The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : Wormit Tennis Club, 11,  Bay Road

= Property still standing

Notes:      

Introduction

Site of the foundry for the construction of the original Tay Bridge. (see also former Tay Bridge Works.

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.4252,-2.978776

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):   7 Bay Road   9 Bay Road   5 Bay Road   arch & ground, 13, Naughton Road   recreation ground, Naughton Road  

Information and Photographs on Other Sites (open in a new window)

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      915

Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)

House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 43 entries

Census records

Valuation Roll entries      There are 39 entries

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Sasine Abridgements:

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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