Location : Woodmuir House, West Road
= Property demolished or site redeveloped
Notes: Demolished.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.435264,-2.948387
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): 2 Shepherds Road 4 Shepherds Road 6 Shepherds Road 4 West Road 5 West Road 8b, West Road 8a, West Road 10 West Road (Graham Place [1], West Road) (Graham Place [5], West Road) (Graham Place [2], West Road) (Graham Place [3], West Road) (Graham Place [4], West Road) (Graham Place [6], West Road) (Graham Place [7], West Road) (Fig Tree [1], West Road) (Fig Tree [2], West Road) part of 10, West Road (Fig Tree [3], West Road) 1 Woodmuir Crescent 3 Woodmuir Crescent
Later use of the site : Duncraig, 5 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 |
| Woodmuir | Woodmuir | Woodmuir; Woodmuir | John Berry Esq., Tayfield; Mr. Smith, Factor, Chapelhouse | Near the centre of the Village of Newport. | A large house two stories high, and in good repair with a garden attached. Occupied by Miss Melville. The property of John Berry Esq. Tayfield. | OS1/13/33/48 |
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)
| Woodmoor | ||
| Woodmuir House |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 10 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 Worrall dir | Melville Mr. A., Woodmuir House | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Melville, Alexander, Woodmuir house. West Newport | ||
| 1874-75 dir | Stewart, John, clerk, Woodmuir House | ||
| 1874-75 dir | Melville, Alexander, Woodmuir House | ||
| 1871-72 dir | Saunders, Mrs Robert, Woodmuir House | ||
| 1869-70 dir | Melville, Miss, Ellen, Woodmuir House, West Newport | ||
| 1867-68 dir | Melville, Miss Ellen, Woodmuir House, West Newport | ||
| 1866 Fife dir | Melville, Miss, summer lodgings prop., Woodmuir House, W Newport | ||
| 1862 Fife dir | Melville, Miss, summer lodgings prop., Woodmuir House, W Newport | ||
| 1853-54 dir | Melville, Mrs, Woodmuir House. |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | Tayside | Woodmuir House | Saunders | Robert Abbot | 5 | View household | ||
| 1861 | Woodmuir House | Melville | Helen | 8 | View household | |||
| 1851 | Woodmoor House | Shepherd | James | View household | ||||
| 1841 | Newport | Shepherd | James | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 7 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875-76 | 31 | House and Garden, Wester Newport | Mrs Jane Fraser Stewart | same | Alexander Melville | 15-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1871-72 | 33 | House and Garden | St Fort | Miss Helen Melville | 15-10-0 | View details | |||
| 1867-68 | 32 | House | Henry Stewart | Miss Helen Melville | 15-10-0 | View details | |||
| 1865-66 | 32 | House | Henry Stewart of St Fort | said Miss Melville | Miss Helen Melville | 15-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1864-65 | 29 | House | Henry Stewart of St Fort | Miss Helen Melville | 15-10-0 | View details | |||
| 1860-61 | 24 | Woodmuir House | Henry Stewart of St Fort | Miss Melville | 15-10-0 | View details | |||
| 1855-56 | 27 | Woodmuir House | Henry Stewart of St Fort | Miss Melville | said Miss Melville | 18 | View details |
Early Sasines:
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