The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : Riverside [2],  Riverside Lane

= Property still standing

Notes:      part of Riverside Cottage, combined in 1938

Part of a combination of previously separate properties. Other parts: 3 Riverside Lane     

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)

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.434429,-2.953126

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 Riverside Lane   3 Riverside Lane   (Riverside [3], Riverside Lane)   68 West Road   70 West Road   74 West Road   76 West Road   Hazel Bank, West Road  

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      423      424

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 24 entries

Entries in the Registers of Voters

Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 34 entries

Railway Map References:

Other Sightings:

Early Sasines:

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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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