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Sasines - Abridgement

RefAbridgementIn BriefRegistered
1867.01834Duncan Macdonald & George Dunn Whyte regist feu ch to themselves by Berry, Tayfield of lot of 64 pol on S side of Queen St, East NewportTayfield to Duncan Macdonald & George Dunn Whyte17 Apr 1867
Plots:
297 East Newport miscellaneous plot locations Map for locations only - not an actual sasine plot. view plot details
342 Gowrie Hill 64 pol on S side of Queen St 30-36 Queen St view plot details

 

Extract from full sasine:
Cupar 27 April 1867 … John Berry, Tayfield … sells & dispones to Duncan Macdonald, teacher, Dundee & George Dunn Whyte, joiner, Dundee all & whole that lot of ground part of Gowrie Hill plantation on the S side of Queen Street … 64 pol including half of the street 20' breadth called Queen Street, .. bounded E by another lot feued or about to be feued to Duncan Macdonald & George Dunn Whyte, bounded W by ground feued to James Butchart, grocer, Dundee & spouse, bounded N by Queen Street, bounded S partly by ground feued or about to be feued to James Brown, builder, & partly by ground belonging to me [John Berry] unfeued … marked off by march stones … within 12 months to erect a dwelling house … not over 2 storeys … blue slates … more than £300 in value … boundary walls … offices etc to be built behind … make & maintain half Queen Street … free use of Queen Street … entry Whitsunday 1866 - £8 feu duty … witnesses include James Shepherd, formerly ferry boatman presently residing Newport … RS 32/357/72

 

Names:
1867.01834Berry, Tayfield
1867.01834Macdonald, Duncan
1867.01834Whyte, George Dunn

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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