Location : Old Granary [6], High Street
= Property demolished or site redeveloped
Notes:
Part of a block. Other parts: Old Granary [1] Old Granary [2] Old Granary [3] Old Granary [4] Old Granary [5] Old Granary [7] Old Granary [8] Old Granary [9] Old Granary [10] Old Granary [11]
Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1885. Other properties involved : Old Granary [1] Old Granary [2] Old Granary [3] Old Granary [4] Old Granary [5] Old Granary [7] Old Granary [8] Old Granary [9] Old Granary [10] Old Granary [11] One possible interpretation is given below.
Introduction
Originally built as granary at the old harbour, converted into housing c.1870. Tenants included workmen on the first Tay Bridge. Demolished 1968. See also article in the blog.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.440226,-2.941735
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 Blyth Street 4 Blyth Street shop, 1, Cupar Road shop, 3, Cupar Road 6 Cupar Road 4 Cupar Road shop, formerly 2, Cupar Road (Farm steading, Cupar Road) (formerly 5, Granary Lane) (Burgh Yard, formerly 11, Granary Lane) (Newport harbour pack house, Granary Lane) (Caldwell, Granary Lane) (Old Granary [1], High Street) (Old Granary [2], High Street) (Old Granary [3], High Street) (Old Granary [4], High Street) (Old Granary [5], High Street) (Old Granary [7], High Street) (Old Granary [8], High Street) (Old Granary [9], High Street) (Old Granary [10], High Street) (Old Granary [11], High Street) shop, 9, High Street shop, 11, High Street shop, 13, High Street shop, 15, High Street 28a, High Street shop, 28, High Street shop, 30, High Street shop, 32, High Street 34 High Street 36 High Street shop, 38, High Street shop, 40, High Street shop, 46, High Street shop, 48, High Street shop, 52, High Street shop, 54, High Street shop, 50, High Street (house at gasworks, High Street) (Gas Office, High Street) downstairs property, 9, High Street (Newport House, High Street) (old house [north 1], High Street) (old house [north 2], High Street) (old house [north 3], High Street) (old house [south 1], High Street) (old house [south 2], High Street) (old house [south 3], High Street) (old house [south 4], High Street)
Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)
Granary, High St source: Newport History Group |
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Reference no.  23
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
High Street (Ward 1) |
House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
Old Granary [6] | ||
The Granary [6] | ||
Ronald's Land [6] | 1870s | |
Cunningham Buildings [6] | 1892-1912 | |
Black's Land [6] | 1901 |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 9 entries
Source | Entry | ||
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1908 Tayside Annual | Young, Robert, groom, Old Granary. | ||
1907 Tayside Annual | Young, Robert, groom, Old Granary. | ||
1898-99 dir | Kidd, Thomas, Cunningham building | ||
1897-98 dir | Lowson, James, coachman, Cunningham buildings | ||
1896-97 dir | Lowson, James, coachman, Cunningham buildings | ||
1895-96 dir | Lowson, James, coachman, Cunningham buildings | ||
1894-95 dir | Lowson, James, coachman, Cunningham Buildings | ||
1893-94 dir | Lowson, James, coachman, Cunningham buildings | ||
1892-93 dir | Lowson, James, coachman, Cunningham buildings |
Census records
Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
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1921 | Old Granary, ground floor | Young | Robert | 3 | ||||
1911 | High Street, Granary | Young | Robert | 3 | ||||
1901 | Black's Land | Kidd | Isabella | 3 | View household | |||
1891 | High Street | Granary | Lowson | James | 3 | View household | ||
1881 | Ronalds Land | Lowson | James | 2 | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 41 entries
Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
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1967-68 | 170 | Premises | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | empty | 0 | View details | |||
1966-67 | 170 | Premises | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | empty | 0 | View details | |||
1964-65 | 170 | House | Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of the Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain | uninhabitable | 0 | View details | |||
1961-62 | 510 | House | Helen A & Rachel M Black, Seacraig & Trs of John F Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young | 17 | View details | |||
1958-59 | 327 | House | Helen A & Rachel M Black, Seacraig & Trs of John F Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young | 10-15-8 | View details | |||
1957-58 | 330 | House | Helen A & Rachel M Black, Seacraig & Trs of John F Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young | 10-15-8 | View details | |||
1952-53 | 301 | House | Helen A & Rachel M Black, Seacraig, E Newport & Trs of John F Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young | 10-15-8 | View details | |||
1947-48 | 297 | House | Helen A & Rachel M Black, Seacraig, E Newport & Trs of John F Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Mary Young | 10-15-8 | View details | |||
1942-43 | 303 | House | Helen A & Rachel M Black, Seacraig, E Newport & Trs of John F Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | 10-15-8 | View details | |||
1940-41 | 301 | House | Helen A & Rachel M Black, Seacraig, E Newport & Trs of John F Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | 10-15-8 | View details | |||
1937-38 | 306 | House | Helen A & Rachel M Black, Seacraig, Newport & Trs of John Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | 10-15-8 | View details | |||
1935-36 | 276 | House | John F Black, gas manager; Helen A, Jemima B & Rachel M Black, Seacraig, Newport per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | 10-15-8 | View details | |||
1932-33 | 273 | House | John F Black, gas manager; Helen A, Jemima B & Rachel M Black, Seacraig, Newport per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | 10-15-8 | View details | |||
1930-31 | 268 | House | John F Black, gas manager; Helen A, Jemima B & Rachel M Black, Seacraig, Newport per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | 10-15-8 | View details | |||
1927-28 | 264 | House | Trs of late James Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | 10-15-8 | View details | |||
1925-26 | 251 | House | Trs of late James Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | same | 10-15-8 | View details | ||
1922-23 | 238 | House | Trs of late James Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | same | 10-15-8 | View details | ||
1920-21 | 229 | House | Trs of late James Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1917-18 | 228 | House | Trs of late James Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1915-16 | 226 | House | Trs of late James Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1912-13 | 193 | House | Trs of late James Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1907-08 | 184 | House | Trs of late James Black per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1905-06 | 174 | House | James Black, retired gas manager per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1903-04 | 175 | House | James Black, retired gas manager per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Robert Young, groom | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1901-02 | 705 | House | James Black, gas manager per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Mrs Thomas Kidd | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1900-01 | 693 | House | James Black, gas manager per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Mrs Thomas Kidd | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1899-00 | 663 | House | James Black, gas manager per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Mrs Thomas Kidd | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1897-98 | 613 | House | James Black, gas manager per P F & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | James Lawson, labourer | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1896-97 | 587 | House | Heirs of late David Cunningham, civil engineer, Dundee per J B Murray, house agent, 13 Overgate, Dundee | James Lawson, labourer | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1895-96 | 549 | House | David Cunningham, civil engineer, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, house agent, 13 Overgate, Dundee | James Lawson, labourer | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1894-95 | 507 | House | David Cunningham, civil engineer, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, house agent, 13 Overgate, Dundee | James Lawson, labourer | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1893-94 | 486 | House | David Cunningham, civil engineer, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, house agent, 13 Overgate, Dundee | James Lawson, labourer | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1892-93 | 475 | House | David Cunningham, civil engineer, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, house agent, 13 Overgate, Dundee | James Lawson, labourer | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1891-92 | 462 | House | David Cunningham, civil engineer, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, house agent, 13 Overgate, Dundee | James Lawson, labourer | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1890-91 | 434 | House | David Cunningham, civil engineer, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, house agent, 13 Overgate, Dundee | James Lawson, labourer | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1889-90 | 413 | House | David Cunningham, civil engineer, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, house agent, 13 Overgate, Dundee | James Lawson, labourer | same | 7-10-0 | View details | ||
1885-86 | 384 | House | David Cunningham, civil engineer, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, house agent, 13 Overgate, Dundee | James Lowson, gardener | same | 4-10-0 | View details | ||
1881-82 | 282 | House | James Ronald, corn merchant | same | James Lowson, coachman | 5 | View details | ||
1878-79 | 273 | House | James Ronald, corn merchant | same | James Lowson, coachman | 7 | View details | ||
1875-76 | 243 | House | James Ronald, corn merchant | same | John Cowie, Tay Bridge Works | 6 | View details | ||
1871-72 | 222 | House | James Ronald, corn merchant | - | 5 | View details |
Other Sightings:
Year | Detail | Source |
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1825 | Building shown on map: Ref. 9, Granary | National Library of Scotland, Plan of the coast from Newport to Craighead, 1824-25, John Steedman |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
Plot: 188 view details | Newport | 30 yds on High Road of Newport + granary | Old Granary, High St |
Sasine Abridgements:
Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
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1897.00673 | loan by Fulton Spiers | Bond £250 & disp secur by James Black to Fulton Spiers of pce grnd 30 yds along the High Road of Newport between said road & high water & bldgs, formerly a granary, t/on ... | 17 May 1897 | 188 | |
1897.00672 | Trs David Cunningham to James Black | Disp by Trs David Cunningham CE to James Black gas manager Newport of pce grnd 30 yds along the High Road of Newport between said road & high water & bldgs, formerly a granary, t/on, with privilege of a 12' road from W side of the harbour along the face of the bank & privilege of gathering stones along the shore & liberty to bring vessels into the harbour of Newport for shipping corn out of said granary (under exception) | 17 May 1897 | 188 | |
1882.01651 | loan by Margaret Towns Anderson & Anna Jane Anderson | Bond £600 & disp by David Cunningham civil engineer to Margaret Towns Anderson & Anna Jane Anderson, 45 High St, Montrose, half each, of pce grnd extending to 30 yds along the High Road of Newport, betwixt the High Road and the high water mark, & granary t/on | 25 Mar 1882 | 188 | |
1882.01569 | Christie loan repaid | Disch by Peter Christie ... disburd bond (22 May 1879) £250 by Jessie Knox / Ronald & James Ronald, corn merchant of pce grnd 30 yds along the High Road of Newport between said road & high water & granary t/on ... privilege of a road ... | 20 Feb 1882 | 188 | |
1882.01568 | Hood / Wilson loan repaid | Disch by Isabella Hood / Wilson, Perth, widow disburd bond (7 Feb 1873) £300 by James Ronald corn merchant Dundee consent of Jessie Knox / Ronald of pce grnd 30 yds along the High Road of Newport between said road & high water & granary t/on ... privilege of a road ... | 20 Feb 1882 | 188 | |
1882.01567 | Jessie Knox / Ronald, James Ronald, & Jessie Nicoll Ronalt to David Cunningham; also Jessie Knox loan repaid | Disp by Jane Nicoll Ronald, Newport, consent of David Scott Fergusson & John Proctor Kyd ... & by Jessie Knox / Ronald ... & by her husband James Ronald to David Cunningham civil engineer Dundee, residing Newport, of pce grnd 30 yds along the High Road of Newport between said road & high water & bldgs, formerly a granary, t/on, with privilege of a 12' road from W side of the harbour along the face of the bank & privilege of gathering stones along the shore & liberty to bring vessels into the harbour of Newport for shipping corn out of said granary; & disch by Jessie Knox / Ronald & James Ronald disburd bond (17 May 1867) £500 by James Ronald ... | 18 Feb 1882 | 188 | |
1879.04471 | James Ronald & Jessie Knox / Ronald to Jessie Knox / Ronald & Jane Nicoll Ronald | Disp by James Ronald corn merchant Dundee & spouse Jessie Knox / Ronald to said Jessie Knox / Ronald (liferent) and daughter Jane Ronald or Jane Nicoll Ronald (fee) of (1) pce grnd 30 yds along the High Road of Newport and between it and the high water mark, and buildings formerly a granary t/on with privilege of a road etc; (2) 2 pieces grnd lots 8 & 9 of Marytown 1 rood 30 falls 34 ells, : S & N by cart roads, pt of lands of Seacraig | 23 May 1879 | 188, 113 | |
1879.04468 | loan by Peter Christie | Bond £250 & disp by James Ronald corn merchant &his spouse Jessie Knox / Ronald to Peter Christie, farmer Mains of Scotscraig, of pce grnd extending to 30 yds along the High Road of Newport, betwixt the High Road and the high water mark, & granary t/on | 22 May 1879 | 188 | |
1873.01998 | James Ronald to his wife Jessie Knox / Ronald | Disp by James Ronald corn merchant Dundee, residing Newport to his wife Jessie Knox / Ronald of pce grnd 30 yds along the High Road of Newport between said road & high water & granary t/on ... privilege of a road ... | 7 Feb 1873 | 188 | |
1873.01997 | loan by Isabella Hood / Wilson; postponement of loan by Jessie Knox | Bond £300 by James Ronald corn merchant Dundee, residing Newport, & disp security by him, consent of his wife Jessie Knox / Ronald ... postponing her right of bond (17 May 1867) £500 by James Ronald ... to Isabella Hood / Wilson widow Coupar Angus of pce grnd 30 yds along the High Road of Newport between said road & high water & granary t/on ... privilege of a road ... | 7 Feb 1873 | 188 | |
1868.02919 | James Ronald to Newport Gas Light Co | Newport Gas Light Co regist feu disp to themselves by James Ronald of 5 pol 25 yd grnd immediately E of the Gas Works at Newport | 19 May 1868 | 188, 304 | |
1867.01921 | loan by Jessie Knox, spouse of James Ronald | Jessie Knox, spouse of James Ronald, gets bond & disp £500 by James Ronald over pce grnd on High Road of Newport West with granary t/on | 17 May 1867 | 188 | |
1867.01920 | George Kerr Harrower to James Ronald | James Ronald registers disp to himself by George Kerr Harrower of pce grnd on High Road of Newport West with granary t/on | 17 May 1867 | 188 | |
1867.01914 | Trs Benjamin Hall Blyth to George Kerr Harrower; also Blyth loan repaid | George Kerr Harrower regist. disp & reconvey to himself by Trs Benjamin Hall Blyth of pce grnd on High Road with granary t/on; also disch. of the personal obligations in bond & disp £500 by George Kerr Harrower to Benjamin Hall Blyth, April 1858 (see 01734) | 16 May 1867 | 188 | |
1867.01735 | Benjamin Hall Blyth to Trs | Trs Benjamin Hall Blyth get Not. Instr. of pce grnd extending along the High Road with granary t/on (see 00795) (will of Benjamin Hall Blyth) | 13 Mar 1867 | 188 | |
1867.01734 | Benjamin Hall Blyth loan transferred to Trs | Trs Benjamin Hall Blyth get Not. Instr. declaring their right to bond & disp £500 by George Kerr Harrower to Benjamin Hall Blyth (April 1858) over pce grnd extending along the High Road with granary t/on (see 01566) | 13 Mar 1867 | 188 | |
1862.00795 | George Kerr Harrower to Benjamin Hall Blyth | Benjamin Hall Blyth, civil engineer Edinburgh, registers disp to himself by George Kerr Harrower of pce grnd extending along the High Road of Newport west from the W side of the slated stable of Newport, with the granary t/on | 16 Jan 1862 | 188 | |
1858.01566 | loan by Trs Benjamin Hall Blyth | Trs Benjamin Hall Blyth, C.E., Edinburgh gets bond & disp £500 by George Kerr Harrower over pce grnd extending along the High Road of Newport with the granary t/on | 29 Apr 1858 | 188 | |
1858.01525 | Eastern Bank to George Kerr Harrower | George Kerr Harrower seised piece grnd extending along the High Road of Newport with the granary t/on on disp by the Eastern Bank of Scotland, consent of James Gordon & George K Harrower, partners of Gordon & Harrower, corn merchants Dundee, & said firm | 8 Apr 1858 | 188 | |
1852.01296 | Trs James Wilson to Eastern Bank | Eastern Bank of Scotland seised 10 acres 32 falls lands of Craighead & houses t/on; & pce grnd extending along the High Road of Newport W from W side of the slated stable of Newport for the space of 30 yds with the granary now built thereon, on disp by Tr sequest est James Wilson, corn merchant Dundee, one of the partners of the firm Wilson, Philp & Co | 29 Jul 1852 | 67, 188 | |
1848.01344 | James Wilson to Eastern Bank of Scotland | Eastern Bank of Scotland seised 10 acres 32 falls & houses t/on pt of lands of Craighead; & pce grnd which extends along the High Road of Newport W from the W side of the slated stable of Newport for 30 yds with granary t/on - on disp by James Wilson, corn merchant, formerly Cupar now Dundee | 29 Apr 1848 | 67, 188 | |
1845.01884 | loan by Eastern Bank to John [? James] Wilson | Eastern Bank of Scotland seised 10 acres 32 falls of lands of Craighead & houses t/on; & pce grnd which extends along the High Road of Newport west from the west side of the slated stable of Newport for the space of 30 yds with the granary t/on - in security of £2000 on bond & disp by John [? James] Wilson, corn merchant, Dundee | 20 Feb 1845 | 67, 188 | |
1829.04604 | John Stein to James Wilson | James Wilson, corn merchant, Cupar, seised pce grnd & granary t/on at Newport on disp by John Stein of Ashford, Kent. 22 Nov 1828 | 5 Jan 1829 | 188 | |
1827.03976 | Berry to John Stein | John Stein of Ashford, Kent as heir to John Stein of Kennet Pans, his father, seised pce grnd which extends along the High Road of Newport west from the west side of the slated stable of Newport, & bldgs t/on, on pr cl con by William Berry, Tayfield | 13 Dec 1827 | 188 | |
1802.06288 | John Hay to John Stein sen | John Stein sen of Kennetpans seised 21 Sep 1802 a pce grnd at Newport on feu ch by John Hay of Newport, consent of Sophia Kircaldie, his mother. PR.53.499 | 4 Nov 1802 | 188 | sasine extract |
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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