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The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : Kempstane [2],  Tay Street

Historic Property ImageStreet View Image

Photo / old map: Map, Steedman 1825. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

= Property demolished or site redeveloped

Notes:      demolished

Part of a divided property. Other parts: Kempstane     

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.444698,-2.938173

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):   79 Tay Street   80 Tay Street   82 Tay Street   83 Tay Street   84 Tay Street   86 Tay Street   89 Tay Street   (Kempstane, Tay Street)   81 Tay Street  

Later use of the site :   81 Tay Street     

 

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      5

 

Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)

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

Kempstane [2]

 

 

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 2 entries

SourceEntry 
1925-26 dirLatto, A., church officer, Newport Congregational Union Church ; h. Kempstone cottageslocation 2
1925-26 dirLatto, A., Kempstone cottages - Newport Congl. Union Church : Church-Officers.location 2

 

 

Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1891 Kempstane Swinton Camilla 2View household
1881 Kempstane Swinton Jemima 2View household
1871 Tay Street Ferrie William 2View household[?]

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 2 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1897-98378House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Mrs Isabella Smith James Caldwell, stone cutter 6View details
1896-97356House William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh Mrs Isabella Smith James Caldwell, stone cutter 6View details

 

 

Railway Map References:

PlanYearRefDescriptionOwner or reputed ownerOccupier[Comments]
RHP85261 (E & N)184546Dwelling houses, outhouses, garden ground, pasture ground, sea braes & private roadWilliam BerryJames Wilson (lessee & occupier), John Harris (occupier)[not shown. Kempstane]
RHP85254 (G & D J)184521Dwelling house, barn, byre, stable, sheds and outbuildingsWilliam BerryJames Wilson (lessee); John Harris (occupier)[Kempstane]

 

Other Sightings:

YearDetailSource
1825 Building shown on map: Kempstone National Library of Scotland, Plan of the coast from Newport to Craighead, 1824-25, John Steedman

 

Early Sasines:

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