Location : 38 Robert Street
= Property still standing
Notes: southern, further from the road
Part of a divided property. Other parts: 36 Robert Street
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.441799,-2.938603
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 King Street 9 King Street formerly 11, King Street 11 King Street 15 King Street (formerly 16, King Street) 17 King Street 20 King Street 19 King Street St Fillans R C Church, 18, King Street 21 King Street 22 King Street 23 King Street 24 King Street 25 King Street 26 King Street 27 King Street 28 King Street 29 King Street 30 King Street 32 King Street 34 King Street 36 King Street 38 King Street 40 King Street 42 King Street 44 King Street 11a, King Street 16 Maryton 17 Maryton 18 Maryton 19 Maryton 20 Maryton 21 Maryton 22 Maryton 23 Maryton 24 Maryton 15 Robert Street 17 Robert Street 19 Robert Street 21 Robert Street 23 Robert Street 25 Robert Street 27 Robert Street 29 Robert Street 31 Robert Street 33 Robert Street 35 Robert Street 36 Robert Street 22 Union Street
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
| King Street | 1961 |
House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| Agra House |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 9 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948-49 dir | Bloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Bloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Bloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Bloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Bloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Bloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Bloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Bloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Bloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, King street, East Newport | [?] |
Census records
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Valuation Roll entries There are 18 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-75 | 150200 | House | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | Stewart Broomfield | 75 | View details | |||
| 1973-74 | 150200 | House | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | Stewart Broomfield | 68 | View details | |||
| 1972-73 | 150200 | House | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | Stewart Broomfield | 68 | View details | |||
| 1971-72 | 150200 | House | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | Stewart Broomfield | 68 | View details | |||
| 1969-70 | 1502 | House | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | Stewart Broomfield | 45 | View details | |||
| 1968-69 | 1502 | House | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | Stewart Broomfield | 45 | View details | |||
| 1967-68 | 414 | House | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | Stewart Broomfield | 45 | View details | |||
| 1966-67 | 413 | House | Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain | Stewart Broomfield | 45 | View details | |||
| 1964-65 | 414 | House | Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain | Stewart Broomfield | 40 | View details | |||
| 1961-62 | 722 | House | Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain | Stewart Broomfield | 40 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 406 | House & Garden | Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain | Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur | 30 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 408 | House & Garden | Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain | Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur | 30 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 380 | House & Garden | George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur | 30 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 376 | House & Garden | George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur | 30 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 377 | House & Garden | George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur | 30 | View details | |||
| 1940-41 | 375 | House & Garden | George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur | 30 | View details | |||
| 1937-38 | 380 | House & Garden | George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur | 30 | View details | |||
| 1935-36 | 376 | House & Garden | George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee | James M Duncan, clerk | 30 | View details |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 165 view details | Maryton | lot 19 | 35 falls | on S side of Robert Street | (Kidd, Black, Adamson, Guthrie, Borrie) | 36-38 Robert St |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889.04876 | Kerr loan transferred to Elizabeth Spankie Dick | Not Instr Elizabeth Spankie Dick, Overgate Dundee of bond (16 May 1866) £350 by James Bisset Rodger, tailor Dundee residing Newport, to William Kerr over 35 falls lot 19 of Maryton & dw ho t/on | 1 May 1889 | 165 | |
| 1880.05684 | Trs James Bisset Rodger to William Thomson | Disp by Trs deceased James Bisset Rodger to William Thomson, merchant Dundee, of 35 falls lot 19 of Marytown | 6 May 1880 | 165 | |
| 1880.05635 | Trs James Bisset Rodger to new Trs | Deed of assump. by surviving Trs of late James Bisset Rodger, tailor & clothier Newport, & disp to Tr of 35 falls lot 19 of Marytown, : N by Robert St, : E by King St, : W by Union St | 15 Apr 1880 | 165 | |
| 1878.03575 | James Bisset Rodger to Trs | Not Instr Trs deceased James Bisset Rodger, tailor & clothier, Newport of 35 falls lot 19 of Marytown | 28 Oct 1878 | 165 | |
| 1878.03092 | Kerr loan transferred to Catherine Dick | Assig by Catherine Kerr / Webster ... Torquay, wife of James Webster, Crail, to Catherine Dick, Small's Wynd, Dundee of bond (16 May 1866) £350 by now deceased James Bisset Rodger over 35 falls grnd & dw ho t/on, lot 19, : N byRobert St,: E by King St,: W by Union St, pt of Marytown | 22 May 1878 | 165 | |
| 1877.01980 | (1) Kerr loans transferred to Catherine Kerr / Webster; (2) Trs William Kerr to Catherine Kerr / Webster with liferent to Isabella Blyth / Kerr | Disp & assig containing (1) assig by Trs William Kerr, consent Isabella blyth / Kerr & Catherine Kerr / Webster, wife of James Webster, Crail ... of (i) bond (16 May 1872) £600 by William Comer to William Kerr & 37.5 pol & dw ho, : S & N by 25' roads, lot 24 of Craighead; (ii) bond (16 May 1866) £350 by James B Rodger to William Kerr & 35 falls lot 19 of Marytown & dw ho t/on; (2) disp by Trs William Kerr, consent of Isabella Blyth, to Catherine Kerr / Webster of (i) 35 pol on N of t/p to Ferryport, the W-most lot & lot 5 of Easter Newport; (ii) 54 pol 20 yd lot 6, : N by t/p to Ferryport, : W by street 30' wide, : S by road 25' wide; (iii) 53 pol 18 yd lot 7, : N by t/p to Ferryport, : W by lot 6; : S by 25' road; (iv) 17 pol lot IVb on N side of t/p, : W by lot 5; (v) 64 pol lot 21, : N by Kerr St, : S by Nairne St; ... under burden of liferents to Isabella Blyth / Kerr | 18 Jul 1877 | 52 (1.i), 165 (1.ii), 222 (2.i), 223 (2.ii), 144 (2.iii), 145 (2.iv), 336 (2.v) | |
| 1877.01894 | Kerr loan transferred to Trs | Not instr Trs late William Kerr ... of bond £350 (16 May 1866) by James Bisset Rodger, tailor & clothier Dundee, residing Newport over 35 falls grnd & dw ho t/on, lot 19, : N byRobert St,: E by King St,: W by Union St, pt of lands of Seacraig | 20 Jun 1877 | 165 | |
| 1876.00849 | Yeaman loan transferred to Trs | Not Inst Trs deceased John Yeaman, agent for Royal Bank of Scotland, Forfar, of bond (20 Mar 1867) £500 by James Bisset Rodger ... to William Thomson over 35 falls grnd lot 19, : N by Robert St, : E by King St, : W by Union St, pt of Seacraig | 15 Sep 1876 | 165 | |
| 1874.02989 | Thomson loan transferred to John Yeaman | Assig by William Thomson, formerly clothier now shipowner, Dundee to John Yeaman banker Forfar of bond (20 Mar 1867) £500 by James Bisset Roger, tailor & clothier Newport over 35 falls grnd & dw ho t/on, lot 19, : N byRobert St,: E by King St,: W by Union St, pt of Seacraig | 16 Jan 1874 | 165 | |
| 1867.01754 | loan by William Thomson | William Thomson gets bond & disp £500 by James Bisset Rodger over 35 falls or 41 pol 4 yd grnd & house etc, lot 9 of Marytown | 20 Mar 1867 | 165 | |
| 1866.01088 | loan by William Kerr | William Kerr gets bond & disp £350 by James Bisset Rodger over 35 falls or 41 pol 4 yd & ho etc t/on, no. 19 on S side of Robert Street | 16 May 1866 | 165 | |
| 1866.01087 | John Borrie to James Bisset Rodger | James Bisset Rodger regist disp to himself by John Borrie now at Agra Bank, Carnoustie of 35 falls or 41 pol 4 yd & ho etc t/on, no. 19 on plan on S side of Robert Street, Marytown | 16 May 1866 | 165 | |
| 1862.01451 | apportionment of feu dutues by Church of Scotland | Trs General Assembly of Church of Scotland grant deed of appointment of trust declaring the following plots - plots 1st - 24th described in disp (11 Nov 1862) - held by them for payment out of the rents, feu duties, etc thereof of the annual sum of £80 to minister of parish of Ardallie, and surplus rents etc to Treasurer, Church of Scotland, for endowments of chapels of ease (see 01395) | 24 Nov 1862 | 95, 102, 147, 148, 112, 113, 157, 117, 146, 100, 153, 194, 150, 165, 152, 202, 149, 75, 67 | |
| 1862.01395 | Tayfield to Church of Scotland (feu duties, rents) [1-21 Marytown, 22-23 south of Marytown, 24 Craighead, 25-43 St Phillans] | Trs General Assembly of Church of Scotland regist disp to themselves by John Berry, Tayfield of the following lands & others, pts of lands of Inverdovat, Craighead & Causewayhead, viz (1) 3 cottages in village of Marytown (now Easter Newport); pce grnd with the 2 cottages t/on on E side of E-most of said 3 cottages; self-contained cottage with attics & garden grnd; 19 falls 5 yd (22 pol 29 yd) grnd with the 2 cottages t/on on S side of road Newport - Ferryport, being all pts of subjects described in the title deeds as 2 roods 4 falls 24 ells grnd pt of lands of Seacraig etc and therein descr as marked no. 1 & no. 2 on a plan; [lot 3 not mentioned - ? public house]; (2) 42 falls 17 ells (1 rood 13 pol 12 yd) grnd no. 4 on said plan & erections t/on; (3) 52 falls 10 ells grnd no.5 on said plan & ho etc t/on; (4) 52 falls 10 ells (1 rood 25 pol 28 yd) grnd no. 6on said plan & ho etc t/on; (5) 41 falls 31 ells grnd no. 7 on said plan; (6) 2 pces grnd extending to 1 rood 30 falls 34 ells nos. 8 & 9 on said plan & houses t/on; (7) E-most half with the houses etc t/on, and W-most half of 2 pces grnd 80 falls 29 ells no. 10 & 11 on said plan; (8) 29 falls 22 ells grnd lot no. 12 on plan; (9) 35 falls and (10) 35 falls grnd nos. 13 & 14 on plan; (11) 40 falls 4 ells grnd no. 15 on plan & bldgs t/on; (12) 40 falls 4 ells grnd no. 16 on certified copy of said plan; [lot 17 missing - ? owned by Gibb, vintner]; (13) 40 falls 4 ells grnd no. 18 on plan; (14) 35 falls (41 pol 4 yd) grnd no. 19 on certified copy of plan & ho etc t/on; (15) 49 falls 14 ells grnd no. 20 on plan & houses etc t/on; (16) 40 falls 4 ells grnd lot 21 on cert. copy of plan; (17-20) 4 pces grnd 40 falls 4 ells each nos. 22, 23, 24, 25; (21) 49 falls 14 ells grnd no. 26 all on said plan & houses t/on; (22) 1 rood 34 falls 18 ells grnd no. 39 on a plan; (23) 3 roods 38 falls 15 ells (4 rood 39 pol & 14 sq yd) grnd to the S thereof with quarry therein, being all pts of lands of Seacraig; (24) 10 acres 32 falls of lands of Craighead & houses t/on; (25) lot of 41.66 pol and (26) lot of 42 pol grnd marked no. 1 & 2 of street called Hillside Crescent on a ground plan; (27) lot of 44 pol (28) lot of 34 pol and (29) lot of 35 pol 16 yd grnd nos. 3, 4 & 5 on said ground plan; (30) lot of 44 pol grnd no. 6 on said ground plan on which a ho or cottage has now been erected; (31)lot of 44 pol grnd forming lot 7 & pt of lot 8 on said plan; (32) lot of 39 pol 16 yd pt of lot 8 & pt of lot 9 on plan; (33) 39 pol 16 yd composed of stance marked no. 10 & pt of stance marked no. 9 on said plan; (34-41) lots of 29 pol 28 yd, 33 pol 4 yd, 28 pol 26 yd, 22 pol 14 yd, 22 pol 14 yd, 22 pol 12 yd, 25 pol 23 yd, 30 pol 21 yd of grnd lots 11, 12, 13,14,15,16,17,19 on said plan; (42) lot of 30 pol 7 yd grnd no. 20 on plan & ho etc t/on; (43) 58 pol 15 yd forming 2 lots marked no. 21 & 22 on said plan, being all pts of park or pce grnd bewteen village of Easter Newport & t/p Newport - Cupar, & teinds ... reserving the feu rights … [43 plots listed, but 1863.02082 refers to 45 plots - which is correct? Were lots 3 and 17 added later?] | 11 Nov 1862 | 95, 102, 147, 148, 112, 113, 157, 117, 146, 100, 153, 194, 150, 165, 152, 202, 149, 75, 67, 243, 292, 291, 287, 288, 311, 289, 312, 308, 247, 256, 278, 285, 286, 284, 72, 204, 207, 290 | |
| 1853.01889 | annuities to Robert Coldstream Johnstone & Charlotte Coldstream / Johnstone | Robert Coldstream Johnstone & Charlotte Coldstream, his mother relict of Joseph Johnstone, seised 35 falls (41 pol 4 yd) with the ho t/on on S side of Robert Street, Maryton in security of liferent annuity £100 to said R C Johnstone & an annuity £20 to said Charlotte Coldstream … until death … liferent £35 on bond by John Borrie & Alexander Ramsay | 2 May 1853 | 165 | |
| 1847.00777 | George Guthrie to John Borrie & Mary Johnston | John Borrie residing Tayside near Ferryport-on-Craig, & spouse Mary Johnston seised 35 falls & ho t/on on S side of Robert Street, Maryton on disp by George Guthrie residing Maryton | 12 Jun 1847 | 165 | |
| 1844.01600 | Trs Thomas Adamson to George Guthrie | George Guthrie seised 35 falls grnd of Seacraig in Maryton on disp by Tr, consent commiss sequest est Thomas Adamson | 2 Jul 1844 | 165 | |
| 1844.01441 | Elizabeth Black / Thomas Adamson to Trs | Tr sequest estate Thomas Adamson as partner of firm Thomas Adamson & Co, shipbuilders, Dundee & Broughty Ferry, & Peter Borrie & Co, engine makers etc, Dundee & Broughty Ferry, & as an individual seised 35 falls grnd pt of land of Seacraig in Maryton on disp by Elizabeth Black & said Thomas Adamson, her spouse, 21 Mar 1840, 29 Jan 1844 | 20 Mar 1844 | 165 | |
| 1836.02842 | John Kidd to Elizabeth Black / Adamson | Elizabeth Black, spouse of Thomas Adamson seised 35 falls groun pt of Seacraig in Maryton on disp by John Kidd, mason, Maryton, 22 Oct 1836 | 10 Nov 1836 | 165 | |
| 1836.02840 | Scotscraig to John Kidd (1832) | John Kidd, mason, Maryton seised 35 falls ground in Maryton part of lands of Seacraig, on feu ch by Tr sequest estate Robert Dalgleish, Scotscraig, 24 Apr 1832 | 9 Nov 1836 | 165, 250 |
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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