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Location : 38  Robert Street

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= 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 Street1961

 

 

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

SourceEntry 
1948-49 dirBloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport
1947-48 dirBloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport
1946-47 dirBloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport
1942-43 dirBloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport
1941-42 dirBloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport
1940-41 dirBloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport
1939-40 dirBloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport
1938-39 dirBloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, Agra house, Robert street, E. Newport
1932-33 dirBloomfield, Stewart, chauffeur, King street, East Newport[?]

 

 

Census records

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Valuation Roll entries      There are 15 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1973-74150200House Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain Stewart Broomfield 68View details
1971-72150200House Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain Stewart Broomfield 68View details
1969-701502House Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain Stewart Broomfield 45View details
1967-68414House Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain Stewart Broomfield 45View details
1966-67413House Newport-on-Tay Town Council per Chamberlain Stewart Broomfield 45View details
1964-65414House Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain Stewart Broomfield 40View details
1961-62722House Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain Stewart Broomfield 40View details
1958-59406House & Garden Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur 30View details
1957-58408House & Garden Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport-on-Tay per burgh chamberlain Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur 30View details
1952-53380House & Garden George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur 30View details
1947-48376House & Garden George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur 30View details
1942-43377House & Garden George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur 30View details
1940-41375House & Garden George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur 30View details
1937-38380House & Garden George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee Stewart Bloomfield, chauffeur 30View details
1935-36376House & Garden George Johnston, joiner, Newport per PF & J Husband, solicitors, Dundee James M Duncan, clerk 30View 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:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1889.04876Kerr loan transferred to Elizabeth Spankie DickNot 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/on1 May 1889165
1880.05684Trs James Bisset Rodger to William ThomsonDisp by Trs deceased James Bisset Rodger to William Thomson, merchant Dundee, of 35 falls lot 19 of Marytown6 May 1880165
1880.05635Trs James Bisset Rodger to new TrsDeed 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 St15 Apr 1880165
1878.03575James Bisset Rodger to TrsNot Instr Trs deceased James Bisset Rodger, tailor & clothier, Newport of 35 falls lot 19 of Marytown28 Oct 1878165
1878.03092Kerr loan transferred to Catherine DickAssig 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 Marytown22 May 1878165
1877.01980(1) Kerr loans transferred to Catherine Kerr / Webster; (2) Trs William Kerr to Catherine Kerr / Webster with liferent to Isabella Blyth / KerrDisp & 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 / Kerr18 Jul 187752 (1.i), 165 (1.ii), 222 (2.i), 223 (2.ii), 144 (2.iii), 145 (2.iv), 336 (2.v)
1877.01894Kerr loan transferred to TrsNot 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 Seacraig20 Jun 1877165
1876.00849Yeaman loan transferred to TrsNot 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 Seacraig15 Sep 1876165
1874.02989Thomson loan transferred to John YeamanAssig 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 Seacraig16 Jan 1874165
1867.01754loan by William ThomsonWilliam Thomson gets bond & disp £500 by James Bisset Rodger over 35 falls or 41 pol 4 yd grnd & house etc, lot 9 of Marytown20 Mar 1867165
1866.01088loan by William KerrWilliam 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 Street16 May 1866165
1866.01087John Borrie to James Bisset RodgerJames 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, Marytown16 May 1866165
1862.01451apportionment of feu dutues by Church of ScotlandTrs 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 186295, 102, 147, 148, 112, 113, 157, 117, 146, 100, 153, 194, 150, 165, 152, 202, 149, 75, 67
1862.01395Tayfield 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 186295, 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
1853.01889annuities to Robert Coldstream Johnstone & Charlotte Coldstream / JohnstoneRobert 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 Ramsay2 May 1853165
1847.00777George Guthrie to John Borrie & Mary JohnstonJohn 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 Maryton12 Jun 1847165
1844.01600Trs Thomas Adamson to George GuthrieGeorge Guthrie seised 35 falls grnd of Seacraig in Maryton on disp by Tr, consent commiss sequest est Thomas Adamson2 Jul 1844165
1844.01441Elizabeth Black / Thomas Adamson to TrsTr 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 184420 Mar 1844165
1836.02842John Kidd to Elizabeth Black / AdamsonElizabeth Black, spouse of Thomas Adamson seised 35 falls groun pt of Seacraig in Maryton on disp by John Kidd, mason, Maryton, 22 Oct 183610 Nov 1836165
1836.02840Scotscraig 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 18329 Nov 1836165, 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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