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The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : 41  Robert Street

Historic Property ImageStreet View Image

Photo / old map: Sketch from Dundee Advertiser 24 Dec 1895 British Newspaper Archive

= Property still standing

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Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.442035,-2.937722

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):   26 King Street   28 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   24 Queen Street   25 Queen Street   26 Queen Street   27 Queen Street   28 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   39 Robert Street   (former workshop, 40, 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
6 Meldrum Square 1861

 

 

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 27 entries

SourceEntry 
1940-41 dirButters, Mrs Archibald, Meldrum square, Robert street
1923-24 dirHallyburton, John, Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport
1922-23 dirHallyburton, John, Meldrum square, Robert street. East Newport
1920-21 dirHallyburton, John, Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport
1918-19 dirHallyburton, John, Meldrum square, Robert street, East Newport
1915-16 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert st., East Newport
1914-15 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1913-14 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1912-13 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1911-12 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1910-11 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1909-10 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1908-09 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1908 Tayside AnnualHalyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum's Square.
1907-08 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1907 Tayside AnnualHalyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum's Square.
1906-07 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1905-06 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1904-05 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1903-04 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1902-03 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1901-02 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1900-01 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1899-00 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1898-99 dirHallyburton, John, fireman, Meldrum square, Robert street
1896-97 dirPaterson, Mrs, Meldrum square, Robert street
1895-96 dirPaterson, Mrs, Meldrum square, Robert street

 

 

Entries in the Registers of Voters

SourceEnrol DateNameOccup.AddressQualificationPropertyatNotes
1900 Male Voters Halyburton, John Fireman Meldrum Square, East Newport Tenant of House Meldrum Square

 

Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1921 Meldrum Square Hallyburton John 2
1911 Robert Street, Meldrum Square Hallyburton John 2
1901 Meldrum Square Hallyburton John 2View household
1891 Meldrum Square Paterson Elspeth 2View household
1881 Meldrum Square Patterson Elizabeth 2View household
1871 Meldrum Square Lawson Robert 2View household
1871 Meldrum Square Patterson Betsy 2View household
1861 6 Meldrum Square Scott Barbara 2View household
1851 Scott Barbara View household

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 48 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1973-74149500House Jean Webster proprietor 88View details
1971-72148900House Jean Webster proprietor 41View details
1969-701495House Jean Webster proprietor 28View details
1967-68407House Jean Webster proprietor 28View details
1966-67407House Jean Webster proprietor 28View details
1964-65407House Jean Webster proprietor 20View details
1961-621315House Mrs Margaret L Webster proprietor 20View details
1958-59610House & Garden Mrs Margaret L Webster proprietor 14View details
1957-58611House & Garden Mrs Margaret L Webster proprietor 14View details
1952-53582House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Katherine M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Mrs Janet Brunton 14View details
1942-43555House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per Katherine M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Andrew Norrie 14View details
1940-41553House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A T M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Mary McCall 14View details
1937-38557House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Annie McCall 14View details
1935-36542House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per A T M Mather, Balgonie, Tayport Annie McCall 12-10-0View details
1932-33514House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Annie McCall 8-5-6View details
1930-31508House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Annie McCall 8-5-6View details
1927-28500House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Annie McCall 8-5-6View details
1925-26485House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie Annie McCall same 8-5-6View details
1922-23456House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie John Halyburton, fireman same 8-5-6View details
1920-21445House & Garden Trs of Mrs Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie John Halyburton, fireman same 5-15-0View details
1917-18444House & Garden Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie John Halyburton, fireman same 5-15-0View details
1915-16439House & Garden Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie John Halyburton, fireman same 5-15-0View details
1912-13446House & Garden Trs of Catherine Mather per John Clement, South Dron, Dairsie John Halyburton, fireman same 5-15-0View details
1907-08428House & Garden James Mather, Tayport John Halyburton, fireman same 5-15-0View details
1905-06415House & Garden James Mather, Tayport John Halyburton, fireman same 5-15-0View details
1903-04411House and Garden James Mather, Tayport John Halyburton, fireman same 5View details
1901-021001House and Garden James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar John Halyburton, fireman same 5View details
1900-01984House and Garden James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar John Halyburton, fireman same 5View details
1899-00950House and Garden James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar John Halyburton, fireman same 5View details
1897-98903House and Garden James Thrift Meldrum, Burnside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar John Halyburton, fireman same 5View details
1896-97875House and Garden James Thrift Meldrum, Bowside, Toronto per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar Mrs Paterson same 5View details
1895-96841House and Garden Thomas Bell, farmer, Todhall judicial factor on estate of late Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar Mrs Paterson same 5View details
1894-95797House and Garden Thomas Bell, farmer, Todhall judicial factor on estate of late Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Johnstone & Grosset, writers, Cupar Mrs Paterson same 5View details
1893-94774House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar Mrs Paterson same 5View details
1892-93758House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar Mrs Paterson same 5View details
1891-92742House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar Mrs Paterson same 5View details
1890-91695House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar Mrs Paterson same 5View details
1889-90671House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron per Drummond, Nicholson & Johnstone, writers, Cupar Mrs Paterson same 5View details
1885-86632House and Garden Miss Hay Meldrum, Dron Mrs Paterson same 5View details
1881-82523House and Garden Miss Meldrum, Dron same Mrs John Henderson 5View details
1878-79498Houses and Gardens under £4 Reps. of late Mrs Meldrum, Dron 19-5-0View details
1875-76383Houses and Gardens under £4 Mrs Meldrum, Dron 19-5-0View details
1871-72346House and Gardens under £4 Mrs Meldrum, Dron 19-5-0View details
1867-68317Houses and Gardens, under £4 Mrs Meldrum, South Dron 16-10-0View details
1865-66293Houses and Gardens, under £4 Mrs Meldrum, South Dron 16-10-0View details
1864-65274Houses and Gardens, under £4 Mrs Meldrum, Dron 16-10-0View details
1860-61228Houses and Gardens Mrs Meldrum, Dron - 15-10-0View details
1855-56150House and Garden Mrs Meldrum, Dron 12-10-0View details

 

 

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:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1879.04486Scotscraig to Trs Alexander Meldrum (1833), to Catherine Ogilvie / Meldrum to Hay MeldrumNot 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 Meldrum27 May 1879250, 261
1874.0380827 feus to Balmerino ChurchDisp 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 rights9 Nov 1874239, 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;

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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