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Location : 4  James Street

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= Property still standing

Notes:      upstairs

Other properties at the same location : 2 James Street     

Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1937. Other properties involved : 2 James Street     54 King Street     56 King Street      One possible interpretation is given below.

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.443061,-2.937604

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 James Street   5 James Street   7 James Street   8 James Street   2 Kerr Street   3 Kerr Street   4 Kerr Street   5 Kerr Street   6 Kerr Street   1 Kerr Street   46 King Street   48 King Street   50 King Street   52 King Street   54 King Street   56 King Street   (former coal shed, King Street)   37 Queen Street   39 Queen Street   41 Queen Street   43 Queen Street   45 Queen Street   47 Queen Street   49 Queen Street   51 Queen Street   53 Queen Street   unidentified [? part of 41], Queen Street   (Shed / Stable, Queen Street)   1 Tay Terrace   2 Tay Terrace   3 Tay Terrace   5 Tay Terrace   7 Tay Terrace  

 

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)

Osborne Place
Maryton Villa 1887-1889

 

 

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 73 entries

SourceEntry 
1949-50 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street
1948-49 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street
1947-48 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street
1946-47 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street
1942-43 dirM'Intosh, Mrs. Osborne place, King street
1941-42 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street
1940-41 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street
1939-40 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street
1938-39 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street
1937-38 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street
1936-37 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street
1935-36 dirM'Intosh, Mrs. Osborne place, King street
1934-35 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1933-34 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1932-33 dirM'Intosh, Mrs, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1931-32 dirM'Intosh, Mrs Mary, Osborne place, East Newport
1931-32 dirIrons, J. B., clerk, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1930-31 dirIrons, J. B., clerk, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1929-30 dirIrons, J. B., clerk, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1928-29 dirIrons, J. B., clerk, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1927-28 dirIrons, J. B., clerk, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1926-27 dirJolly, John, gardener, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1925-26 dirJolly, John, Osborne place, King st. : Gardeners (Landscape).
1925-26 dirJolly, John, gardener, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1923-24 dirJolly, John, gardener, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1923-24 dirJolly, John, Osborne place, King st. : Gardeners (Landscape).
1922-23 dirJolly, John, gardener, Osborne place, King street. East Newport
1920-21 dirJolly, John, gardener, Osborne place, East Newport
1918-19 dirJolly, John, gardener, Osborne place, East Newport
1915-16 dirJolly, John, gardener, Osborne place, East Newport
1914-15 dirJolly, John, gardener, Osborne place
1913-14 dirJolly, John, gardener, Osborne place
1912-13 dirJolly, John, coachman, Osborne place
1911-12 dirJolly, John, coachman, Osborne place
1910-11 dirJolly, John, coachman, Osborne place
1909-10 dirJolly, John, coachman, Osborne place
1908-09 dirJolly, John, coachman, Osborne place
1908 Tayside AnnualJolly, John, gardener, Osborne Place.
1908 Tayside AnnualJolly, William, grocer, Osborne Place.
1907-08 dirJolly, John, coachman, Osborne place
1907 Tayside AnnualJolly, John, gardener, Osborne Place.
1907 Tayside AnnualJolly, William grocer, Osborne Place.
1906-07 dirJolly, John, coachman, Osborne place
1905-06 dirJolly, John, coachman, Osborne place
1904-05 dirJolly, John, coachman, Osborne place
1903-04 dirJolly, John, coachman, Osborne place
1902-03 dirSalmond, Mrs John, Osborne place, James street, East Newport
1896-97 dirCrarer, Mrs, Osborne place, King street, East Newport-
1895-96 dirCrarer, Mrs, Osborne place. King street. East Newport
1894-95 dirCrarer, Mrs, Osborne place, King street. East Newport
1893-94 dirCrarer, Mrs, Osborne place. King street. East Newport
1892-93 dirCrarer, Mrs, Osborne place, King street, East Newport
1891-92 dirCrarer, Mrs, Osborne place, King street. East Newport
1890-91 dirCrarer, Mrs, Osborne place, East Newport
1889-90 dirCrarer, Mrs, Maryton villa. East Newport
1889 Slater dirCrearer Mrs Jessie, King st., East Newport, Fife
1888-89 dirCrarer, Mrs, Maryton villa. East Newport
1887-88 dirCrarer, Mrs, Maryton villa. East Newport
1886 Slater dirCrearer Mrs Jessie, King St
1885-86 dirCrearer, Mrs, Osborne place. East Newport
1884-85 dirCrearer, Mrs, Osborne place. East Newport
1882 Slater dirCrearer Mrs. Jessie, Osborne pl
1880-81 dirRollo, John, shipmaster, Osborne place. East Newport
1878-79 dirRollo, John, shipmaster, Osborne place. East Newport
1877 Worrall dirBaxter Mr. David, Osborne place
1876-77 dirBaxter, David, (saddler, Dundee), Osborne place, East Newport [* ms. Alteration - entry deleted]
1874-75 dirSmith, Joshua (wine merchant, Dundee), Osborne place, East Newport[? could be any of the 8 in Osborne Place]
1873 Slater dirWebster Mr. James, Osborne place, Newport
1871-72 dirWebster, James (tea merchant, Dundee), Osborne PI., E. Newport
1871-72 dirWebster, Mrs George, Osborne Place, East Newport
1869-70 dirKelt, Misses, Osborne Place, East Newport[? could be any of the 8 in Osborne Place]
1869-70 dirNicholson, Charles, Osborne Place, East Newport
1867-68 dirNicholson, Charles, Osborne Place, East Newport

 

 

Entries in the Registers of Voters

SourceEnrol DateNameOccup.AddressQualificationPropertyatNotes
1900 Female Voters Salrnond, Mrs Jessie King Street, Newport Tenant of House King Street
1879-1880 Voters Rollo, John shipmaster Easter Newport

 

Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1921 James Street Jolly John 5
1911 James Street, Osborne Place Jolly John 5
1901 James Street Salmond Jessie 5View household
1891 3 Osborne Place Crarer Jessie 5View household
1881 Osborne Place Rollo Margaret 5View household
1871 King Street Kelt Isabella H 5View household[?]

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 45 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1973-74124600House Alexandria B Milne proprietor 64View details
1971-72124600House Alexandria B Milne proprietor 64View details
1969-701246House Alexandria B Milne proprietor 45View details
1967-68190House Alexandria B Milne proprietor 45View details
1966-67190House Alexandria B Milne proprietor 45View details
1964-65190House Alexandria B Milne proprietor 43View details
1961-62708House Alexandria B Milne proprietor 43View details
1958-59392House & Garden William H Bell proprietor 28View details
1957-58395House & Garden William H Bell proprietor 28View details
1952-53368House & Garden Alexander G Lindsay proprietor 28View details
1947-48365House & Garden James A Kyd, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Mrs Mary McIntosh 24-6-0View details
1942-43366House & Garden James A Kyd, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Mrs Mary McIntosh 24-6-0View details
1940-41364House & Garden James A Kyd, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee Mrs Mary McIntosh 24-6-0View details
1937-38369House & Garden James A Kyd, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mary McIntosh 24-6-0View details
1935-36365House & Garden James A Kyd, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mary McIntosh 24-6-0View details
1932-33345House & Garden Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee Mary McIntosh 24-6-0View details
1930-31340House & Garden Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee John B Irons, clerk 24-6-0View details
1927-28337House & Garden Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee John B Irons 24-6-0View details
1925-26323House & Garden Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee John Jolly, gardener same 24-6-0View details
1922-23306House & Garden Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee John Jolly, gardener same 24-6-0View details
1920-21295House & Garden Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee John Jolly, gardener same 17View details
1917-18294House & Garden Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee John Jolly, gardener same 17View details
1915-16291House & Garden Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee John Jolly, gardener same 17View details
1912-13476House & Garden Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee John Jolly, gardener same 17View details
1907-08456House & Garden Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee John Jolly, gardener same 17View details
1905-06443House and Garden Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee John Jolly, gardener same 17View details
1903-04435House and Garden Trs of William Thomas Fyfe, auctioneer, 43 Overgate, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee John Jolly, gardener same 17View details
1901-021025House and Garden William Thomas Fyfe, auctioneer, 43 Overgate, Dundee Mrs Jessie Salmond same 17View details
1900-011008House and Garden William Thomas Fyfe, auctioneer, 107 Murraygate, Dundee Mrs Jessie Salmond same 17View details
1899-00974House and Garden William Thomas Fyfe, auctioneer, Ward Rd, Dundee Mrs Jessie Salmond same 17View details
1897-98922House and Garden William Thomas Fyfe, auctioneer, Ward Rd, Dundee empty 17View details
1896-97895House and Garden William Thomas Fyfe, auctioneer, Ward Rd, Dundee Miss Jessie Crerar's Reps same 17View details
1895-96856House and Garden William Thomas Fyfe, auctioneer Dundee per John Harris, solicitor, High St, Dundee Mrs Jessie Crerar same 17View details
1894-95812House and Garden Mrs Charlotte Fyfe or Preston Miss Jessie Crerar same 17View details
1893-94789House and Garden Mrs Charlotte Fyfe or Preston Miss Jessie Crerar same 17View details
1892-93773House and Garden Mrs Charlotte Fyfe or Preston Miss Jessie Crerar 17View details
1891-92757House and Garden Mrs Charlotte Fyfe or Preston Miss Jessie Crerar 17View details
1890-91709House and Garden Mrs Charlotte Fyfe or Preston Miss Jessie Crerar 17View details
1889-90685House and Garden Mrs Charlotte Fyfe or Preston Miss Jessie Crerar 17View details
1885-86644House and Garden Mrs Charlotte Fyfe or Preston Mrs Crerar same 17View details
1881-82535House and Garden Mrs Charlotte Fyfe or Preston same Mrs Crerar 17View details
1878-79505House and Garden Mrs Charlotte Fyfe or Preston same John Rollo shipmaster 18View details
1875-76389House and Garden Mrs Charlotte Fyfe or Preston same David Baxter, saddler 17View details
1871-72352House Mrs Preston James Webster, tea merchant 17View details
1867-68344House and Garden Mrs Preston, baker, Hawkhill, Dundee Charles Nicholson, merchant 17View details

 

 

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Plot: 273  view details Seacraig field lot 3 45 pol 25 yd 'NE' lot of field on S side of King Street (James Brown) 2-4 James St, 54-56 King St

 

Sasine Abridgements:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1874.0380827 feus to Balmerino ChurchDisp by Berry, Tayfield to Trs Rev James Campbell, Minister of Balmerino and his successors of the following lands, pts of Tayfield (1) 17.75 pol Marytown; (2) 3 pieces lots 29, 30, 31 Marytown; (3) 2 roods Scots lot 26 Marytown; (4) 1 rood 23 falls 15 ells lots 27 & 28 Marytown; (5) 1 acre 34 falls grnd lot 20 S of Marytown; (6) 34 pol 20.5 yd of Gowrie Hill; (7) 32 pol 5 yd of Gowriehill; (8) 4 pol Gowrie Lane; (9) 72.25 pol lot 27 S of Marytown; (10) 37 pol Gardyne St lot 8; (11) 31 pol 20 yd Gardyne St lot 8; (12) 27.5 pol Gardyne St lot 7; (13) 34 pol 25 yd Gardyne St lot 7; (14) 45 pol 9 yd field of Seacraig; (15) 37 pol field of Seacraig; (16) 45 pol 25 yd field of Seacraig; (17) 36 pol 22 yd field of Seacraig; (18) 35 pol lot 5 E of Newport; (19) 54 pol lot 6 E of Newport; (20) 53 pol 18 yd lot 7 E of Newport; (21) 17 pol 14 yd lot 4b E of Newport; (22) 64 pol lot 21 E of Newport; (23) 52 pol 6 yd lot 8 E of Newport; (24) 53.5 pol lot 9 E of Newport; (25) 18 pol 22 yd lot 4a E of Newport; (26) 73 pol lot 28 S of Marytown; (27) 64 pol of Gowriehill; ... under burden of feu rights9 Nov 1874239, 167, 168, 169, 205, 261, 156, 3, 4, 333, 324, 331, 323, 330, 271, 274, 273, 272, 222, 223, 144, 145, 336, 322, 62, 228, 71, 342
1867.02005James Brown to Charlotte Fife / PrestonCharlotte Fife relict of David Preston regist disp to herself by James Brown of lot of 45 pol 25 yd grnd & houses t/on, on S side of King St, the NE lot of a field [repeat of 1867.01954]12 Jun 1867273
1867.01954James Brown to Charlotte Fyfe / PrestonCharlotte Fyfe relict of David Preston regist disp to herself by James Brown of lot of 45 pol 25 yd grnd on S side of King St, the NE lot of a field21 May 1867273
1867.01953Worrall loan repaidGeorge Worrall grants disch of bond £500 (March 1865) by James Brown & declares lot of 45 pol 25 yd grnd on S side of King St, the NE lot of a field, disburdened (see no. 163)21 May 1867273
1865.00163loan by George WorrallGeorge Worrall gets bond & disp £500 by James Brown over lot of 45 pol 25 yd, no. 3 on plan, on S side of King Street, the NE lot of a field of Seacraig25 Mar 1865273
1865.00131Tayfield to James BrownJames Brown builder regist feu disp to himself by Berry, Tayfield of 45 pol 25 yd grnd, no. 3 on plan, on S side of King Street, the NE lot of a field of Seacraig7 Mar 1865273, 275

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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