Location : 1 Northview Terrace
= Property still standing
Notes:
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.424218,-2.979141
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): 3 Hillpark Terrace 5 Hillpark Terrace 7 Hillpark Terrace 18 Hillpark Terrace shop (west) at 1-5, Mount Stewart Road 11 Mount Stewart Road former shop (east) at 1-5, Mount Stewart Road former office (upper east) at 1-5, Mount Stewart Road former office (east) at 1-5, Mount Stewart Road house above at 1-5, Mount Stewart Road hall, Mount Stewart Road 2 Naughton Road 4 Naughton Road
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
| Hillpark Road |
House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| The Tower | ||
| Tower Villa | ||
| The Towers | 1942 |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 116 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1973 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1972 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1971 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1970 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1969 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1968 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1967 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1966 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1965 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1964 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1963 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1962 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1961 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper. Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1960 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper. Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1958-59 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper. Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Wilson, Gavin L., B.Sc. (draper, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1942-43 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Tel. No. W.2205) | ||
| 1941-42 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Tel. No. W. 2205) | ||
| 1940-41 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Tel. No. W. 2205) | ||
| 1939-40 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Tel. No. W.2205) | ||
| 1938-39 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Tel. No. W. 2205) | ||
| 1937-38 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1937-38 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Tel. No. W. 2205) | ||
| 1936-37 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1936-37 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Telephone No. W. 2205) | ||
| 1935-36 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower. Wormit | ||
| 1935-36 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Telephone No. W. 5) | ||
| 1934-35 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1934-35 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Telephone No. W. 5) | ||
| 1933-34 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Telephone No. W. 5) | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Telephone No. W. 5) | ||
| 1931-32 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Telephone No. W. 5) | ||
| 1930-31 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Telephone No. W. 5) | ||
| 1929-30 MacDonald dir | Younger, David, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Telephone No. W. 5) | ||
| 1928-29 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Younger, David (manager, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit (Telephone No. W. 5) | ||
| 1927-28 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1927-28 dir | Duncan, Mrs George, The Tower, Wormit, and Drumfork, Perthshire | ||
| 1926-27 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1926-27 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit, and Drumfork, Perthshire | ||
| 1925-26 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1925-26 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit, and Drumfork, Perthshire | ||
| 1924-25 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1923-24 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1923-24 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit, and Drumfork, Perthshire | ||
| 1922-23 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit, and Drumfork, Perthshire | ||
| 1921-22 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1921 Slater dir | Duncan George, The Tower [under Wormit] | ||
| 1920-21 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit, and Drumfork, Perthshire | ||
| 1919-20 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1918-19 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1918-19 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit, and Drum-fork, Perthshire | ||
| 1917-18 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1916-17 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1915-16 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1915-16 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1915 Slater dir | Duncan George, The Tower [under Wormit] | ||
| 1914-15 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1914-15 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1913-14 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1913-14 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1912-13 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1912-13 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1911-12 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1911-12 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1911 Slater dir | Duncan George. The Tower [under Wormit] | ||
| 1910-11 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1910-11 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1909-10 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1909-10 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1908-09 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1908-09 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1908 Tayside Annual | Duncan, George, merchant, The Tower. [in Wormit directory] | ||
| 1907-08 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1907-08 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1907 Tayside Annual | Duncan, George, merchant, The Tower. [in Wormit directory] | ||
| 1907 Slater dir | Duncan George, The Tower [under Wormit] | ||
| 1906-07 MacDonald dir | Duncan, G., The Towers, Wormit | ||
| 1906-07 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1905-06 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1904-05 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1903-04 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1903 Slater dir | Duncan George, The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1902-03 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1901-02 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1900-01 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1899-00 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1899 Slater dir | Duncan George, The Tower [under Wormit] | ||
| 1898-99 Telephone dir | Duncan George & Co, The Tower, Wormit; tel. no. 70 | ||
| 1898-99 dir | Duncan, George (merchant, Dundee), The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1897-98 dir | Duncan, George, & Co., merchants, Wormit | ||
| 1897-98 dir | Duncan, George, of George Duncan & Co., The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1896-97 dir | Duncan, George, & Co., merchants, Wormit | ||
| 1896-97 dir | Duncan, George, of George Duncan & Co., The Tower, Wormit | ||
| 1896 Slater dir | Duncan George, The Tower [under Wormit] | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Duncan, George, & Co., merchants, Wormit | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Duncan, George, of George Duncan & Co., The Tower, Wormit |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Hillpath Road [sic], The Tower | Duncan | George | 9 | ||||
| 1901 | Wormit | Duncan | George | 10 | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 45 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-75 | 344000 | House & Garage | Gavin L Wilson | proprietor | 249 | View details | |||
| 1973-74 | 344000 | House & Garage | Gavin L Wilson | proprietor | 249 | View details | |||
| 1972-73 | 344000 | House & Garage | Gavin L Wilson | proprietor | 249 | View details | |||
| 1971-72 | 344000 | House & Garage | Gavin L Wilson | proprietor | 249 | View details | |||
| 1969-70 | 3440 | House etc | Gavin L Wilson | proprietor | 155 | View details | |||
| 1968-69 | 3440 | House etc | Gavin L Wilson | proprietor | 155 | View details | |||
| 1967-68 | 1384 | House etc | Gavin L Wilson | proprietor | 155 | View details | |||
| 1966-67 | 1384 | House etc | Gavin L Wilson | proprietor | 170 | View details | |||
| 1964-65 | 1384 | House etc | Gavin L Wilson | proprietor | 118 | View details | |||
| 1961-62 | 3912 | House etc | Gavin L Wilson | proprietor | 118 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 1397 | House, Offices & Garden | John Wilson, Bal-na-Craig, Wormit | Gavin L Wilson | 60 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 1399 | Garden | John Wilson, Bal-na-Craig, Wormit | proprietor | 10 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 1376 | Garden | John Wilson, Bal-na-Craig, Wormit | proprietor | 10 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 1374 | House, Offices & Garden | John Wilson, Bal-na-Craig, Wormit | Gavin L Wilson | 60 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 1340 | House, Offices & Garden | John Wilson, Bal-na-Craig, Wormit | Gavin L Wilson | 60 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 1342 | Garden | John Wilson, Bal-na-Craig, Wormit | proprietor | 10 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 1304 | House, Offices & Garden | John Wilson, Bal-na-Craig, Wormit | Gavin L Wilson | 60 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 1306 | Garden | John Wilson, Bal-na-Craig, Wormit | proprietor | 10 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 1282 | House, Offices & Garden | John Wilson, Bal-na-Craig, Wormit | David Younger | 60 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 1284 | Garden | John Wilson, Bal-na-Craig, Wormit | proprietor | 10 | View details | |||
| 1940-41 | 1281 | House, Offices & Garden | Smith Hood & Co Ltd, 48 Union St, Dundee | David Younger | 70 | View details | |||
| 1937-38 | 1300 | House, Offices & Garden | Smith Hood & Co Ltd, 48 Union St, Dundee | David Younger | 70 | View details | |||
| 1935-36 | 1253 | House, Offices & Garden | Smith Hood & Co Ltd, 48 Union St, Dundee | David Younger | 70 | View details | |||
| 1932-33 | 1228 | House, Offices & Garden | Smith Hood & Co Ltd, 48 Union St, Dundee | David Younger | 70 | View details | |||
| 1930-31 | 1214 | House, Offices & Garden | Smith Hood & Co Ltd, 48 Union St, Dundee | David Younger | 65 | View details | |||
| 1930-31 | 1215 | Tenant's Improvements | David Younger | proprietor | 5 | View details | |||
| 1927-28 | 1203 | House, Offices & Garden | Trs of late George Duncan per Shield & Kyd, solicitors, Dundee | Mrs Jane S Duncan, O | 86-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1925-26 | 1181 | House, Offices & Garden | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 86-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1922-23 | 1151 | House, Offices & Garden | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 86-8-0 | View details | |||
| 1920-21 | 1128 | House, Offices & Garden | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 72 | View details | |||
| 1917-18 | 1125 | House, Offices & Garden | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 72 | View details | |||
| 1915-16 | 1118 | House, Offices & Garden | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 72 | View details | |||
| 1912-13 | 1299 | House & Offices | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 70 | View details | |||
| 1910-11 | 1281 | House & Offices | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 70 | View details | |||
| 1909-10 | 1270 | House & ground | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 56 | View details | |||
| 1907-08 | 1255 | House & Ground | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 56 | View details | |||
| 1905-06 | 1225 | House and Garden | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 50 | View details | |||
| 1903-04 | 1197 | House and Garden | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 50 | View details | |||
| 1901-02 | 360 | House and Garden | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 50 | View details | |||
| 1900-01 | 353 | House and Garden | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 50 | View details | |||
| 1899-00 | 326 | House and Garden | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 50 | View details | |||
| 1898-99 | 317 | House and Garden | George Duncan, merchant | proprietor | 50-10-0 | View details | |||
| 1897-98 | 240 | House and Garden | Alex. Stewart, builder, Dundee per Fairweather & Gilchrist, solicitors, Dundee | George Duncan, merchant | same | 50-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 237 | House and Garden | Alex. Stewart, builder, Dundee per Fairweather & Gilchrist, solicitors, Dundee | George Duncan, merchant | same | 50-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1895-96 | 231 | House and Garden | Mrs Elizabeth Douglas Maclaren or Stewart wife of Alexander Stewart, joiner, Dundee | George Duncan, merchant | same | 44 | View details |
Dean of Guild Plans:
| Address | Applicant | Architect | Works | Date | Note | Old Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tower, Hillpark Terrace, Wormit | George Duncan | 24 Bank Street, Dundee | new stables including a two bedroom cottage (approved subject to the declaration that the stable manure shall be cleared away daily or a suitable storage provided). | 4 April 1904 | DG/N/6/11 | 1 sheet |
Held at Fife Archives. See index page
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 619 view details | Wormit | part of 185 pol 12.25 yd | 35 pol 15 yd | bounded S or SE partly by 6' path, N or NW by 6' footpath | (Stewart) | 1 Northview Tce | Rocky bank to N added 1906. |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909.00585 | Decree by Sheriff - proprietor of 'The Tower' has a prohibition against chimneys on property to the N being any higher than they were originally | Extract decr by Sheriff of Fife in action at instance of George Duncan residing The Tower, Wormit pursuer against Annie Ross Bishop / Scott & husband Andrew Scott residing Alpine Villa, & Alexander Kiddie Scott & Ralph Whyte Bishop Scott residing Alpine Villa defenders, finding & declaring that pursuer as proprietor of subjects formerly Tower Villa now The Tower being his in feu disp 7 Aug 1897 holds real burden over property belonging to the defenders (other than Andrew Scott) lying immediately N of the pursuer's property, extending to 20 pol 6 yd being subjects in disp to Annie R Bishop / Scott, A K Scott & R W B Scott, 2 Mar 1908, a prohibition against the chimneys of the buildings erected t/on being raised any higher than they were at the date of the first mentioned disp ... | 16 Apr 1909 | 626, 619 | |
| 1906.00862 | From North British Railway Co (1905) to Birkhill to George Duncan | Feu disp by Birkhill to George Duncan, The Tower, Wormit of rocky bank / waste grnd on SE side of highway Newport - Cupar lying between the highway and a footpath running nearly parallel therewith & ex adverso of other grnd on S belonging to the grantee, which land was acquired by the grantor in disp 3 May 1905 [presumably returned by Railway Co] | 17 May 1906 | 447, 372, 619 | |
| 1897.01255 | Alexander Stewart to George Duncan (plots 618, 619, 629); obligation by Stewart over buildings to N (plot 626) | Disp by Alexander Stewart joiner Dundee consent of & by Andrew Kidd (his right under bond (7 Feb 1896) £700 by Alexander Stewart) to George Duncan merchant Dundee residing Tower Villa, Wormit of (1) 37 pol grnd, : S/SE partly by 6' path, : N/NW by roads or paths; (2) 19 pol 3 yd grnd, : S/SE & W & NW by 6' path, : E by (1), & dw ho etc on said 2 pieces grnd, pts of 185 pol 12.25 yd of Wormit ... under obligations & burdens by Alexander Stewart as to bldgs on his subjects to N consisting of public hall & shops & other premises ... | 7 Aug 1897 | 618, 619, 629, 626 | |
| 1895.00852 | loan by Andrew Scott | Bond £200 & disp security by Alexander Stewart to Andrew Scott of 35 pol 15 yd grnd, : S or SE partly by 6' footpath, : N or NW by 6' footpath, pt of 185 pol 12.25 yd of Wormit | 27 May 1895 | 619 | |
| 1894.01513 | loan by Henry M Pearson | Bond £700 & disp by Alexander Stewart to Henry Monteith Pearson of 35 pol 15 yd grnd, : S or SE partly by 6' footpath, : N or NW by 6' footpath, pt of 185 pol 12.25 yd of Wormit | 8 Oct 1894 | 619 |
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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