Location : The Cliff Cottages
= Location of property uncertain
Notes: Demolished. Specific locations are uncertain and could be anywhere on the farm or estate.
Introduction
Buildings are shown on the 1855 Ordnance Survey 6-inch map; they have been demolished by the time of the 1895 map. Only the existing Lodge is present on the 1861 census.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.437695,-2.911523
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): Chesterhill Lodge
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)
| The Cliff Cottages |
Directory entries (before 1975)
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Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
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| 1851 | Allan | William | View household | |||||
| 1851 | Rait | Jane | View household | |||||
| 1841 | Justfield | Raitt | Jane | View household |
Valuation Roll entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 166 view details | Causewayhead | Justfield, The Holes | + 2 rigs of land | Chesterhill (present-day) |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
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| 1894.00244 | 1st, 2nd & 3rd Jamieson loans repaid | Disch by James Auldjo Jamieson WS Edinburgh disburd (1) bond (16 Nov 1876) £1000; (2) bond (9 Apr 1877) £700; (3) bond (28 Jan 1879) £500 all by James Powrie of Reswallie Forfarshire – inter alia portion of land pt of Inverdovat Barony called Holes alias Justfield (see 1876.01096) | 27 Feb 1894 | 166 | |
| 1892.01865 | 4th Jamieson loan repaid | Disch by James Auldjo Jamieson WS Edinburgh disburd bond (13 Aug 1881) £400 by James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfarshire – inter alia portion of land – the Holes or Justfield & others (see 31 Aug 1866 and 1876.01096) | 8 Dec 1892 | 166 | |
| 1892.01841 | Mar con Jamieson/ Powrie loan repaid | Disch by mar con Trs of James Auldjo Jamieson, WS Edinburgh & Isabella Powrie or Jamieson disburd bond (19 Aug 1868) £650 by James Powrie of Reswallie – portion of land part of Barony or estate of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield on E side of Causewayhead & Innerdovat and 2 riggs or butts of the lands of Causewayhead and pce grnd given in lieu of pasturage etc on lands of Causewayhead & now enclosed & joined to the other lands | 6 Dec 1892 | 166 | |
| 1892.01093 | James Auldjo Jamieson to James Powrie Soote | Disp by James Auldjo Jamieson WS Edinburgh to Lt-Col James Powrie Soote resid Reres House B Ferry of portion land formerly pt of Barony or Estate of Inverdovat called the Holes of Justfield on E side of Causewayhead & Inverdovat & 2 rigs or butts of lands of Causewayhead with teinds with pce of ground given in lieu of pasturage etc on lands of Causewayhead & now enclosed & joined to the other lands. | 7 Jul 1892 | 166 | |
| 1884.04855 | James Powrie to James Auldjo Jamieson | Disp by James Powrie, Reswallie, Forfarshire to James Auldjo Jamieson, WS, Edinburgh of pt of Innerdovat called the Holes or Justfield ... & others ... | 2 Aug 1884 | 166 | |
| 1882.02456 | loans 1 & 2 by James Auldjo Jamieson transferred back from William Henry Revell Bedell Sivright | Assig by William Henry Revell Bedell Sivright of Southouse to James Auldjo Jamieson WS of (1) bond (16 Nov 1876) £1000 & (2) bond (9 Apr 1877) by James Powrie to James Auldjo Jamieson over pt of Inverdovat ... the Holes or Justfield | 11 Nov 1882 | 166 | |
| 1881.00873 | 4th loan by James Auldjo Jamieson | Bond £400 & disp by James Powrie, Reswali to James Auldjo Jamieson WS Edinburgh of pt of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield … | 13 Aug 1881 | 166 | |
| 1879.03990 | 3rd loan by James Auldjo Jamieson | Bond £500 & disp by James Powrie, Reswali, Forfarshire to James Auldjo Jamieson, WS Edinburgh, of pt of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield … | 28 Jan 1879 | 166 | |
| 1879.03984 | loan by Trs Mar Con John Berry & Margaret Higgins Burn Murdoch / Berry to William Berry | Bond £6000 & disp by William Berry, Tayfield, consent of his curators, to Mar Con Trs his father John Berry, now deceased, & Margaret Higgins Burn Murdoch / Berry of lands & estate of Tayfield comprehending the Tenandry of Tayfield (formerly Inverdovat) which comprehends (1) the lands of Inverdovat & Plewlands, the lands of Inverdovat sometime belonging to David Balfour, lands called Leighton's Lands, Mills of Seamills, the Bank of Inverdovat, the lands of Newport with the piers or harbours etc; and which lands & estate of Tayfield comprehend also (2) parts of the lands commonly called Causewayhead comprehending the lands called Pluck-the-Crow, pts of the barony & lands of Inverdovat commonly designed as follows: Causewayhead & Laverocklaw, Den of St Foord, Craighead, Fishhouse Lands, 6 Rigs of lands on the E side of Newport above the Boatmen's houses and yards, the house, lands & garden sometime possessed by David Webster, the lands of Waterston Crook, the lands & others sometime possessed by John Paton, the houses & gardens immediately to the E of Newport sometime possessed by William Feathers & George Scott, the lands called the Holls, & Pluck-the-Crow with the salmon & other fishings ... [as in 1872.01306] | 27 Jan 1879 | 166, 211, 210, 283 | |
| 1878.03282 | loans 1 & 2 by James Auldjo Jamieson transferred to William Henry Revell Bedell Sivright | Assig by James Auldjo Jamieson, WS Edinburgh, to William Henry Revell Bedell Sivright of Southhouse of (1) bond (16 Nov 1876) £1000 and (2) bond (9 Apr 1877) £700 by James Powrie, Reswallie, Forfarshire over pt of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield & others | 12 Jul 1878 | 166 | |
| 1877.01560 | second loan by James Auldjo Jamieson | Bond £700 & disp security by James Powrie of Reswali, Forfarshire to James Auldso Jamieson, WS Edinburgh of inter alia that portion of land formerly pt of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield & others - as in disp 31 Aug 1866 & 16 Nov 1876 | 9 Apr 1877 | 166 | |
| 1876.01096 | loan by James Auldjo Jamieson | Bond £1000 & disp by James Powrie, Reswali, Forfar to James Auldjo Jamieson, WS, Edinburgh of inter alia, pt of estate of Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield … as in disp 31 Aug 1866 | 16 Nov 1876 | 166 | |
| 1868.03167 | loan by Trs Mar Con James Auldjo Jamieson & Isabella Powrie / Jamieson | Trs marriage contract between James Auldjo Jamieson WS & his spouse Isabella Powrie get bond & disp £650 by James Powrie over a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said land | 19 Aug 1868 | 166 | |
| 1866.01330 | Trs Jessie Powrie to James Powrie | James Powrie regist disp to himself by Trs Jessie Powrie consent James Powrie & James Soot & Margaret Powrie his spouse, of portion of land the Holes … Inverdovat or Justfield on E side of Causewayhead, & 2 riggsor butts of land of Causewayhead, & … pce land in lieu of servitude … | 31 Aug 1866 | 166 | |
| 1866.01133 | James Powrie to Jessie Powrie (1849), now to Trs | Trs Jessie Powrie get not instr of … Inverdovat Holes or Justfield … 2 riggs or butts of land in Causewayhead … on disp & convey by James Powrie, consent of Margaret Powrie & James Soot her husband, & Janet (Jessie) Powrie daughters of William Powrie, to said Jessie Powrie, 1849, & disp & settl by her, 1855 | 25 May 1866 | 166 | |
| 1848.01202 | Thomas Powrie to James Powrie | James Powrie as heir to uncle Thomas Powrie seised a portion of Inverdovat called The Holes or Justfield on the east side of Causewayhead & Innerdovat; and 2 riggs or butts of land of Causewayhead, with a piece of land given in lieu of the servitude of pasturage on the lands of Causewayhead, on Pr Cl Con by William Berry, Tayfield | 3 Feb 1848 | 166 | |
| 1842.00596 | George Just to Thomas Powrie | Thomas Powrie seised a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead with a piece of grnd given off in lieu of pasturage on the lands of Causewayhead, & houses etc t/on & teinds on disp by George Just, formerly mason Justfield, now builder & contractor, Tayside near Woodhaven, consent of spouse Isabella Walker & Christian Just also residing Tayside | 12 May 1842 | 166 | |
| 1842.00595 | Meldrum loans repaid | George Just, mason, formerly at Justfield now at Tayside, gets ren by surviving Tr of Elizabeth Meldrum of a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said lands, & of £200 & £200 in 2 bonds & disp, 23 Mar 1821 & 28 Jun 1824. (see v3, 4778) | 12 May 1842 | 166 | |
| 1840.04778 | Elizabeth Meldrum loans to Trs | Tr Elizabeth Meldrum seised a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said lands - in security £200 & £200 in 2 bonds & disp by George Just, mason, formerly at Justfield, then at Tayside to said Elizabeth Meldrum, 23 Mar 1821 & 28 Jun 1824 - on disp & settl by Elizabeth Meldrum, 18 Jul 1831 & on ch adjud in impl by George Just, March 1840 (see v2, 132 & 1876) | 19 Mar 1840 | 166 | |
| 1829.05171 | Trs John Anstruther loan repaid | Robert Dalgleish, Scotscraig, gets ren by Trs John Anstruther of Airdit of … lands of Scotscraig … Sandyhills … pts of lands of Innerdivot called Laverocklaw & others & commonly designated as follows - (1) town & lands of Causewayhead & Laverocklaw; (2) town & lands of Den of St Foord; (3) lands of Craighead; (4) that field & piece of land on S side of river Tay called Fishhouseland; (5) 6 riggs of land on E side of Newport above the boatmen's houses & yards; (6) & the house lands & garden on the E side of the Water of Dundee; (7) lands of Waterston Crook; (8) land with the crofts & yards upon the water called Dundee Waterside; (9) houses & yards immediately to the E of Newport; (10) & 1.5 acres of land called the Holls, being pt of the lands of Causewayhead; (11) & piece of land with the pertinents called Pluck-the-Craw; (12) & salmon fishings called Greenside; (13) & teinds; (14) an annual rent corresponding to £1000 Scots payable furth of said lands of Innerdivot; (15) parts of the lands of Innerdivot & Bank thereof; (16) & part of the great common; & of £4000 in bond & disp (see 3338) | 14 Dec 1829 | 166, 283 & others | |
| 1826.03338 | loan by Trs John Anstruther | Trs John Anstruther of Airdit seised … lands of Scotscraig … pts of lands of Innerdivot called Laverocklaw & others & commonly designated as follows - (1) town & lands of Causewayhead & Laverocklaw; (2) town & lands of Den of St Foord; (3) lands of Craighead; (4) that field & piece of land on S side of river Tay called Fishhouseland; (5) 6 riggs of land on E side of Newport above the boatmen's houses & yards; (6) & the house lands & garden on the E side of the Water of Dundee; (7) lands of Waterston Crook; (8) land with the crofts & yards upon the water called Dundee Waterside; (9) houses & yards immediately to the E of Newport; (10) & 1.5 acres of land called the Holls, being pt of the lands of Causewayhead; (11) & piece of land with the pertinents called Pluck-the-Craw; (12) & salmon fishings called Greenside; (13) & teinds; (14) an annual rent corresponding to £1000 Scots payable furth of said lands of Innerdivot; (15) parts of the lands of Innerdivot & Bank thereof; (16) & part of the great common; in security of £4000 on bond & disp by Robert Dalgleish, Scotscraig | 6 Nov 1826 | 166, 283 & others | |
| 1825.02413 | George Just to Isabella Walker / Just | Isabella Walker formerly at St Fort now spouse of George Just, builder & contractor, Tayside near Woodhaven seised in liferent - square pce grnd & ho t/on pt of Wellgate Park in lands of Inverdovat; a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said lands & teinds - on post nupt mar con between them, 26 Nov 1824 | 5 May 1825 | 166, 87 | sasine extract |
| 1824.02083 | William Dalgleish to Robert Dalgleish | Robert Dalgleish of Scotscraig as heir of provision to William Dalgleish of Scotscraig his father seised … lands of Scotscraig … pts of lands of Innerdivot called Laverocklaw & others & commonly designated as follows - (1) town & lands of Causewayhead & Laverocklaw; (2) town & lands of Den of St Foord; (3) lands of Craighead; (4) that field & piece of land on S side of river Tay called Fishhouseland; (5) 6 riggs of land on E side of Newport above the boatmen's houses & yards; (6) & the house lands & garden on the E side of the Water of Dundee; (7) lands of Waterston Crook; (8) land with the crofts & yards upon the water called Dundee Waterside; (9) houses & yards immediately to the E of Newport; (10) & 1.5 acres of land called the Holls, being pt of the lands of Causewayhead; (11) & piece of land with the pertinents called Pluck-the-Craw; (12) & salmon fishings called Greenside; (13) & teinds; (14) an annual rent corresponding to £1000 Scots payable furth of said lands of Innerdivot; (15) parts of the lands of Innerdivot & Bank thereof; (16) & part of the great common; on Pr cl con by Charles Dalgleish, his brother, with consent of his curators | 19 Nov 1824 | 166, 283 & others | |
| 1824.01876 | loan by Elizabeth Meldrum | Elizabeth Meldrum seised a portion of Inverdovat, the Holes or Justfield & 2 rigs or buts of Causeyhead & piece of land in lieu of servitude in security of £200 on bond & disp by George Just, mason, formerly at Justfield now at Tayside. | 10 Jul 1824 | 166 | |
| 1823.01059 | liferent annuity to Mary Bayne / Dalgleish | Mary Bayne spouse of Robert Dalgleish younger of Scotscraig seised, 28 Dec 1822, lands of Scotscraig … pts of lands of Innerdivot called Laverocklaw & others & commonly designated as follows - (1) town & lands of Causewayhead & Laverocklaw; (2) town & lands of Den of St Foord; (3) lands of Craighead; (4) that field & piece of land on S side of river Tay called Fishhouseland; (5) 6 riggs of land on E side of Newport above the boatmen's houses & yards; (6) & the house lands & garden on the E side of the Water of Dundee; (7) lands of Waterston Crook; (8) land with the crofts & yards upon the water called Dundee Waterside; (9) houses & yards immediately to the E of Newport; (10) & 1.5 acres of land called the Holls, being pt of the lands of Causewayhead; (11) & piece of land with the pertinents called Pluck-the-Craw; (12) & salmon fishings called Greenside; (13) & teinds; (14) an annual rent corresponding to £1000 Scots payable furth of said lands of Innerdivot; (15) parts of the lands of Innerdivot & Bank thereof; (16) & part of the great common; - in security of a liferent annuity of £300 on bond by William Dalgleish of Scotscraig & said Robert Dalgleish (see 2083 & 3338) | 14 Jan 1823 | 166, 283 & others | |
| 1821.00133 | Thomas Just to George Just | George Just seised a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said lands on disp by Thomas Just, formerly mason ay Causeyhead, afterwards feuar at Justfield,his father, 18 Jun 1810 | 26 Mar 1821 | 166 | |
| 1821.00132 | loan by Elizabeth Meldrum | Elizabeth Meldrum residing Inverdovat seised 23 Mar 1821 a portion of land formerly of the estate of Inverdovat on E side of Causeyhead & Inverdovat called the Holes or Justfield; & 2 rigs or buts of land of Causeyhead & piece of grnd given off in lieu of servitude and now enclosed & joined to said lands in security of £200 on bond & disp by George Just, mason, formerly at Justfield now at Tayside. | 26 Mar 1821 | 166 | |
| 1817.11557 | Trs James Douglas loan repaid | Dalgleish of Scotscraig gets ren of bond etc … Trs James Douglas ... (see 10426) | 1817 | 166 & others | |
| 1815.10426 | loan by Trs James Douglas to William Dalgleish & James Heriot | Trs of late James Douglas of Edenside, Major E I Co Serv on the Bombay Establishment, seised … Scotscraig … Sandyhills … pts of land of Innerdivot commonly called town & land of Causeyhead & Laverocklaw, town & lands of Den of St Foord, lands of Craighead, a field & pce of grnd on S side of R Tay called Fish House land cut & inclosed by a wall & ditch possessed by John Morrison innkeeper Newport of Dundee, 6 rigs of land on E side of said Newport, the houses & yards of the skippers, & the ho, land & yd in the Newport of Dundee, the lands of Waterston Crook, that grnd with the crofts & yards at the side of the Dundee Waterside, houses & yds on E side of said Newport, 1.5 acres of land called the Holls - pt of the lands of Causeyhead, & pce of grnd called Pluck-the-Craw, with the common pasture on N & S sides or pts of the Commons of Innerdivot & Sclatesmuir, with the salmon fishings belonging to the said lands called Greenside; an annualrent corresponding to £1000 Scots, payable from the said lands of Innerdivot; other pts of Innerdivot & Bank thereof, with pt of the large common; … in security of £2000 - on bond by William Dalgleish, Scotscraig & James Heriot of Ramornie WS, Dec 1814. | 18 Jan 1815 | 166, 283 & others | |
| 1803.06583 | Scotscraig to Thomas Just | Thomas Just, feuar & mason, Causeyhead as heir to David Just, feuar there, his father, seised 18 Aug 1803 in a portion of land called The Holles or Justfield on the east side of Causeyhead & Innerdovat; and 2 riggs or butts of the lands of Causeyhead, with a piece of land in lieu of servitude of pasturage, etc, on the lands of Causeyhead, & teinds, parish of Forgan on pr cl con by William Dalgleish younger of Scotscraig, 11 Mar 1803. Pr.56.33 | 7 Oct 1803 | 166 |
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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