Location : 39 Robert Street
Photo / old map: Sketch from Dundee Advertiser 24 Dec 1895 British Newspaper Archive
= Property still standing
Notes:
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.442045,-2.937864
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): 22 King Street 24 King Street 26 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 (former coal shed, King Street) 16 Queen Street 18 Queen Street 19 Queen Street 20 Queen Street 22 Queen Street 23 Queen Street 25 Queen Street 27 Queen Street 29 Queen Street 31 Queen Street (Hawthorn Cottage, 33, Queen Street) 35 Queen Street 37 Queen Street 39 Queen Street 41 Queen Street part of 31, Queen Street unidentified [? part of 41], Queen Street (Shed / Stable, Queen Street) 35 Robert Street 37 Robert Street (former workshop, 40, Robert Street) 41 Robert Street (former slater's yard, 42, Robert Street) 43 Robert Street 45 Robert Street part of 45, Robert Street
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
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House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| Meldrum Square | ||
| 5 Meldrum Square | 1861 |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 61 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, 39 Robert Street | ||
| 1973 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, 39 Robert Street | ||
| 1972 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, 39 Robert Street | ||
| 1971 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., 39 Robert Street | ||
| 1970 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., 39 Robert Street | ||
| 1969 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.EA.N., 39 Robert Street | ||
| 1968 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, 39 Robert Street | ||
| 1967 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse. 39 Robert street | ||
| 1966 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, 39 Robert street | ||
| 1965 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, 39 Robert street | ||
| 1964 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1963 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1962 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1961 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1960 dir | Priesner, Mrs Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1958-59 dir | Priesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Priesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Priesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Priesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Priesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Priesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Priesner, Miss Janet, S.E.A.N., nurse, Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Priesner, Miss Janet, S.R.N., Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport | ||
| 1949-50 MacDonald dir | Nicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1942-43 MacDonald dir | Nicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1941-42 MacDonald dir | Nicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Nicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators. | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1940-41 MacDonald dir | Nicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Nicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators | ||
| 1939-40 MacDonald dir | Nicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Nicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators. | ||
| 1938-39 MacDonald dir | Nicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Nicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators. | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1937-38 MacDonald dir | Nicoll, F., Meldrum square : Painters | ||
| 1937-38 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1937-38 dir | Nicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators, | ||
| 1936-37 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1936-37 dir | Nicoll, Frank, Meldrum square, Robert street : Painters And Decorators. | ||
| 1935-36 dir | Nicoll, Frank, painter, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1908 Tayside Annual | Fearn, David J., gardener, Meldrum's Square. | ||
| 1907 Tayside Annual | Fearn, David J., gardener, Meldrum's Square. | ||
| 1905-06 dir | Bell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1904-05 dir | Bell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1903-04 dir | Bell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1902-03 dir | Bell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1901-02 dir | Bell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1900-01 dir | Bell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1899-00 dir | Bell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1898-99 dir | Bell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1897-98 dir | Bell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1896-97 dir | Bell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Bell, James, gardener, Meldrum square, Robert street |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Male Voters | Bell, James | Gardener | Meldrum's Square, Newport | Tenant of House | Meldrum's Square |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Meldrum Square | Gordon | Anna | 2 | ||||
| 1911 | Robert Street, Meldrum Square | Turnbull | Janet | 2 | ||||
| 1901 | Meldrum Square | Bell | James | 2 | View household | |||
| 1891 | Meldrum Square | Sharp | William | 2 | View household | |||
| 1881 | Meldrum Square | Whyte | Margaret | 2 | View household | |||
| 1871 | Meldrum Square | Henderson | John | 1 | View household | |||
| 1871 | Meldrum Square | Scott | Isabella | 2 | View household | |||
| 1861 | 5 Meldrum Square | Blyth | Janet | 1 | View household | |||
| 1861 | Meldrum Square | Lothian | Henry | [Occupiers are lodgers at an unidentified house in Meldrum Square, presumably with Blyth.] | 1 | View household | ||
| 1851 | Farquharson | Elizabeth | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 44 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-75 | 149400 | House | Mrs Janet L Preisner | proprietor | 41 | View details | |||
| 1973-74 | 149400 | House | Mrs Janet L Preisner | proprietor | 41 | View details | |||
| 1972-73 | 149400 | House | Mrs Janet L Preisner | proprietor | 41 | View details | |||
| 1971-72 | 149400 | House | Mrs Janet L Preisner | proprietor | 41 | View details | |||
| 1969-70 | 1494 | House | Mrs Janet L Priesner | proprietor | 28 | View details | |||
| 1968-69 | 1494 | House | Mrs Janet L Priesner | proprietor | 28 | View details | |||
| 1967-68 | 406 | House | Mrs Janet L Priesner | proprietor | 28 | View details | |||
| 1966-67 | 406 | House | Mrs Janet L Priesner | proprietor | 28 | View details | |||
| 1964-65 | 406 | House | Mrs Janet L Priesner | proprietor | 20 | View details | |||
| 1961-62 | 1319 | House | Mrs Janet L Priesner | proprietor | 20 | View details | |||
| 1958-59 | 614 | House & Garden | Mrs Janet Priesner | proprietor | 14 | View details | |||
| 1957-58 | 615 | House & Garden | Mrs Janet Priesner | proprietor | 14 | View details | |||
| 1952-53 | 586 | House & Garden | Mrs Janet Priesner | proprietor | 14 | View details | |||
| 1947-48 | 557 | House & Garden | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Katherine M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport | Frank Nicoll | 14 | View details | |||
| 1942-43 | 554 | House & Garden | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Katherine M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport | Frank Nicoll | 14 | View details | |||
| 1940-41 | 552 | House & Garden | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A T M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport | Frank Nicoll | 14 | View details | |||
| 1937-38 | 556 | House & Garden | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Frank Nicoll | 14 | View details | |||
| 1935-36 | 541 | House & Garden | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A T M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport | Frank Nicoll | 12-10-0 | View details | |||
| 1932-33 | 513 | House & Garden | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Anna Gordon | 7-18-0 | View details | |||
| 1930-31 | 507 | House & Garden | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Anna Gordon | 7-18-0 | View details | |||
| 1927-28 | 499 | House & Garden | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Anna Gordon | 7-18-0 | View details | |||
| 1925-26 | 484 | House & Garden | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Anna Gordon | same | 7-18-0 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 455 | House & Garden | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Anna Gordon | same | 7-18-0 | View details | ||
| 1920-21 | 444 | House & Garden | Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Miss Anna Gordon | same | 5-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1917-18 | 443 | House & Garden | Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Miss Anna Gordon | same | 5-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1915-16 | 438 | House & Garden | Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Miss Anna Gordon | same | 5-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1912-13 | 445 | House & Garden | Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie | Mrs Mary Anderson | same | 5-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1907-08 | 427 | House & Garden | James Mather, Tayport | David Feeam [? Fearn] | same | 5-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1905-06 | 414 | House & Garden | James Mather, Tayport | James Bell, gardener | same | 5-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 410 | House and Garden | James Mather, Tayport | James Bell, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1901-02 | 1000 | House and Garden | James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | James Bell, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 983 | House and Garden | James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | James Bell, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1899-00 | 949 | House and Garden | James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | James Bell, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1897-98 | 902 | House and Garden | James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | James Bell, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 874 | House and Garden | James Thrift Meldrum, Bowside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | James Bell, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1895-96 | 840 | House and Garden | Thomas Bell, farmer, Todhall judicial factor on estate of late Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | James Bell, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1894-95 | 796 | House and Garden | Thomas Bell, farmer, Todhall judicial factor on estate of late Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar | James Bell, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 773 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar | James Bell, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1892-93 | 757 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar | James Bell, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1891-92 | 741 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar | William Sharp, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1890-91 | 694 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar | William Sharp, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1889-90 | 670 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar | William Sharp, gardener | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1885-86 | 631 | House and Garden | Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron | Miss Margaret White | same | 5 | View details | ||
| 1881-82 | 522 | House and Garden | Miss Meldrum, Dron | same | Margaret White | 5 | View details |
Railway Map References:
| Plan | Year | Ref | Description | Owner or reputed owner | Occupier | [Comments] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHP45903 (Newport 1) | 1865 | 129/1 | Dwelling house | Mrs Catherine Meldrum, only surviving trustee of Alexander Meldrum (Robert Kidd, factor) | Mrs Elspeth Paterson & Mrs Isabel Scott (lessees & occupiers) | |
| RHP24551 (TB & DU) | 1864 | 163 | Dwelling house with passage and garden in front and coal house | Mrs Catherine Meldrum, only surviving trustee of Alexander Meldrum (Robert Kidd, factor) | Mrs Elspeth Paterson & Mrs Isabel Scott (lessees & occupiers) |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 261 view details | Maryton | lots 27 & 28 (different numbering) | 1 rood 23 falls 15 ells | (Meldrum) | Meldrum Square: 30-44 King St, 35-45 Robert St, 23-31 Queen St |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879.04486 | Scotscraig to Trs Alexander Meldrum (1833), to Catherine Ogilvie / Meldrum to Hay Meldrum | Not instr Hay Meldrum, South Dron, Dairsie, of pieces of ground extending to 1 rood 23 falls 15 ells (lots 27 & 28) of Marytown … on feu 18 Nov 1833 by Tr sequest est Robert Dalgleish, Scotscraig to Trs deceased Alexander Meldrum, tenant in Dron, … to Hay Meldrum as heir of her mother Catherine Oglivy / Meldrum, Dron, widow, the surviving trustee of Alexander Meldrum | 27 May 1879 | 250, 261 | |
| 1874.03808 | 27 feus to Balmerino Church | Disp by Berry, Tayfield to Trs Rev James Campbell, Minister of Balmerino and his successors of the following lands, pts of Tayfield (1) 17.75 pol Marytown; (2) 3 pieces lots 29, 30, 31 Marytown; (3) 2 roods Scots lot 26 Marytown; (4) 1 rood 23 falls 15 ells lots 27 & 28 Marytown; (5) 1 acre 34 falls grnd lot 20 S of Marytown; (6) 34 pol 20.5 yd of Gowrie Hill; (7) 32 pol 5 yd of Gowriehill; (8) 4 pol Gowrie Lane; (9) 72.25 pol lot 27 S of Marytown; (10) 37 pol Gardyne St lot 8; (11) 31 pol 20 yd Gardyne St lot 8; (12) 27.5 pol Gardyne St lot 7; (13) 34 pol 25 yd Gardyne St lot 7; (14) 45 pol 9 yd field of Seacraig; (15) 37 pol field of Seacraig; (16) 45 pol 25 yd field of Seacraig; (17) 36 pol 22 yd field of Seacraig; (18) 35 pol lot 5 E of Newport; (19) 54 pol lot 6 E of Newport; (20) 53 pol 18 yd lot 7 E of Newport; (21) 17 pol 14 yd lot 4b E of Newport; (22) 64 pol lot 21 E of Newport; (23) 52 pol 6 yd lot 8 E of Newport; (24) 53.5 pol lot 9 E of Newport; (25) 18 pol 22 yd lot 4a E of Newport; (26) 73 pol lot 28 S of Marytown; (27) 64 pol of Gowriehill; ... under burden of feu rights | 9 Nov 1874 | 239, 167, 168, 169, 205, 261, 156, 3, 4, 333, 324, 331, 323, 330, 271, 274, 273, 272, 222, 223, 144, 145, 336, 322, 62, 228, 71, 342 |
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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