Location : 8 Kerr Street
= Property still standing
Notes:
Using the information here, it is impossible to be certain who lived in each property or part of the building before 1912. Other properties involved : 7 Kerr Street 6 Kerr Street 9 Kerr Street One possible interpretation is given below.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.443767,-2.937073
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): 1 East Queen Street 3 East Queen Street 5 East Queen Street 7 James Street 3 Kerr Street 4 Kerr Street 5 Kerr Street 6 Kerr Street 7 Kerr Street 9 Kerr Street 10 Kerr Street 11 Kerr Street (formerly 12, Kerr Street) (formerly 13, Kerr Street) (formerly 14, Kerr Street) 12 Kerr Street 13 Kerr Street 9a, Kerr Street 2 Tay Terrace 3 Tay Terrace 4 Tay Terrace 5 Tay Terrace 6 Tay Terrace 7 Tay Terrace 8 Tay Terrace (formerly 9, Tay Terrace) 9 Tay Terrace 11 Tay Terrace
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
| 7 Woodriffe Terrace |
House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| Woodriffe Terrace |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 93 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 dir | White, D. W., 8 Kerr Street | ||
| 1973 dir | White, D. W., 8 Kerr Street | ||
| 1972 dir | White, D. W., 8 Kerr Street | ||
| 1971 dir | White, D. W., 8 Kerr Street | ||
| 1970 dir | White, D. W., 8 Kerr Street | ||
| 1969 dir | White, D. W., 8 Kerr Street | ||
| 1968 dir | Brown, Miss, 8 Kerr Street | ||
| 1967 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street | ||
| 1966 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street | ||
| 1965 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street | ||
| 1964 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street | ||
| 1963 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street | ||
| 1962 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street | ||
| 1961 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street | ||
| 1960 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street | ||
| 1958-59 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Brown, Misses, 8 Kerr street, East Newport | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Brown, Misses, 7 Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Brown, Misses, 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1937-38 dir | Brown, Misses, 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1936-37 dir | Brown, Misses, 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1935-36 dir | Brown, Misses, 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1934-35 dir | Brown, Misses, 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Brown, Misses, 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Brown, Misses, 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1931-32 MacDonald dir | Myles, Wm., Woodriffe terrace, E. N. | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Brown, Misses, 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1930-31 MacDonald dir | Myles, Wm., Woodriffe terrace, E. N. | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Myles, Mrs William, 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1929-30 MacDonald dir | Myles, Wm., Woodriffe terrace, E. N. | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Myles, William (insur. manager, Dundee), 7 Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1928-29 MacDonald dir | Myles, Wm., Woodriffe terrace, E. N. | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Myles, William (insur. manager, Dundee), 7 Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1927-28 MacDonald dir | Myles, Wm., Woodriffe terrace, E. N. | ||
| 1927-28 dir | Myles, William (insur. manager, Dundee), 7 Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1926-27 MacDonald dir | Myles, Wm., Woodriffe terrace, E. N. | ||
| 1926-27 dir | Myles, William (insur. manager, Dundee), 7 Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1925-26 MacDonald dir | Myles, Wm., Woodriffe terrace, E. N. | ||
| 1925-26 dir | Myles, William (insur. secy., Dundee), 7 Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1924-25 MacDonald dir | Myles, Wm., Woodriffe terrace, E. N. | ||
| 1923-24 MacDonald dir | Myles, Wm., Woodriffe terrace, E. N. | ||
| 1923-24 dir | Myles, William (insur. secy., Dundee), 7 Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1922-23 dir | Myles, William (insur. secy., Dundee), 7 Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1919-20 MacDonald dir | Lindberg, Frederick, Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1918-19 MacDonald dir | Lindberg, Frederick, Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1918-19 dir | Lindberg, Mrs Fred M., 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1917-18 MacDonald dir | Thornburn, Mrs, Woodriffe terrace. | ||
| 1916-17 MacDonald dir | Thornburn, Mrs, Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1915-16 dir | Thorburn, Mrs, 7 Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1914-15 dir | Thorburn, Mrs, Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1908-09 MacDonald dir | Simpson, Joseph, Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1908 Tayside Annual | Simpson, Joseph, Woodriffe Terrace. | ||
| 1907-08 MacDonald dir | Simpson, Joseph, Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1907-08 dir | Simpson, J. (insurance superintendent, Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1907 Tayside Annual | Simpson, Joseph, Woodriffe Terrace. | ||
| 1907 Slater dir | Simpson Joseph, Woodriffe terrace, E | ||
| 1906-07 MacDonald dir | Simpson, Joseph, Woodriffe terrace | ||
| 1906-07 dir | Simpson, J. (insurance superintendent, Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1905-06 dir | Simpson, J. (insurance supertdt., Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1904-05 dir | Simpson, J. (insurance superintendent, Dundee), Woodriffe ter., E. Newport | ||
| 1900-01 dir | Hannay, R. K. (lecturer, University College, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1894-95 dir | Trotter, Jas. (insurance secretary, Dundee), Woodriffe ter, E. Newport | ||
| 1893-94 dir | Fithie, Mrs Agnes Scott, Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1893-94 dir | Fithie, Andrew Scott, clerk, Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1893 Slater dir | Fithie Mrs. Agnes, Woodriffe ter | ||
| 1892-93 dir | Fithie, Andrew Scott, clerk, Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1892-93 dir | Fithie, Mrs Agnes Scott, Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1891-92 dir | Fithie, Miss Agnes S., Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1890-91 dir | Fithie, Miss Agnes S., Woodriffe terrace, East Newport | ||
| 1889-90 dir | Fithie, Miss Agnes S., Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1889 Slater dir | Fraser Mr Thomas H., Woodriffe ter. Newport, Fife | [could be this house] | |
| 1888-89 dir | Fraser, T. H. (resident secretary. The Edinburgh Life Assurance Co., Dundee), Woodriffe villas | [could be this house] | |
| 1887-88 dir | Fraser, T. H. (res. secy., The Edinburgh Life Assurance Co., Dundee) Woodford Villas [Woodriffe Villas in main section] | [could be this house] | |
| 1886 Slater dir | Young Mrs Jane, 6 Woodriffe Ter, Kerr St | [could be this house] | |
| 1884-85 dir | Fraser, T. H., district insp., Edinburgh Life Assurance Co., Woodriffe ter. | [could be this house] | |
| 1880-81 dir | Osborne, Robert E. (merchant, Dundee), Woodriffe terrace, E. Newport | ||
| 1880-81 dir | Osborne, Mrs, Woodriffe terrace. East Newport | ||
| 1878-79 dir | Blyth, David (joiner and builder, Dundee), Woodriffe terr., E. Newport | ||
| 1878 Slater dir | Blyth Mr., David, Tay terrace |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 7 Woodriffe Terrace | Myles | William | 8 | ||||
| 1911 | Woodriffe Terrace | Uninhabited | ||||||
| 1901 | Woodriffe Terrace | Hannay | Robert Kerr | 8 | View household | |||
| 1891 | Woodrife Terrace | Fithie | Agnes B S | 8 | View household | |||
| 1881 | Woodriffe Villa | Osborne | Jane | 8 | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 45 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-75 | 125600 | House | Dennis White | proprietor | 142 | View details | |||
| 1973-74 | 125600 | House | Dennis White | proprietor | 142 | View details | |||
| 1972-73 | 125600 | House | Dennis White | proprietor | 142 | View details | |||
| 1971-72 | 125600 | House | Dennis White | proprietor | 142 | View details | |||
| 1969-70 | 1256 | House | Dennis White | proprietor | 91 | View details | |||
| 1968-69 | 1256 | House | Dennis White | proprietor | 91 | View details | |||
| 1967-68 | 198 | House | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 91 | View details | |||
| 1966-67 | 198 | House | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 91 | View details | |||
| 1964-65 | 198 | House | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 84 | View details | |||
| 1961-62 | 607 | House | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 84 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 355 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 45 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 358 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 45 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 330 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 45 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 326 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 45 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 332 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 45 | View details | |||
| 1940-41 | 330 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson & Currie, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 45 | View details | |||
| 1937-38 | 335 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 38 Whitehall St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 42-17-6 | View details | |||
| 1935-36 | 327 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 42-17-6 | View details | |||
| 1932-33 | 728 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | Edith M, Helen M, & Ethel M Brown | 42-17-6 | View details | |||
| 1930-31 | 726 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | William Myles | 42-17-6 | View details | |||
| 1927-28 | 717 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | William Myles | 42-17-6 | View details | |||
| 1925-26 | 698 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | William Myles | same | 42-17-6 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 671 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per D & J Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | William Myles | same | 42-17-6 | View details | ||
| 1920-21 | 649 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | William Myles | same | 33 | View details | ||
| 1917-18 | 648 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | Fred Lindberg, contractor | same | 30 | View details | ||
| 1915-16 | 644 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | Mrs N Thorburn | same | 30 | View details | ||
| 1912-13 | 375 | House & Garden | Trs of late Peter Reid, solicitor, Dundee per David Thomson, 8 Bank St, Dundee | empty | 28 | View details | |||
| 1907-08 | 355 | House & Garden | Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J & E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | Joseph Simpson | same | 30 | View details | ||
| 1905-06 | 342 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | Joseph Simpson | same | 30 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 339 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | empty | 35 | View details | |||
| 1901-02 | 929 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | Professor Robert Kerr Hannay | same | 35 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 913 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | Professor Robert Kerr Hannay | same | 35 | View details | ||
| 1899-00 | 879 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | empty | 34 | View details | |||
| 1897-98 | 831 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | empty | 34 | View details | |||
| 1896-97 | 805 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | empty | 34 | View details | |||
| 1895-96 | 771 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | empty | 34 | View details | |||
| 1894-95 | 726 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | James Trotter, insurance secretary | same | 34 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 703 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | Mrs Agnes Fithie | same | 34 | View details | ||
| 1892-93 | 689 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per J & E Shepherd, 31 Panmure St, Dundee | Mrs Agnes Fithie | same | 34 | View details | ||
| 1891-92 | 673 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, 13 Overgate, Dundee | Mrs Agnes Fithie | same | 34 | View details | ||
| 1890-91 | 639 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, 13 Overgate, Dundee | Mrs Agnes Fithie | same | 34 | View details | ||
| 1889-90 | 612 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston, solicitors, Dundee per Alexander Barrie, 13 Overgate, Dundee | Mrs Agnes Fithie | same | 34 | View details | ||
| 1885-86 | 579 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston solicitors Dundee | empty | 34 | View details | |||
| 1881-82 | 471 | House and Garden | Messrs Reid & Johnston solicitors Dundee | 34 | View details | ||||
| 1878-79 | 446 | House and Garden | David Blyth, builder | Said David Blyth | 34 | View details |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 440 view details | East Newport | 40 pol 24 yd | pt of 380.461 pol | (Blyth / Reid & Johnston) | ? either 6/7 Kerr St or 8/9 Kerr St (here assumed 8/9) |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885.06434 | Bell loan transferred to Trs | Assig by Margaret Soot / Bell ... to Trs of bond (16 Nov 1876) £1000 by David Blyth joiner ... consent Reid & Johnston ... over 40 pol 24 yd & bldgs, : N by Kerr St, : S by Nairne St ... with joint right to well ... | 4 Nov 1885 | 440 | |
| 1885.06244 | Bell loan transferred to Margaret Soot / Bell | Not Instr Margaret Soot / Bell, Auchtertyre, Newtyle, exec of David Bell of bond (16 Nov 1876) £1000 by David Blyth joiner ... consent Reid & Johnston ... over 40 pol 24 yd & bldgs, : N by Kerr St, : S by Nairne St ... with joint right to well ... | 24 Aug 1885 | 440 | |
| 1876.01090 | loan by David Bell | Bond £1000 by David Blyth, joiner, Annfield St, Dundee & disp by him and Reid & Johnston to David Bell, farmer, Auchtertyre or 40 pol 24 yd grnd & bldgs, : N by Kerr St, : S by Nairne St, pt of park E of Marytown, pt of grnd in feu 1876.00311 | 16 Nov 1876 | 440, 423 |
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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