The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : land, vacant feus,  Kerr Street

= Property demolished or site redeveloped

Notes:      Bought by Newport Town Council 17 Mar 1944, £200. Redeveloped

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.444294,-2.936416

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):   (formerly 2, Bank Street)   (formerly 4, Bank Street)   4 Bank Street   9 Kerr Street   11 Kerr Street   (formerly 12, Kerr Street)   (formerly 13, Kerr Street)   (formerly 14, Kerr Street)   (formerly 15, Kerr Street)   (formerly 16, Kerr Street)   12 Kerr Street   13 Kerr Street   14 Kerr Street   15 Kerr Street   9a, Kerr Street   (formerly 9, Tay Terrace)   (formerly 11, Tay Terrace)   (formerly 13, Tay Terrace)   14 Tay Terrace   (formerly 15, Tay Terrace)   (formerly 17, Tay Terrace)   9 Tay Terrace   11 Tay Terrace   13 Tay Terrace   15 Tay Terrace   17 Tay Terrace   19 Tay Terrace  

Later use of the site :   (formerly 11 Tay Terrace)     (formerly 12 Kerr Street)     (formerly 13 Kerr Street)     (formerly 13 Tay Terrace)     (formerly 14 Kerr Street)     (formerly 15 Kerr Street)     (formerly 15 Tay Terrace)     (formerly 16 Kerr Street)     (formerly 17 Tay Terrace)     (formerly 2 Bank Street)     (formerly 4 Bank Street)     (formerly 9 Tay Terrace)     

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Valuation Roll entries      There are 40 entries

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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;

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