Sasines - Extracts from Full Sasines
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| 1850.02768 | 9 May 1850 … Trs Scotscraig to Charles Jackson, shoemaker, Maryton … lot numbered 26 on a plan docqueted by James Brown relating to feu charters … Maryton … 2 roods or thereby, bounded on N by lot 25, on S by lot 27, both still unfenced, on E by a new public street or road called Queen Street on the said plan, and on W by King Street … right to water and bleaching clothes on the braes … & 4' wide pavements … entryway to back of lot … William Berry is now superior of said subjects … RS 32/284/3 |
| 1851.00204 | Cupar 2 Apr 1851 … At Dundee on behalf of James Trevenen collector of customs in Duncee was presented a feu charter by Berry, Tayfield, consent of George Just builder Newport … sold to James Trevenen … that building stance part of the park between the village of Easter Newport & the turnpike road from Newport - Cupar lot 20 on plan by William Scott architect Dundee … 30 pol 7 yd imperial including half of the street or meuse lane … extending along the S boundary of the lot; bounded on N by road from Newport to Ferryport on Craig, bounded on E by lot 19 feued to James Miller farmer Kinnear, bounded on S by 15' meuse lane, bounded on W by lot 21, together with the dwelling house & others erected on said grnd by George Just …right together with other feuars of the park to use & enjoyment of the water spring on lot 3 for supplying the houses with water … & the … feuars are entitled at their expense to put a pipe into said spring to conduct the water by the central division road marked on the plan so as to carry water by branch pipes to their respective dwelling houses … right of access to the spring for repairing the pipe or reservoir … entry at Whitsunday 1850, feu dated 28 March 1851 … witnessed by James Smith, factor & George Cramb, servant to Mr Berry. RS32/287/190 |
| 1852.00825 | Edinburgh 13 January 1852 … on behalf of Andrew Smith, upholsterer Dundee & Watson Allan or Smith his spouse … with a feu by Berry, Tayfield to George Keay , searcher of the Customs then residing Dundee & disp. by said George Keay, then collector of the Customs at Anstruther, to said Andrew Smith … on 16 December 1841 Berry feued to George Keay ground on N side of road leading W from Newport Ferry Pier, 7 falls Scots, bounded by said road & a retaining wall built by the Tay Ferries Trustees along the N side of said road leading from the Ferry Pier towards Woodhaven on S; by a wall or bulwark lately erected by Berry along the shore of the Tay at high water mark on N; and on W & E by march stones placed at each of the said boundary walls and separating this piece of ground from other lands belonging to Berry … expressly on leaving by George Keay, the land & buildings to be made first to be offered back to Berry … [new sasine gives dimensions thus - ] bounded N by a wall erected by George Keay upon the site of that portion which formerly extended along said subjects of the wall or bulwark erected by Berry along the shore … & which portion was taken down by George Keay … previous to a new wall being built … & dwelling house built by George Keay … & another wall built by him on the E boundary … RS 3/2572/149 |
| 1852.00889 | Edinburgh 26 Feb 1852 recorded. At Dundee by James Shepherd boatman residing Newport was presented a feu charter by Henry Stewart, St Fort, consent of George Just builder Newport ... Henry Stewart sold to James Shepherd ... lot no. 14 on feuing plan of Woodmuir Park prepared by William Scott architect Dundee ... including portions of fstreets included in the measure of 44.5 pol imperial bounded E by street 30' wide, on W by lot 13, on N & NE by a 25' street, on S by a 25' street, together with the dwelling house & other buildings erected on the piece of ground ... provided that ... James Shepherd ... to maintain forever in good & sufficient repair the dwelling house on said ground or at least a self-contained dwelling house not exceeding 2 storeys & roofed with blue slates or a double cottage not exceeding that height & roofed with blue slates - value not less than £140 ... otherwise to revert to St Fort ... & maintain all streets around ... & drains ... height of whole building including roof & chimney stalks not to be more than 40' from the ground ... outhouses limited to 10' walls & 1 storey height & third pitch roofs (too falls outhouses) [sic] ... I [Henry Stewart] bind that any buildings which shall be erected on Woodmuir house garden shall not exceed 1.5 storeys height & including roofs & chimneys shall not exceed 25' from the ground ... [James Shepherd's] buildings not to be used as an inn, hotel, place for selling spirituous liquors or as a brewery, mill, manufactory for chemical operations or any other way as to be a nuisance to other dwelling houses on Woodmuir Park. RS 3/2572/128 |
| 1852.00932 | Cupar 13 Mar 1852, on behalf of William Gibb superintendent Edinburgh Water Works, Colinton ... feued part of the lands of Seacraig (1) in the northmost street of the village of Maryton with dwelling house & offices thereon, 42 falls 17 ells Scotch or 53 pol 17.05 sq yd imperial, bounded by the lot of ground feued by John Campbell vintner in Dundee on the E, by a cart road of 25' on the S, by a lot of ground feued by John C Farquharson timber merchant Dundee on the W, and by a cart road 30' wide on N; also (2) that piece of ground in the middle street of Maryton 40 falls 4 ells Scotch, 50 pol 17 sq yd imperial bounded by lot of ground feued by John Hay farmer at Kinross on E, by road 24' wide on S, by lot of ground feued by William Young watchmaker Dundee on W, and by said road of 25' on the N which separates it from the subjects first above described on the north parts ... measurements of plots includes half of the roads ... RS 32/291/242 |
| 1852.01462 | Cupar 8 November 1852 … on behalf of Mrs Barbara Mackie / Just, widow of Thomas Just feuar at Justfield, & Robert Just wright at Newport his son, was presented a disp by said Thomas Just, 3 April 1820, whereby Thomas Just disp to Barbara Mackie in liferent & son Robert & heirs (1) all & whole the W half of a small park of Broadhaugh bounded by the High Road on S, by a stone dyke on N, by subjects belonging to William Just, son of said Thomas Just, on W, & by the E half of said park disp by said Thomas Just, 1 February 1817, to his son David on E, which croft was disp to Thomas Just by John Lyon of Kinnaird … privilege of shipping … privilege of quarrying in common quarry … (2) & also all & whole that 2-storey house lately built by him, said Thomas Just, with the yard belonging thereto part of the lands of Wellgate bounded by a hedge on the E, by a stone dyke on the N, by a road of 5' on the W, & by a straight line from the corner of the quarry on the S, parts of that piece of land called Wellgate feued by said Thomas Just from John Lyon of Kinnaird … privilege of shipping … & quarrying first subjects 10/- feu duty, second subjects 7/6d. Feu duty … 3 April 1820 … [whole is duplicated at 1836.02472] RS 32/295/44 |
| 1853.02109 | 11 Aug 1853. On behalf of James Chapman confectioner & Mary Chapman daughter of said James Chapman in Dundee - (1) feu disp granted by William Just mason at Justfield - 2 Dec 1826; (2) decree of gen service in favour of Margaret Ritchie / Chapman wife of said James Chapman, & Helen Ritchie servant to Peter Geekie residing Blairgowrie, as only surviving children & heirs of Thomas Ritchie mason at Waterside Newport - 3 Sep 1851; (3) disp & assig by said Helen Ritchie in favour of James Chapman whom failing to said Mary Chapman, daughter, of pro indiviso half of the subjects after described - 10 Jun 1853; (4) decree of gen serv in favour of said Mary Chapman as only surviving child & heir of mother said Margaret Ritchie / Chapman - 6 Jul 1853; by which disp (no. 1) William Just disponed to Thomas Ritchie mason at Waterside & his heirs - piece of ground part of Broadhaugh bounded by property belonging to Andrew Kilgour on E, by Thomas Just's property on W, by King's highway on S, by road leading from the common highway to the sea on the N parts, part of Inverdovat ... privilege of shipping & unloading goods ... by said road leading to the King's highway, entry at Martinmas 1826; ... (no. 2) [transfers] to Mrs Margaret Ritchie / Chapman & Helen Ritchie as heirs; ... (no. 3) [transfers] Helen Ritchie's half to James Chapman or daughter Mary; ... (no. 4) Mary as heir gets her mother's half; feu duty payable to Thomas Just & his heirs, original signed at Broadhaugh 2 Dec 1826 witnesses David McEwen writer & James Johnstone shoemaker Waterside ... (signed) William Just. RS 32/298/133 |
| 1853.02202 | Cupar 1 Oct 1853. Agreed between Henry Stewart, St Fort & George Just builder Neweport: - Agreements of 9 & 14 Feb 1852 - George Just wanted to purchase in feu all & whole Woodmuir Park (12 acres or thereby) as on plan by William Scott architect Dundee, and George Just not being then in a condition to ask an absolute and unconditional sale in feu form, the parties agree as follows:- George Just to purchase in feu form at a yearly feu duty lots 1 & 2 and to build a dwelling house on each lot, to form the streetsto the extent of their boundaries of the said lots, make all drains & sewers, & George Just to occupy as tenant the remaining portion of the park from Martinmas 1851 at a yearly rent & to be entitled to build and go on building houses on the remaining portion, make up streets & build drains & sewers ... Upon George Just commencing to build on any of the said lots, the lots so commenced should be feued to himat a feu duty ... In order to secure a supply of water for the houses already built & for those to be built, George Just opened 2 wells in the said park, i.e. one at the SW corner thereof and in or near the NW boundary on that part delineated as lot 37, & the other at the SE corner and in or near the SE boundary of lot 31, and pipes were laid from the said wells through the park ... the water was found to be inadequate - requested drawing water from other parts of St Fort estate, therefore the following works have been constructed or are in the course of being completed (1) a reservoir has been constructed in the N extremity of the park or wood to the east of Mutton Hole, part of St Fort estate, about 15' x 10' and 7' to 8' deep, and now or about to be surrounded by a paling or fence; (2) collecting drains or trenches by way of feeders to said reservoir have been made as follows - (a) a drain about 2' deep and 1.5' wide laid with 1.5" tile beginning at or near the well called 'Medicine Well' in the NE corner of the West Hill park on the farm of Friarton, from there running westward through that park & through the foresaid park or wood till it joins the reservoir, (b) and also another similar drain commencing in said park or wood about 25 yd SE from the reservoir, running NW to the first drain, joining it about 6 yd from the reservoir; (3) a pipe of 0.5" bore laid about 18" deep from the reservoir to the said park called Woodmoor Park, leading NW from the reservoir to & over the boundary of the park or wood, and then down the eastern boundary of the park on the farm of Woodhaven (part of St Fort) which immediately adjoins Tayfield estate till you come to the turnpike road leading from Newport to Woodhaven and then E through the road and into the park ... by which pipe water is carried to the houses but also is carried tothe 2 wells mentioned as fountains or reservoirs for supplying a continued supply of water to the houses ... wells constructed by George Just - expense could be charged to each feuar ... power of St Fort to fill up the reservoir & make good ... only waste water from the cistern close to the Medicine Well is to be used, power to construct troughs for animals on St Fort parks (with ball cocks), other parties may take water from the reservoir ... RS 32/299/3 |
| 1853.02332 | Cupar 3 Dec 1853 … At Dundee, presented by George Just builder Newport, a feu by Berry, disp. to George Just all & whole the piece of ground & buildings thereon on N side of turnpike from Newport Toll to Newport Pier of 34' frontage to said turnpike and extending as far back as the N wall of the existing Lock Up house on the said piece of ground, bounded on E partly by ground belonging to Berry and partly by a road leading to the granary belonging to -, on S by said turnpike road, on W & N by ground belonging to John Berry, … with access to back of said ground by a footpath leading along the E and N sides thereof … buildings not to exceed one storey and front wall not to exceed 9' above the turnpike …. not to be used as an inn … or manufactory … £1 annual feu duty … feu charter dated 23 Nov 1853 … RS 32/299/196 |
| 1854.02958 | Cupar 11 November 1854 … At Dundee on behalf of John Robertson, grocer Dundee, was presented a feu ch by Berry, Tayfield … [selling] to John Robertson … piece of ground on N side of the road leading from Easter Newport to Ferryport on Craig, forming the W-most lot of ground on a plan by William Scott, architect Dundee, of the park immediately E of Easter Newport through which the turnpike road passes … lot 5 … 35 poles … bounded on N by the inner or landward edge of the rocks lying between said ground & the sea shore, on W by the sea braes belonging to Berry, on S by the turnpike road, on E by lot unfeued No. 4 … no sub-feus … erect a house within 3 years … not more that 1 storey high above the level of the turnpike … not less that £150 in value, wall to turnpike not greater than 3' high & surmounted by metal railings … not to be used as an inn etc … £3 annually feu duty … RS 32/303/70 |
| 1855.03638 | At Cupar 24 Oct 1855 ... at Dundee, on behalf of Mrs Amelia Watson or Tennant, spouse of Thomas Tennant confectioner in Newport was presented a feu charter by John Berry, Tayfield ... piece of ground at Newport, part of the vacant ground on the S side of the road leading from the Ferry Pier westward, : N by said road, : on E & W by other property of Mr Berry marked by march stones, : on S by the northmost point of the rock in its present state immediately to the S of the said piece of ground, extending to 36' in front along the road, all as marked out by Robert Duncan, mason Newport, together with dwelling house now being erected on said ground ... Mrs Tennant to complete the dwelling house within 6 months of the feu charter, and within 10 years to replace the tile roof with which the dwelling house is at present covered with blue slates ... not to exceed 2 storeys ... not to be used as an inn or to sell spirituous liquors, keeping stabling for horses or conveyances for hire ... entry at Martinmas 1853 ... feu dated 17 Oct 1855 ... witnesses James Smith, Newport, factor, & William Whitton servant to Mr Berry ... RS 32/306/268 |
| 1857.00992 | Cupar 16 July 1857 … At Dundee … David Just, wright in Newport, presented feu ch by Henry Stewart, consent of George Just, builder, Newport, to David Just & heirs of lot 30 Woodmoor … 64 poles (including half of streets to be made up) … bounded on E by a 30' road, on S by road 25', on W by part of Woodmoor Park lot 29, on N & NE by a 25' road, & house etc t/on - to maintain a 2-storey, blue slate house … conditions, not less that £140 value, make up whole of road on E, half of road on S, half of road on N & NE, the 25' roads to be made up when the other halfs are feued off … not to be used as an inn, hotel, place selling spirituous liquor, or as a mill, manufactory for chemical operations or in any way which may operate as a nuisance to other occupants of Woodmoor Park … entry at Martinmas 1856 … £4-16-0 feu duty … RS 32/313/72 |
| 1858.01407 | Cupar 15 February 1858 … George Just, builder in Newport … feu ch … Henry Stewart [sold to] George Just & heirs all & whole lot 18 on plan of Woodmuir Park & ref. to agreement 9 February 1852 … 57.5 poles (including half of streets) bounded on E by lot 17, on SE & N [sic] by 25' roads & dwelling house built thereon under burden to maintain a self-contained dwelling house not more than 2 storeys roofed with blue slates or a double cottage not exceeding that height … not less than £140 in value … make up roads on SW and N [sic] … not to be used as an inn, hotel, place selling spirituous liquor, or as a mill, manufactory for chemical operations or in any way which may operate as a nuisance to other occupants of Woodmoor Park … RS 32/315/195 |
| 1858.02038 | Cupar 29 November 1858 … Robert Just, wright Newport, son of Thomas Just … [borrowed from] James Wilson … £450 at 5% … in security - all & whole that 2-storey house buit by the deceaased Thomas Just my father, & these 3 houses built by me Robert Just with the yards belonging thereto, part of the lands of Wellgate, all as now or lately occupied by James Johnston & Janet Smith, Captain John Inglis & Miss Jean Archibald, Miss - Arnot & Mrs Ann Johnston, and Peter Gardiner my tenants, bounded by a hedge on the east, a stone dyke & the turnpike road on N, a road of 5' on the W, & by a straight line now a stone dyke from the corner of the quarry on the south parts, being parts of that piece of land called Wellgate feued by said deceased Thomas Just from John Lyon, Kinnaird … privilege of shipping … & quarrying … RS 32/318/255 |
| 1860.03286 | Cupar 26 June 1860 … James Guthrie Davidson … limits security of bond £400 by Rev Thomas Just, 11 November 1852, to all & whole the dwelling house & garden presently occupied by me surrounded on all sides by a stone wall, bounded by King's high road on S, by a road leading to the floodmark on W & N, by a mutual wall dividing from Thomas Ritchie's (now James Chapman's) on E; and redeem (1) all & whole Wellgate Park formerly enclosed by a stone dyke on 3 sides and a hedge on E, & houses thereon, excepting (a) 2-storey house & yard disponed by deceased Thomas Just, grandfather of Rev Thomas Just, to Robert Just his son & (b) the house & yard disponed by Thomas Just to George Just, his son; (2)that part lying to W and N of foresaid dwelling house & garden occupied by me and separated from it by the road to the sea, the whole being bounded by the King's high road on S,by a mutual wall with Wellgate garden on W, by the sea flood on N, and by a wall with Thomas Ritchie & NW side of the common road on E … RS 32/325/284 |
| 1860.03496 | Cupar 6 Oct 1860. Rev Thomas Just proprietor dispones to Janet Duncan / Petrie Newport, wife of James Petrie engineer, presently in Russia, & James Petrie ... piece of ground lot 2 on plan of Wellgate Park, Newport, belonging to me, lying on S side of turnpike road Newport - Woodhaven, 48 poles imperial bounded on S by a 24' road, on N partly by a piece of ground presently used as a bleaching green, partly by a piece of ground occupied as a garden & partly by a vacant piece of ground, on E by a 20' street, on W by lot 3 ... right to lay a drain from the ground through the westend of the garden ground on the northside thereof to the sewer on the N side of the turnpike road, ... with power to them to open a well upon the subjects for their own use with the right to use any well sunk by me for the use of the feuars of the Wellgate Park ... including half the street on E & S ... right of use of the present road running S from the turnpike road on the W side of the old houses fronting the turnpike road belonging to me ... until the roads are all properly made up (that not until lots on both sides of them have been sold) ... no rubbish or obstruction to be left on the roads - 5/- fine to be paid to the poor of Forgan parish - use for dwelling house only - house to be built within 18 months, of stone & slate, not more than 26' height from road level on S to ridge of roof ... they shall build a stone parapet wall with droved coping not more than 3' height with an iron railing on S side next to the street on the S, & a stone parapet wall with coping not more than 1' height & railing on N boundary. In the event of me or my successors acquiring the full right to the bleaching green & ground on N side of said subjects I will make first offer to them at the current rate of feu duty before disponing to any other person ... prohibitted to make dung stances, slaughter house & shambles, spinning mills, iron foundry or engine manufactory & carrying on any soapwork, candlework or any other work equally or more offensive & from opening a quarry & selling stones ... entry Whitsunday 1860. Feu duty £5-8-0. RS 32/327/102 |
| 1862.00900 | Cupar 7 March 1862 … John Berry, Tayfield … sell … to David Brand, clerk, British Linen Bank Dundee, presently residing at Kempstane near Newport … all & whole the piece of ground, part of the ground called Kempstane, on N of turnpike road from Newport to Ferryport on Craig, marked 1 on plan by William Scott, architect Dundee … of park … immediately E of Easter Newport … 72 poles including a footpath 4' wide to be made on the E side thereof running between it and ground now belonging to the Eastern Bank of Scotland, but excluding from the measurement the footpath on the N side running between it and the seashore; bounded as follows - on N by that footpath, David Brand shall have no right to the seashore opposite the lot of ground; on W by lot 2; on S by the turnpike road; on E by first mentioned path … to erect a house within 12 months … not more that 1 storey in height above the level of the road … not less than £300 value … RS 32/333/274 |
| 1863.01619 | 5 Feb 1863. Feu contract - William Moon, merchant Dundee & Charles Smith, formerly builder Dundee, directors ... & Duncan Sidey ... Craighead near Newport, general manager of the Eastern Bank of Scotland ... & Miss Elizabeth Tod Mudie residing in Newport in consideration of the feu duty ... all & whole that pce grnd lot 30 on feuing plan by William Scott architect Dundee of part of the lands of Craighead laid out as building plots ... 46 pol 15 yd (half of street aftermentioned being included in said measurement) bounded as follows - on N by street 25' wide, on E by lot 29 at present unfeued, on W by lot 31 feued to George Whitton brewer Dundee, on S by property belonging to John Berry Esqof Tayfield ... & whereas in original feu disp of said lands of Craighead granted by Robert dalgleish of Scotscraig to James Wilson corn merchant in Cupar (7 Mar 1828) are, inter alia, the following provisions ... power & liberty ... to use the water of the spring in the said Robert Dalgleish's park to the south of the ground feued by the said disp & at their expense to conduct & convey the same for their use into the subjects above described, as also to quarry & carry away at their expense from the quarries then opened or that might be opened by Robert Dalgleish ... in said park such stones as might be useful for building & inclosing the lands feued ... power to Elizabeth Tod Mudie to use said water & said quarry ... to build stone & lime walls not more than 6' high to lie between this lot & lot next to east, ... half cost borne by eventual feuars of lot 29 ... half cost of wall between lot 31 & this lot ... not to use grounds as public cemetery, a public dung stance, or for a spinning mill, iron foundry or engine manufactory or any such purpose injurious to the amenity of the neighbourhood ... (also applies to other feuars of other parts of ground to south of turnpike) ... roads only to be opened up as far as feued lots are let unless first party think otherwise ... power of first party to alter lines of roads, sizes of unlet plots ... Elizabeth Tod Mudie to build at least one good & substantial stone & slated house upon the lot of value of £250 at least within 2 years from term of entry & thereafter to keep & maintain & uphold a house of that value upon said lot for all time coming ... plans to be submitted to superiors prior to building ... site of the house shall be upon the centre of the lot ... Miss Elizabeth Tod Mudie shall make form or complete at her own expense the street ... opposite the lot disponed ... (half cost to be borne by purchaser of feu to north) ... Elizabeth Tod Mudie shall complete a footpath on south side of said street ... footpath not less that 4' wide ... main drain or sewer in street on west boundary of said lands & convenience & use of feuars of lots 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32 & 30 a drain shall be constructed on said road ... costs to be borne propoirtionally ... Entry at Martinmas 1862. First party is superior. Feu duty £3-9-8 annually, doubling on each successive entry of heir & successor. Signed at Newport 30 Oct 1862. [Feu duty subsequently redeemed 1919] |
| 1863.02133 | Cupar 30 October 1863 … John Berry, superior, late William Just jun residing Newport, son of David Just residing Newport, was last vassal entered in said lands & others, said William Just executed a trust disposition & deed of settl. 26 July 1843 - conveyed inter alia lands herein described to George, John, David & Thomas Just, his brothers & survivors, & Margaret, Jane, Ann & Elizabeth Just his sisters equally among them & heirs … but (George, John David & Thomas as trustees) were infeft of sasine 15 September 1843; … trust disp lost … George & David the only surviving trustees applied for charter of confirmation … granted … for themselves & Ann Just, only surviving sister, and heirs … (1) all & whole the Wellgate Park enclosed with a stone dyke on 3 sides & a hedge on the E side, & houses thereon (2) & also the croft & houses of Broadhaugh bounded by land of Robert Russell on E, lands feued by John Kinnaird to - on W, by the highway which divides it from the Wellgate Park on S, and by the high water mark on N, … right of shipping … entry 1 January 1861 … to frequent the mill of Seamill with their corn & pay the accustomed multures … RS 32/341/54 |
| 1865.00073 | 1 Feb 1865. I, John Berry proprietor of the subjects below dispone to myself, George Just builder, John Turnbull millwright, Alex. Rhind corn merchant, James Bogie Corn merchant, James Brown cabinet maker, Duncan Sidey banker, William Martin writer, & James Petrie coal merchant, all residing Newport, the present Directors of the Newport Gas Light Co … as partners of the said company … all & whole that pce grnd situated near the Old Pier & harbour of Newport bounded as follows - : on E partly by the stance feued to said George Just & presently occupied as a Lock Up or Police Office, partly by the foot road the access leading to the back thereof, & partly by the foot road access & stair between the W boundary wall of the Newport Gas Light Co's premises and the pce grnd hereby disponed; : on N partly by a pce irregular ground, presently part of the site of an old & now ruinous stable (the materials of which are to be valued & paid for by my said disponees, & so far as they occupy said irregular pce ground shall be removed by them) & partly by the road / access to the Old Pier & harbour; : on W by the stance feued to Andrew Young baker; : on S by t/p road Newport - Cupar along which t/p said stance has a frontage of 36' or thereby from said feu of George Just to that of said Andrew Young; and extends at extreme W portion 30' backwards all as shown on plan … the lines ABEOFGDC showing the boundaries … E being the NE corner of the feu of Andrew Young, O a rounded point 12' in a straight line W from 'N' the NW corner of the presently existing shed of the Newport Gas Light Co, point O being 44'6" from the t/p road and 39'6" from E, F being the NW corner of the ground hereby disponed & being situated in a straight line between 'N' & O, the distance from D to G being 9'6", from D to C the NW corner of feu of George Just 5'6", and the distance C to A on t/p road 14'6"; any building shall be rounded off at point O so as to prevent the obstruction which a sharp corner might occasion to harbour traffic … within 5 years to erect a building not more than 1 storey above the t/p road level, & not less than £250 value … may use the lower parts of the building (being the flat or flats below the t/p road and entering from the road to the old pier) for the use, accommodation & extension of the gaswork, including a dwelling house for the manager should it be necessary to provide one for him & a depot or shed for coal & other materials; but the upper flat of said buildings, entering from the t/p road, & the 2nd or middle flat in the event of it not being required for the gas work, they shall be entitled to rent or sell them for shops or dwelling houses or a public hall as they think fit; the wall between said premises & Andrew Young's shall be mutual; no ashes or other material to stand on road to Old Pier or on the irregular piece of land; no inn, brewery, distillery, house to sell spirituous liquors, steam engine, spinning mill etc on the premises … £3 feu duty. RS32/346/129 |
| 1865.00379 | Cupar 19 June 1865 … Robert Just, wright, Newport [borrowed from] David Calman, sometime shipbuilder, Dundee now residing Newport … £400 … [secured] over all & whole the 2-storey house built by the deceased Thomas Just, my father, & those 3 houses built by me, with yards belonging thereto, part of Wellgate, as now or lately occupied by James Johnston, Janet Smith, Captain John Inglis, Miss Jean Archibald, Robert Leighton, James Blair & Mrs Anderson, my tenants, bounded by a hedge on E, by a stone dyke & the turnpike road on N, by a 5' road on W, and by a straight line, now a stone dyke, from the corner of the quarry on S … privilege of shipping … & quarrying stones … RS 32/348/73 |
| 1866.01347 | Cupar 11 September 1866 : John Cowans, merchant Dundee, proprietor of the lands disponed, for £500 sterling less £5 discount [for] instant payment by John Mathewson, Myrtle Terrace, Newport … (date of sale 21 August 1866) … disp to him all & whole that piece of ground - lot 20 … [description of lot 20 … with the dwelling houses & others erected thereon … 1 acre 34 falls … ] excepting the dominium utile of that part feued to Ann Forrest by the late John Kidd, wright, 12 July 1844 … written at Dundee 10 September 1866 … Robert Boyd, solicitor … RS 32/354/62 |
| 1867.01710 | Cupar 21 Mar 1867. I John Mathewson Myrtle Tce Newport proprietor of the lands in consideration of the feu duty & other prestations & £200 declared a real burden affecting lands (2), sell to James Brown cabinet maker & builder Newport all & whole (1) 75 pol imperial on plan no 2 by William Scott architect Dundee, : W by road 25' wide leading from Marytown to & past the Free Church Manse southwards, hereinafter called Manse Road, : S by a road running from Manse Road along the back of the cottages lately erected by James Brown on grnd feued by him from Berry eastwards towards the wood called 'Jackson's Wood', : E partially by the cottage & grnd lately purchased by Mrs Boyd from James Brown & partly by property still belonging to him, : N by 15' road running from Manse Road to the termination or foot of Mrs Boyd's property (2) 64 pol imperial coloured blue on another plan no. 2 by William Scott architect Dundee with the dw houses erected on said pce grnd, : W partly by property of Mrs Ann Forrest / Gibson wife of Kenneth Gibson, & partly by Manse Road, : S by said 15' road which divides (1) from (2) & (3), : E by (3), : N by a road leading from Manse Road eastwards (3) pce grnd immediately E of (2) coloured pink on the last mentioned plan no. 2, 39 pol imperial, : W by (2), :S by said 15' road, : E by property belonging to me [John Mathewson], : N by said road leading from Manse Road eastwards which 3 lots have been marked off by stones … free ish & entry from Manse Road … road of 15' width is included in the measurements … full use of these & any new roads … these subjects are pt of subjects disp to John Kidd 11 Jun 1830 … pts of lot 20 [description of lot 20]. Lands (2) with the dw houses t/on are under burden of £200 part of the purchase price … 5% interest … It is hereby further expressly provided & declared that these presents are granted under the condition that the said lands above disponed together with the houses erected or to be erected t/on shall be designed & known in future by the general name 'Maryfield Terrace' … feu duties yearly (1) £8-18-1, (2) £8, (3) £5-16-0, total £22-15-1. 25 Jan 1867, Robert Boyd solicitor. 1 Feb 1867. RS 32/356/146 |
| 1867.01834 | 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 |
| 1867.01968 | Cupar 28 May 1867 I, Charles Alexander printer in Dundee in consideration of £770 instantly paid to me by Miss Euphemia Gellatly residing in Newport as the price of the said subjects sell & dispone to her & heirs all & whole pce grnd 30.5 pol the E-most half of all &whole pce grnd 61 pol lot 18 on a feuing plan of Craighead laid out as building lots in feu contract 8 & 11 May 1866 between Clydesdale Banking Co & Charles Alexander, said E-most half is : N by the t/p road leading to Tayport, : E by lot 17 from which it is marked off by march stones & a mutual wall, : on W by W-most half of the said whole pce grnd marked off by march stones; : S by a road or street 25' wide, one half of which so far as it bounds this grnd is included in the measurement thereof; together with dw ho & offices erected by me … my feu contract registered 5 Jul 1866 … [Euphemia Gellatly] entitled to payment from either Clydesdale Banking Co or the feuar of lot 17 when that lot is feued the sum of £10 being half the cost of said mutual wall which was wholly disbursed by me and which sum of £10 is included in the price. Entry at Whitsunday 1867 … feu duty £3-16-3 … signed Dundee 27 May 1867 ... Reg on behalf of Miss Euphemia Gellatly … RS32/357/277 |
| 1867.02357 | Cupar 2 Nov 1867 … John Berry proprietor of the ground dispones to John Brebner baker … pce grnd at Newport bounded on E by the pce grnd feued to William Wilson grocer …, on N by turnpike road Cupar - Newport Pier, on W by ground belonging to me still unfeued, by proposed street to be called Prinlaws Place on S, 38' 4" frontage including half of the gable wall between the building erected by William Wilson & the building to be erected by John Brebner, which gable is mutual, the lot contains in all 9 poles and 1/4 pole … John Brebner within 2 years to erect & maintain a shop and flat of not less than £400 value … plan of elevations etc by turnpike trustees St Andrews district 6 April 1857 … height not to exceed that shown on plan (excluding chimneys), flat roof, type of stone to be agreed … maintain 8' path with stone curb & water channel along whole frontage to t/p road to N, E-most gable to be mutual & W-most wall shall be mutual; build a 6' high 15" thick wall between the property & Prinlaws Place and not allowed any gate in said wall … not allowed to keep an inn or house for the sale of spirituous or malt liquors nor stabling nor horses for hire, or to erect or keep thereon any brewery or distillery steam engine spinning mill or any other work or thing that will be considered a nuisance to the neighbourhood … £4-15-0 feu duty … RS 32/360/70 |
| 1867.02499 | Cupar 30 Nov 1867 … James Brown … £550 instantly paid by David Cooper sometime slater Dundee now residing Newport … disp to David Cooper pce grnd & dw ho etc t/on … pt of subjects by Mathewson 25 Jan 1867 … : E by subjects still belonging to John Mathewson & separated by a mutual stone dyke, : S by subjects still belonging to me [James Brown] separated by a mutual stone dyke, : W partly by a road or passage leading to the subjects from Manse Road & partly by subjects disp to Peter Scott mason Newport separated by mutual stone dykes, access to grnd between this house & Peter Scott's for repairs to west gable, : N by a road from Manse Road eastwards … £3-12-6 feu duty … not competent for [D Cooper] to erect any building greater in height that the dwelling house already on the ground nor to erect any house or offices greater than 8' in height … [D Cooper] has free access to these subjects from the Manse Road along a road lying immediately S of the property belonging to Mrs Ann Forrest / Gibson and a passage at least 4' wide in a continuation thereof which [Fowler / Brown / Forrester] and [P Scott] are bound to leave out to the S of their dwelling houses ... liberty to take water from well on subjects still belonging to me [James Brown] lying to the S of these subjects but only by means of a pipe laid between the well & these subjects as at present … use of a drain running through the ground still belonging to me [James Brown] for taking away their soil water as at present … RS 32/361/32 |
| 1867.02500 | Cupar 30 Nov 1867 … I, James Brown cabinet maker & builder Newport proprietor of the subjects, £200 sterling instantly paid to me by Peter Scott mason Newport, disp to him the pce grnd & dw ho & other erections thereon, part of the subjects disp by Mathewson 25 Jan 1867. bounded W by subjects disponed by me to Mrs Margaret Fowler or Brown Newport, liferent, & Robert Forrester mason Newport in fee, the boundary between this ground & the ground disponed to them is marked by stones bounded S by subjects still belonging to me from which theseseparated by a mutual stone dyke Bounded E by subjects disponed to David Cooper sometime slater in Dundee presently residing in Newport separated by a mutual stone dyke with access by David Cooper to this ground to repair the west gable of David Cooper's house and for cleaning out the spout around the west gable bounded N by a road leading from Manse Road eastwards … declaring that the W gable of this house and the washing house partly behind this house & partly behind the house of Mrs Margaret Fowler / Brown & Robert Forrester shall be mutual … £2-6-10 feu duty … within 2 years to erect a stone dyke on the N boundary similar in all respects to that now erected on the N boundary of David Cooper's … not competent for [P Scott] to erect houses or offices at any time upon the ground lying on the N side of the dwelling house hereby disponed but it shall be kept as garden ground now and in all time coming … not competent for [P Scott] to erect any building greater in height that the dwelling house already on the ground nor to erect any house or offices greater than 8' in height … [P Scott] has free access & liberty to take water from the pump well presently situated on subjects disponed to {Fowler / Brown / Forrester] … [and to meet half costs of repairs each] … [P Scott] has free access to these subjects from the Manse Road along a road lying immediately S of the property belonging to Mrs Ann Forrest / Gibson and a passage at least 4' wide in a continuation thereof which [Fowler / Brown / Forrester] are bound to leave out to the S of their dwelling house … [P Scott] to leave out a passage of at least 4' to the S in continuation thereof to allow David Cooper access to [his porperty] … part of the property disp to John Kidd … RS32/361/36 |
| 1867.02501 | Cupar 30 Nov 1867 … I, James Brown … £130 sterling instantly paid to me by Robert Forrester mason Newport, disp to Margaret Fowler or Brown residing Newport widow of late Alexander Brown joiner Crail in liferent & Robert Forrester in fee all & whole grnd & dw ho. etc thereon … pt of subjects by Mathewson 25 Jan 1867 … bounded W partly by property of Mrs Ann Forrest / Gibson & partly by a road leading along the S boundary of Gibson'd property to these subjects from Manse Road, bounded S by subjects still belonging to me & separated from them by a mutual stone dyke, bounded E by subjects disp to Peter Scott mason Newport marked by boundary stones, bounded N by a road from Manse Road eastwards … E gable wall & washing house behind .. mutual with P Scott … £2-8-10 feu duty … within 2 years to erect a stone dyke on the N boundary similar in all respects to that now erected on the N boundary of David Cooper's … not competent for [Fowler / Brown / Forrester] to erect houses or offices at any time upon the ground lying on the N side of the dwelling house hereby disponed but it shall be kept as garden ground now and in all time coming … not competent for [Fowler / Brown / Forrester] to erect any building greater in height that the dwelling house already on the ground nor to erect any house or offices greater than 8' in height … [Fowler / Brown / Forrester] has free access & liberty to take water from the pump well presently situated on these subjects … [and to meet half costs of repairs each] … [Fowler / Brown / Forrester] has free access to these subjects from the Manse Road along a road lying immediately S of the property belonging to Mrs Ann Forrest / Gibson and a passage at least 4' wide in a continuation thereof which [Fowler / Brown / Forrester] are bound to leave out to the S of their dwelling house … RS 32/361/40 |
| 1867.02503 | Cupar 2 Dec 1867 … Peter Scott mason Newport [borrowed from] John Mathewson Myrtle Tce Newport £100 … 5% interest … security of ground & dw ho disp by James Brown 30 Nov 1867 … RS 32/361/46 |
| 1867.02504 | Cupar 2 Dec 1867 … Robert Forrester mason Newport [borrowed from] John Mathewson Myrtle Tce Newport £100 … 5% interest … security of ground & dw ho disp by James Brown 30 Nov 1867 … RS 32/361/48 |
| 1867.02556 | Cupar 23 Dec 1867 feu charter presented viz: John Berry Tayfield … sells & dispones … to John Thomson plumber in Dundee & heirs … all & whole the eastmost portion of all & whole pce grnd, a portion of the plantation called Gowrie Hill on S side of Queen St, said E-most portion extending to 39 pol 1.5 yd including half of proposed street 35' in breadth immediately to the south to be called Gowrie St in so far as it bounds said pce grnd, & also the whole breadth of proposed lane or footpath along the N boundary of the remainder or W-mostportion of said lot which lane or footpath is to be 7' broad & shall in all time coming be the property of John Thomson & successors … the E-most coloured pink, lane coloured green on plan … E-most portion bounded as follows - : on N by grnd feued by me to Duncan Macdonald teacher in Dundee & George Dunn Whyte joiner there, : on E by ground belonging to me still unfeued, : on S by proposed Gowrie St, : on W partly by remainder or W-most portion of said lot (coloured yellow) now feued or about to be feued to James Brown builder Newport & partly by said proposed lane … marked off by march stones by William Scott architect Dundee … [John Thomson] to erect within 2 years from date of entry a good & substantial dw ho, not more than 2 storeys, covered with blue slates … value not less than £300 … line of frontage shown on said plan … build walls S, N & E not over 6' height … since wall on N boundary & on N boundary of footpath already built by Duncan Macdonald, George Whyte Dunn & James Butchart grocer in Dundee … wall to be mutual … any offices etc other than the dw ho to be placed behind & to S of dw ho … to make & maintain half of Gowrie St & free use by me [Berry] & tenants & feuars of Newport - including pipes, drains, etc … to make a common drain … Entry Martinmas 1867, annual feu duty £4-17-7 … witnesses [including] Charles Augustus Elwenfechter, music teacher, Dundee … RS 32/361/167 |
| 1868.03067 | Cupar 9 July 1868 was presented the disp underwritten - George Just builder & David Just joiner, the surviving Trs of William Just junior, acting under Trust Deed 26 Jul 1843, registered 15 Sep 1843 … the lands & others exposed to roup on 14 Dec 1864, upset price £290, and John Cramb artist Glasgow offered £332 on behalf of himself & his brother James Cramb artist Glasgow … all & whole the pce land & ho thereon, pt of Broadhaugh, marked off with march stones at 4 corners thereof, bounded on S by King's highway, by ground of Robert Just on E, by grnd of Miss Mackie, now deceased, on W, and floodmark on N - 50 poles or thereby - right of shipping - all as lately occupied by late Mrs Ann Robertson / Just widow of deceased William Just sen & presently occupied by David Cramb … frequent the mill of Seamill with their corns & pay the accustomed multures therefor … RS 32/364/83 [lot 2 of roup (William Just's feu duties) was purchased on behalf of Turnbulls etc as Trs of William Turnbull for £528 (upset price £500) - see report in Courier 16 Dec 1864] |
| 1868.03131 | 1 Aug 1868 … George Sandeman accountant Dundee, judicial factor on the trust estate of deceased Miss Margaret Mackay … to create a title for that pce grnd & growing timber t/on, pt of Broadhaugh, part of the subjects contained in ch by William Berry Tayfield to William Just mason Newport 3 Aug 1821 (Regd. sasine 25 Sep 1821) which pce grnd is bounded on S by road from Newport - Woodhaven, by property of said William Just on E, by flood mark on N, by pce grnd feued by William Just to William Duncan coachman and partly by pce grnd belonging to said William Just on W; together with the right to a road leading from the said road (from Newport - Woodhaven) to the sea & a road to the said pce grnd & privilege along with other tenants & feuars of Tayfield of shipping & unloading … to & from the sea by said road … reserving the right of William Just & his heirs to lay a water pipe through said pce of grnd leading from the well a little to the westward thereof to his house on the E boundary of same; reserving also to him the right of a road through the said pce grnd 9' broad & that immediately above the floodmark … RS 32/364/197 |
| 1868.03466 | 23 Ded 1868 … Mrs Christina Baird / Harris wife of John Harris mason Newport & John Harris [have sold] … for £25 … to William Harris mason Newport & heirs the pce grnd on N side of the public road Woodhaven - Newport, being the middle of 5 front lots of grnd into which the whole subjects hereinafter mentioned is divided, bounded the lot hereby disponed on S by said public road extending along it -- feet; on E by common entrance or passage leading to the ground at the back & through which the proprietors of the various lots have the right of ish & entry to their ground … & extending said ground from the bank N to the river Tay; on N by the high water mark; on W partly by the E gable wall of Thomas Harris' house & partly by his ground at the N thereof, & also with entrance to the grnd at the back by a road at the W end of Alexander Harris' lot & through his ground, & with rightto a well at the back for drawing water, & which grnd is pt of all & whole the garden ground at Broadhaughs as described in decr. in favour of Jane Baird & Mrs Christina Baird / Harris 6 Feb 1867 & regd. sasines 25 Sep 1867. Entry at Martinmas 1867. Feu duty 1/- RS 32/366/115 |
| 1868.03493 | Cupar 31 Dec 1868 … John Berry … feu charter consent of Duncan Macdonald teacher Dundee for his right in the premises, [sells] to George Dunn Whyte joiner Dundee (1) all & whole lot of grnd, pt of Gowrie Hill plantatiom on S side of Queen St, : W by another lot feued by me to Duncan Macdonald & George Dunn Whyte, : S partly by grnd still belonging to me & partly by a small stripe of land no. 2, : E by my ground still unfeued, : N by Queen St; (2) all & whole a stripe of land immediately S of (1), : N by (1), : W by a lot feued to John Thomson plumber Dundee, : S by Gowrie St, : E by unfeued grnd of mine. (1) & (2) extend to 73.33 pol including half of 20' breadth of Queen St & half of Gowrie St … within 3 years to build a house not more than 2 storeys, blue slates, value more than £300 … boundary walls (except N of the stripe (2) and a gate on S of (2). On (2), being disponed as a private road / access to Gowrie St - no buildings thereon & to keep a neat gateway at S end of stripe where it joins Gowrie St to preserve the privacy of the said road … make & maintain half of Gowrie St & half of Queen St … free use of said roads … entry Whitsunday 1866 … feu duty £9-3-4 … RS 32/366/156 |
| 1874.03235 | Feu disposition by John Berry to James Brown. 12 May 1874. John Berry Esquire of Tayfield heritable proprietor in consideration of the feu duty and other prestations hereby dispones in favour of James Brown builder in Newport ... all & whole that piece of ground being part of that field called the Kilnburn Field lying immediatelyto the east of the Tayfield Mansion House Park or Policies, which piece of ground is delineated on a plan ... extends to 1.993 acres or thereby, bounded as follows: on the north partly by ground belonging to John Berry and partly by the piece of ground feued to the Rev John Tait, Minister of the Congregational Church, Newport and others as trustees for the said church, on the west by a wall or dyke partly already built and which will be completed by James Brown within 2 years from Whitsunday 1874 and when completed shall form the boundary between the ground hereby disponed and the Mansion House Park or Policies of Tayfield; on the south by the turnpike road leading from Newport to Cupar; on the east by a proposed street called Kilnburn Row but which is now to be called Kilnburn Place, which street was originally proposed to be 30' but is now arranged to be 40' in width one half of which is included in the measurement of this plot ... John Brown shall be bound within 2 years after the term of his entry to erect and thereafter maintain on the piece of ground buildings of the value of at least £6000 failing which double feu duty shall be paid ... buildings to be covered with blue slates and the frontage shall in all time coming be in conformity with the line of frontage shown on the plan; also James Brown shall (with the exception of the outlet to Kilnburn Lane at which spot a gate or doorway may, with John Berry's approval, be placed) be bound to erect in so far as not already done substantial bounding and division walls around the piece of ground, the wall in the front and those extending from the front wall to the front of the buildings shall be dwarf coped walls 3' in height and surmounted with iron railings, the remaining walls including especially the wall separating the ground from the Mansion House Park of Tayfield shall be good rubble walls, the last mentioned wall to be 15" thick surmounted with a neat coping and not less that 6 nor more than 7 feet high; James Brown and his foresaids shall bear the cost of forming and keeping in proper order Kilnburn Row or Place to the extent of half of its width ... and other feuars in proportion to their frontage ... to form and maintain Kilnburn Lane in its whole extent from the ground feued to the Congregational Church to its western entry from the public road near to the house presently occupied by James Petrie coal merchant ... walls to bound Kilnburn Lane on both sides to be good rubble walls 15" thick and 6' high; Kilnburn Lane to be 20' wide instead of 15' width as originally proposed and is to be completed within 2 years ... to form a gravelled or other good and sufficient footpath 5' wide with stone kerb and surface water channel running along the whole length of the frontage of Kilnburn Row or Place ... the well or water spring in the said field which presently supplies Newport Inn with water shall be reserved to John Berry together with access when necessary to the said spring and power to lead a pipe therefrom underneath Kilnburn Row or Place and or Kilnburn Lane in such direction as John Berry shall require; James Brown and other feuars on the field, as soon as the whole lots shall be disposed of or sooner if John Berry thinks proper, shall join to provide a large common sewer through the said Park and down to the River Tay in such manner as John Berry shall desire, said common drain or sewer to be taken undeneath and to the east side of the Turnpike Road to Cupar ... also sufficient drains from each house to connect to the common drain. Also John Berry reserves the power to lead or connect a main drain or sewer from other lands belonging to him into said common drain; power to lay other drains or gas or water pipes underneath the roads and lanes in this feu. Entry, notwithstanding the date of this document, to be Martinmas 1872. James Brown to pay £79-14-4 annually as feu duty. signed 7 May 1874 at Tayfield by John Berry, witnesses Annie Maule Berry his daughter and Mary Langerfeldt governess in his family, and by James Brown at Dundee 8 May 1874... folio 135 |
| 1875.05045 | Jane Fraser Stewart St Fort to Hugh Scott. 28 Jul 1875 exposed to public roup & Thomas Joseph Hay solicitor Dundee offered £960 on behalf of Hugh Scott manufacturer Dundee … all & whole the dw ho called Woodmuir House with a triangular pce grnd on which it is situated bounded - : on N by turnpike road Newport - Wormit, : on E by 35' road leading southwards from said t/p between Woodmuir Park and the lands of Tayfield; : on SW by road dividing said pce grnd from the remainder of Woodmuir Park … 2 roods 2 pol 21 yd but excluding 1 pol 21 yd or thereby to be taken from said pce grnd for the purpose of widening the said road on the SW to 25' … under the following conditions - any bldgs which shall be erected on said grnd shall not exceed 1.5 storeys height and including roof & chimney stalks shall not exceed 25' from the ground … road to SW to be made up to 25' width … Hugh Scott shall make in so far as not already done so the whole of the 30' street to the E … bldgs never to be used as inn, hotel, selling spirituous liquors etc … feu duty of 1 penny only if asked … witnesses Alexander Anderson, my overseer, & John Fergusson, my butler, at St Fort. RS101/92/164 |
| 1877.02244 | Edinburgh 6 Oct 1877 feu - John Berry, Tayfield [for] £5 paid by William Hurry baker in Newport dispone to him … small pce grnd lying immediately S of … that pce grnd at Newport … being pt of the vacant ground on S side of road leading from the Ferry Pier westward, : N by said road, : E & W by other property of mine [Berry] separated by march stones, : S by northmost point of the rock immediately S of said pce grnd, aall as described in a disp by David Graham Bruce formerly gas inspector or collector, Dundee, now house agent there in favour of William Hurry … this pce grnd has been hewn out of the rock and is situated immediately S of the subjects before described & William Hurry has partly erected thereon a bakehouse in connection with the building erected on the subjects before described … this pce extends to 0.5 pol & together with the subjects acquired by William Hurry from David Bruce measures along the N boundary next to the road 35' 6"; along E 44'; along W 37'; along S 35' … to be holden de me for 1 penny Scotsyearly only if asked … witnessed at Tayfield … Etta Wise (Anna Henrietta Wise, governess) … RS 101/132/182 |
| 1879.04137 | Disposition by Euphemia Gellatly to George Brown jun. At Edinburgh 15 Mar 1879 - I, Miss Euphemia Gellatly formerly residing at Newport now at Craigmore Rothesay … £900 instantly paid to me by George Brown jun, mercantile clerk in Dundee & residing Newport as the price of said subjects hereby sell & dispone to George Brown jun & heirs … all & whole pce grnd 30.5 pol the E-most of all & whole pce grnd containing 61 pol lot 18 on feuing plan prepared by William Scott architect in Dundee of that pt of lands of Craighead laid out as building lots … for a contract feuing of the whole ground (8 & 11 May 1866) between Clydesdale Banking Co & Charles Alexander printer in Dundee … the E-most portion : on N by t/p leading to Tayport, on E by lot 17 on plan marked off by march stones & a mutual wall, : on W by the W-most half of the pce grnd marked off by march stones, : on S by a road or street 25' in width, one half of which so far as it bounds the ground hereby disponed is included in the measurement, together with the dw ho & offices erected by said Charles Alexander … all as specified in the sasine recorded 5 Jul 1866 … entry at Whitsunday 1879 … feu duty £3-16-3 .. previous disp was by Charles Alexander to me recorded 28 May 1867 … signed at Rothesay 12 Mar 1879, witnesses Simon Wilson, merchant Rothesay, & James Gellatly Ewing residing at Craigmore, Rothesay... Reg on behalf of George Brown jun, mercantile clerk, Dundee RS101/161/138 |
| 1879.04469 | Edinburgh 23 May 1879 … disp by County of Fife Road Trustees to Robert Boyd & spouse Jane Mitchell [John Balfour of Balbirnie & Adam William Heriot Maitland Dougal of Scotscraig - 2 of the county road trustees; William Patrick & William Duncan Patrick joint county road clerks] … premises previously owned by Commissioners of Supply and transferred to Road Trustees … £70 sterling value of tollhouse offered by Robert Boyd, whose land adjoined … pce grnd & dw ho erected t/on used & known as the Newport tollhouse on the highway leading from Newport to Cupar, bounded N, E & S by property of Robert Boyd, bounded W by the highway; entry at Whitsunday 1879 ... RS101/166/144 |
| 1879.04787 | Edinburgh 6 Aug 1879. Henry S Wedderburn to Dundee Water Commissioners - £150 - sell (1) all & whole pce of grnd of Wormit … 134 pol, : on all sides by arable or pasture lands of Scroggieside Farm tenanted by David Grieve for constructing a tank / cistern & watchman's house for supplying water to Newport & district; (2) a right over land extending from (1) northwards to the public road on the N side of the Newport & Tay Bridge Railways for pipes … no steam engines on the land … free ish & entry by a temporary footway … until the feuing roads or ways … shall approach & abut onto the reservoir from the Tay Bridge when the temporary footway shall be abandoned. Entry Martinmas 1878 … Pattullo & Thornton … RS 101.171.156 |
| 1881.00317 | Feu by Berry, Tayfield to Trs of Newport U P Congregation. 2 Apr 1881 … to Alexander Paterson draper Dundee, James Morton clothier Dundee, William Arnott Scott carver & gilder Dundee, Thomas Willock bank teller Dundee, John Scott glazier Dundee, William Fairweather printer Dundee, John Smart gardener Newport, David Grieve farmer Scroggieside, Mathew Morrison jun flesher Newport, John Muir Connell bootmaker Dundee, Robert Vallentine Scroggie shipowner & shipbroker Dundee, & James Logie insurance agent Dundee - all members of Newport United Presbyterian Congregation under the pastoral care of Rev James Simpson Scotland, as trustees - all & whole that pce grnd 21 pol of land of Tayfield situated at the extreme north-east of that block of land between the direct road between E & W Newport and the road from E & W Newport to the ferry pier, bounded on N (21' 1.5") by the road, on E (101') by the road, on NNW & W (115'3") by the road, on WSW & S (76'8") by land unfeued belonging to me …. reserving any coins or antique articles found … as a site for a church, halls, etc … plans to be approved by me … value of church not less than £1700, to be completed within 2 years … there are certain dwelling houses or cottages partly within & partly beyond the boundaries of said piece of ground … £70 [compensation] paid to me for their demolition … RS 101/204/35 |
| 1882.01831 | 16 May 1882 … Margaret Toner or Macveigh … for £1000 … sell to William McFarland … 35 pol 17.75 yd … of Craighead … bounded on N by a 25' road (frontage 54' 4"), on E by ground feued to Alexander Duncan, builder (155' 3") passing through the east gable wall of the dwelling house hereby disponed, on S by a 25' road (53') and on W by ground feued by the Clydesdale Bank to Miss Margaret Lee (155' 10") … RS 101/227/116 |
| 1882.02601 | 12 December 1882 … Trs for deceased Mrs Janet Calman …Alexander Stewart, joiner, Sea Wynd, Dundee made offer of £960 for the subjects & others … & he has made the purchase for behoof of Mrs Catherine Eliza Whyte or Meldrum, wife of Andrew Mackie Meldrum, architect, Dundee … & that she has paid us £960 … we all dispone to her … lot 7 of Maryton … RS 101/239/23 |
| 1883.03359 | 18 Jul 1883 Ch of Novodamus - (1) Peter Christie, Mains of Scotscraig, James Kinninmonth, farmer Inverteal near Kirkcaldy, & John Turnbull Newport, as Trs under Trust Disp & Settl by William Turnbull millwright Newport deceased dated 10 Jan 1857, registered 14 Oct 1862, for behoof of Peter Turnbull, son of William, (2) said John Turnbull & Margaret Turnbull Newport as sole surviving Trs for Jessie Turnbull Newport daughter of William; as lawful superiors of the land after described conform to disp by George Just builder Newport & David Just joiner there, Trs of William Just jun who resided in Newport in favour of, inter alia, us, recorded 29 Dec 1864, whereby William Just mason at Justfield by feu disp of 2 Dec 1826 disp to Andrew Kilgour mason at Waterside now deceased the said pce grnd …Andrew Kilgour died Newport 22 Dec 1860 & his eldest son George Kilgour mason, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia died abroad unmarried 18 Aug 1875, & said George Kilgour's will [gave it to] brother Andrew & sisters Isabella & Elizabeth Kilgour of Newport equally, and said Andrew now joiner at 2 Highriggs, Portland Place, Edinburgh is heir … agreed … Elizabeth Kilgour alone shall obtain a title to said ground [Isabella Kilgour's husband is Thomas Wood spirit merchant Dundee; Elizabeth's husband is John Doig barkeeper, Royal Hotel, Newport] … to Elizabeth Kilgour / Doig that pce grnd pt of Broadhaugh bounded by property belonging to David Henderson on E, : by property belonging to William Ritchie on W, : by King's highway to S, : by common road leading to the sea & David Henderson's shop [workshop] on the N … privilege of shipping … feu duty £1-19-0 … obliged to frequent the mill of Sea Mill with their corns … witnessed Robert Boyd solicitor Dundee & Elizabeth Doig his dimestic servant at Taybank, East Newport … RS101/250/118 [lot 2 of roup 14 Dec 1864 (William Just's feu duties) was purchased on behalf of Turnbulls etc as Trs of William Turnbull for £528 (upset price £500) - see report in Courier 16 Dec 1864] |
| 1884.04464 | Disp by Alexander Duncan to James Brown. 16 May 1884 Alexander Duncan builder Dundee for £900 paid by James Brown merchant Dundee, residing East Newport … sell … to James Brown all & whole 35 pol 19.75 yd (including half of streets N & S) pt of Craighead & pt of subjects mentioned later, the subjects disponed are bounded on N by 25' road (54' 10") : E by grnd laetly feued by William Smith sometime restaurateur, 18 Reform St, Dundee then residing at Tayview, East Newport to David Mann builder Dundee (154' 4"), : S by 25' road (52' 7"), : W by grnd feued to William Austen McVeigh merchant Dundee residing East Newport & now belonging to William McFarland, lesee of the Theatre Royal Dundee (155' 3") … the line of the W boundary passes through the centre of the W gable wall of dw ho erected t/on … as on plan & feu by William Smith to Alexander Duncan (2 Jun 1876), pt of lot - on a plan by William Scott architect Dundee, in feu of 17 May 1867 by Clydesdale Bank to William Smith … RS101/268/66 |
| 1887.01670 | Feu by William Berry, Tayfield to Trs for Congregation of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, Newport. 30 Mar 1887 [sells] to Rev Samuel Baggaley Hodson, incumbent; Isaac Richards, inspector of works Castle Cottage Newport; Michael Flynn, Chief Officer Mars Training Ship Holly Cottage Newport; Robert Mathewson, fruiterer & dairyman Robert Street Newport; & George Mitchell, grocer & wine merchant Wellgate House Newport - members of the congregation of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, Newport presently under the pastoral care of Rev Samuel Hodson, as trustees … all & whole that area or pce grnd lately used as part of the garden ground of the Newport Hotel & which formerly formed a part of that field which is now almost all feued out & built upon called the Kilnburn Field, said field lying immediately E of the Tayfield House park … 41 pol 0.75 sq yd including in this measurement a strip 7'6" wide of the area of Kilnburn Place & Kilnburn Laneon S side of said piece grnd … bounded on N by the road between E & W Newport (107' frontage), on E (88') by centre line of wall on W side of Kilnburn Steps, on S (108'6") by Kilnburn Place or Kilnburn Lane, on W (111') by unfeued ground belonging to me occupied by Tayfield Estate Office & garden attached thereto … reserving the right to continue to use & maintain the main drain which is laid under the W side of the pce grnd from the back of the houses on the W side of Kilnburn Place to the River Tay, & also reserving any coins or antique articles of value found on said pce grnd … to be used as a site for a church & suitable accommodation relative thereto including a schoolroom & parsonage house … my approval of plans …value of church not less than £1000 … line of frontage to turnpike as in agreement 6 Apr 1867 (John Berry, William Wilson merchant Newport, & John Purvis of Kinaldy one of the Turnpike Trustees for St Andrews district) … church to be built within 1 year … [various conditions asd to building] … a main drain or common sewer from Kilnburn Place passes under the Kilnburn steps & across and under the road … opening into this drain to be under the supervision of Mr David Mackie builder Newport … RS 101/327/87 |
| 1887.01855 | Feu disposition by James Brown to John Scott & spouse. 17 May 1887. James Brown builder in Newport proprietor of the lands dispones to John Scott glazier Dundee and his spouse Mrs Janet Helen Jeffrey or Scott in fee & liferent for £800 and the feu duty, all & whole the piece of ground in Kilnburn Place, Newport, parish of Forgan, County of Fife with the dwelling house and pertinents erected thereon including all gates, gas fittings & other fittings & blinds, the house being the 19th dwelling counting southward from the Congregational Church in Newport, the land bounded as follows: on the north by subjects disponed by James Brown to the said John Scott and now belonging to Mrs Dickson, on the south by subjects disponed by James Brown to James Lawson clothier Dundee, on the east by Kilnburn Place, on the west by subjects belonging to the heirs of the late John Berry of Tayfield ... free ish and entry by the roads and streets front and back ... the ground is part of the piece of ground 1.993 acres conveyed by John Berry to James Brown registered in the sasines of Fife 12 May 1874 ... the gable walls with the adjoining properties north and south shall be mutual ... subject to the burdens and declarations of the feu contract previously mentioned, particularly that John Scott shall be at the expense of keeping Kilnburn Place in proper order and condition opposite his property but only to half the width, and to maintain the footpath, stone kerb and water channel on the west side of the street, as also the portion of the path or passage of 10' in width shown on the plan in so far as it is on and over the piece of ground hereby disponed, which path or passage in its whole extent from Kilnburn Lane on the north to its termination on the south shall in all time coming be common to the said disponees. Kilnburn Lane - [further to the conditions in the 1874 feu (1874.03235)] - James Brown and the other feuars of the Kilnburn Field were of the opinion that instead of making it as originally proposed it would be better to make such a road or access to the houses as marked on the plan 2, and James Brown & the other feuars entered into agreement with Tutors of William Berry dated 2 Sep 1878 whereby James Brown etc can make an entrance to Kilnburn Field at the place and in the manner shown, thereby renouncing their rights to the ground which was originally intended for Kilburn Lane and generally all right they had to the north of Kilnburn Place except the entrance marked 2, and that that should be the only entrance to Kilnburn Field at the north. The house, parapet walls and iron railings to be maintained, no alterations to the exterior of the house without permission from James Brown but they can paint & repair them as necessary. James Brown has constructed a large common drain down to the River Tay and John Scott shall have full use of said drain, James Brown will not connect more branch drains to it than its capacity will manage. Entry at Whitsunday (15 May) 1887, feu duty £6-6-0 annually, with a payment of a further £6-6-0 at the expiry of every 25 years. Signed at Dundee by John Scott & Janet Helen Jeffrey or Scott 4 May 1887, and by James Brown 14 May 1887. ..folio 40 |
| 1888.03492 | Edinburgh 23 May 1888. David Brand, accountant, British Linen Bank, Dundee residing sometime at Hillbank, East Newport now in Murraygate, Dunee, sole surviving Tr of deceased Rev Thomas Just (Mrs Rose Mary Ann Bachelor / Just - wife; John Just - brother) - estate to be divided among his brother's daughters & their survivors. Mrs R M A Just died 22 Aug 1887; John Just died 10 Sep 1876; Joanna Tomima Just & Jane Eliza Just, spinsters, Gowan Bank are the only surviving daughters of John, Barbara Scott Just & Elizabeth Nicoll Just having died unmarried, - whole to be conveyed to them - (1) all & whole pt of Broadhaugh bounded on E by property belonging or formerly to William Duncan, the King's highway on S, by march stones on N, & by land to be described on W; privilege of 4' road from N boundary to the sea … privilege of shipping … reservation to William Just a former proprietor of said subjects … to place pipes in the ground hereby disponed from the well on the S side of the road leading to the house now or formerly occupied by him … ; (2) also pce of Broadhaugh, the E-most of those 2 dwelling houses built upon the said pce grnd together with the pce grnd in front of the E-most house between it & the King's highway & garden ground behind it extending from the back wall to the N garden wall or dyke bounded on the N by said garden wall or dyke, on E by porperty last above disponed, on S by King's highway, & on W by mutual gable wall between the said house hereby disponed & said other adjacent house on the W thereof & by a continuation of a straight line of the centre of said mutual gable prolonged on each side till it reach the said southern & northern boundaries; (3) as also the ground situated to the N of the said garden ground herein before disponed & to the N of the coterminous garden ground sold by David Henderson a former proprietor of the said subjects to David Jack bounded on N by march stones being the N boundary of the whole ground feued by David Henderson from William Just, mason at Justfield, on the E by the property first above disponed, on S partly by garden ground above disponed & partly by the wall of the said coterminous garden ground sold by David Henderson to David Jack; which wall shall belong to the disponees; & on W by property of Andrew Kilgour; together with erections on said ground & entry to the whole subjects via a 3' road / passage from the King's highway N-wards along the W side of the W-most dwelling house built by David Henderson on ground feued by him aforesaid & since sold to David Jack, & then running E-wards along the back of the said house till it reached the subjects hereby disponed; … privilege of shipping … right of David Jack to entry to his remaining pieces of grnd across the grnd last disponed by a footpath communicating with a door in said mutual garden wall … obligation to use Sea Mill … RS101/356/3 + |
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