David, shipmaster, Well cottage. West Newport | ||
| 1898-99 dir | Lowson, David, shipmaster, Well cottage, West Newport | ||
| 1897-98 dir | Lowson, David, shipmaster. Well cottage. West Newport | ||
| 1896-97 dir | Lowson, David, shipmaster, Well cottage, West Newport | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Lowson, David, shipmaster. Well cottage, West Newport | ||
| 1894-95 dir | Lowson, David, shipmaster. The Terrace, West Newport | [Val. Roll has Mrs Lowson consistently at Well Cottage] | |
| 1894-95 dir | Lowson, Mrs, Well cottage. West Newport | ||
| 1893-94 dir | Lowson, David, shipmaster. The Terrace, West Newport | [Val. Roll has Mrs Lowson consistently at Well Cottage] | |
| 1893-94 dir | Lowson, Mrs, Well cottage. West Newport | ||
| 1893 Slater dir | Lowson David, The Terrace, West Newport : Ship Masters. | [Val. Roll has Mrs Lowson consistently at Well Cottage] | |
| 1892-93 dir | Lowson, Mrs, Well cottage, West Newport | ||
| 1892-93 dir | Lowson, David, shipmaster, The Terrace, West Newport | [Val. Roll has Mrs Lowson consistently at Well Cottage] | |
| 1891-92 dir | Lowson, David, shipmaster, The Terrace, West Newport | [Val. Roll has Mrs Lowson consistently at Well Cottage] | |
| 1890-91 dir | Lowson, David, shipmaster, The Terrace, West Newport | [Val. Roll has Mrs Lowson consistently at Well Cottage] | |
| 1889 Slater dir | Lowson David, The Terrace, West Newport : Ship Masters. | [Val. Roll has Mrs Lowson consistently at Well Cottage] | |
| 1878-79 dir | Sturrock, William, timekeeper. West Newport | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Sturrock, William C., timekeeper, Tay Bridge Works, h. West Newport [* ms. alteration - entry deleted] | location 2 | |
| 1869-70 dir | Chapman, James, late shipmaster. West Newport | [could be either] | location 2 |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Newburgh Road | Uninhabited | ||||||
| 1901 | Woodhaven Road | Fairweather | James Guthrie | 3 | View household | |||
| 1891 | Lowson | Agnes | 3 | View household | ||||
| 1881 | Japonica Cottage | Uninhabited | View household | |||||
| 1871 | Tayside | Brown | Catherine | 3 | View household | |||
| 1861 | 15 west from Fig Cot | Chapman | James | 3 | View household | |||
| 1851 | Young | Margaret | View household | |||||
| 1841 | Newport | Swan | Isabella | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 44 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-62 | 2829 | House | Mrs Jenny J Bechara, Bromley, Kent per Soutar & Reid, solicitors, 13 Ward Rd, Dundee | Thomas Myles | 17 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 1142 | House & Garden | Mrs Jenny J Bechara, Bromley, Kent per Soutar & Reid, solicitors, 13 Ward Rd, Dundee | Thomas Myles | 10 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 1121 | House & Garden | Mrs Jenny J Bechara, Bromley, Kent per Soutar & Reid, solicitors, 13 Ward Rd, Dundee | Thomas Myles | 10 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 1086 | House & Garden | Mrs Jenny J Bechara, Bromley, Kent per Soutar & Reid, solicitors, 13 Ward Rd, Dundee | Thomas Myles | 10 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 1053 | House & Garden | Mrs Jenny J Bechara, Bromley, Kent per Anderson Gardner Hepburn & Co, solicitors, Dundee | Thomas Myles | 10 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 1034 | House & Garden | Mrs Jenny Just, Bechara, Bromley, Kent per Anderson Gardner Hepburn & Co, solicitors, Dundee | Thomas Myles | 10 | View details | |||
| 1940-41 | 1033 | House & Garden | Jane Just, Gowanbank, West Newport | Isiah Golding | 10 | View details | |||
| 1937-38 | 1052 | House & Garden | Jane Just, Gowanbank, W Newport | Isiah Golding | 10 | View details | |||
| 1935-36 | 1015 | House & Garden | Jane Just, Gowanbank, W Newport | Isiah Golding | 10 | View details | |||
| 1932-33 | 969 | House & Garden | Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, W Newport | Isiah Golding | 10 | View details | |||
| 1930-31 | 966 | House & Garden | Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, W Newport | Isiah Golding | 10 | View details | |||
| 1927-28 | 955 | House & Garden | Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, W Newport | Isiah Golding | 10 | View details | |||
| 1925-26 | 935 | House & Garden | Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, W Newport | Margaret Robertson, nurse | same | 9-6-0 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 908 | House & Garden | Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, W Newport | Margaret Robertson, nurse | same | 9-6-0 | View details | ||
| 1920-21 | 887 | House & Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, W Newport | Miss Margaret Robertson, nurse | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1917-18 | 885 | House & Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, W Newport | Miss Margaret Robertson, nurse | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1915-16 | 878 | House & Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, W Newport | Miss Helen Tasker | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1912-13 | 736 | House & Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport | Miss Helen Tasker | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1910-11 | 725 | House & Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport | Miss Helen Tasker | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1909-10 | 721 | House & Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport | Miss Helen Tasker | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1907-08 | 717 | House & Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport | Miss Helen Tasker | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1905-06 | 701 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport | James Duncan, gardener | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 689 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, bank agent, Bay House, Newport | James Duncan, gardener | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1901-02 | 487 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, bank agent, Bay House, Newport | James Fairweather, hairdresser | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 474 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, bank agent, Bay House, Newport | James Fairweather, hairdresser | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1899-00 | 444 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, bank agent, Bay House, Newport | Mrs Margaret Breenan | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1897-98 | 394 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, bank agent, Bay House, Newport | David Lowson, shipmaster | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 372 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, bank agent, Bay House, Newport | David Lowson, shipmaster | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1895-96 | 343 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, accountant, British Linen Bank, Dundee | David Lowson, shipmaster | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1894-95 | 310 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, accountant, British Linen Bank, Dundee | Mrs Agnes Lowson | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 293 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, accountant, British Linen Bank, Dundee | Mrs Agnes Lowson | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1892-93 | 281 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, accountant, British Linen Bank, Dundee | Mrs Agnes Lowson | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1891-92 | 271 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, accountant, British Linen Bank, Dundee | Mrs Agnes Lowson | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1890-91 | 244 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, accountant, British Linen Bank, Dundee | Mrs Agnes Lowson | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1889-90 | 225 | House and Garden | Misses Joanna & Jane Just, Gowanbank, Newport per David Brand, accountant, British Linen Bank, Dundee | Agnes Lowson | same | 7 | View details | ||
| 1885-86 | 202 | House and Garden | Trustees of late Rev. Thomas Just per David Brand Esq, bank accountant | William Taylor, mason | same | 6-10-0 | View details | [Well] | |
| 1881-82 | 108 | House and Garden | Trustees of late Rev. Thomas Just per David Brand Esq, bank accountant | same | Thomas Wood, spirit merchant | 6-10-0 | View details | [Well] | |
| 1875-76 | 112 | House and Garden | Trustees of late Rev. Thomas Just | same | William Sturrock, timekeeper, Tay Bridge Works | 6-10-0 | View details | [Well ?] | |
| 1871-72 | 106 | House and Garden | Rev Thomas Just, Kelvedon, Essex | J Brown, shoemaker | 5 | View details | [Well] | ||
| 1867-68 | 107 | House and Garden | Rev. Thomas Just, Charmouth, Dorset | Captain James Chapman | 5-10-0 | View details | [Well] | ||
| 1865-66 | 105 | House and Garden | Rev. Thomas Just | said Captain Chapman | Captain James Chapman | 5-10-0 | View details | [Well] | |
| 1864-65 | 98 | House and Garden | Rev. Thomas Just | Captain James Chapman | 5-10-0 | View details | [Well] | ||
| 1860-61 | 92 | House | Rev Thomas Just | - | 5 | View details | [Well] | ||
| 1855-56 | 93 | House and Garden | Rev. Thomas Just, Newport | 3-10-0 | View details | [Well ?] |
Railway Map References:
| Plan | Year | Ref | Description | Owner or reputed owner | Occupier | [Comments] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHP85254 (G & D J) | 1845 | 79 | Dwelling house & garden ground | Mrs Margaret Hill or Bell, relict of Alexander Bell wine merchant Dundee (proprietor); William Berry (superior) | [Well Cottage - not shown] |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 562 view details | Broadhaugh | 11.8 pol | (Bechara) | Well Cottage |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941.00538 | Trs Jane Eliza Just to Jenny Just Bainbridge Gibson / Bechara | Disp by Trs dec Jane Eliza Just Gowanbank to Jenny Just Bainbridge Gibson or Bechara, wife of George Bechara, Bromley Kent of the following, pt of lands vested in Jane Eliza Just viz. 11.8 pol grnd & Well Cottage t/on, : S by Newburgh Rd, pt of Broadhaugh ... as described 23 May 1888 ... with privilege of road from highway [This is Well Cottage plus a strip of garden to the north only. The former site of Riverside Cottage [3] is excluded.] | 18 Jun 1941 | 179, 562 |
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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