Location : Chesterhill
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= Property still standing
Notes: Renamed Chesterhill c.1906
Introduction
Originally 'Justfield', then 'The Cliff' this was renamed 'Chesterhill' ca. 1906. See also the original Chesterhill (now known as Washer Willy's).
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.437987,-2.912544
View location on the 1855 6-inch map, the 1895 25-inch map, the 1966 25-inch map, or a 1944-50 aerial photograph at the National Library of Scotland website.
1854 Ordnance Survey Name Book Entry (originals at ScotlandsPlaces) (more information on the O.S. Name Books page)
| List of names to be corrected if necessary | Orthography, as recommended to be used in the new plans | Other modes of spelling the name | Authorities for these other modes of spelling when known | Situation | Descriptive remarks or other general observations which may be considered of interest | Source |
| Cliff Terrace | Cliff Terrace | Cliff Terrace; Cliff Terrace | Mr. Frall Causewayhead; Mr. John Black Roseberry. | Nearly 1/2 a mile S.W. by S. of the Mansion House of Scotscraig. | A neat villa pleasantly situated on a rocky eminence and surrounded with trees and shrubs. The house is 2 stories high, in good repair and slated, and has some offices and a small but neat garden attached, and is the property and residence of Miss Berry. | OS1/13/32/63 |
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)
| Cliff House | ||
| The Cliffe | ||
| Cliff Terrace | 1877 | |
| Chesterhill | from 1907 | |
| Justfield | pre 1851 | |
| The Cliff | up to 1906 |
Directory entries (before 1968) There are 105 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957-58 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport-On-Tay] | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport-On-Tay] | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Berry, Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill; [under Justices Of' The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1942-43 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill ; [under Justices Of The Peace Resident At Newport] | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1941-42 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1940-41 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1939-40 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1938-39 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1937-38 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1937-38 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1936-37 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1936-37 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1935-36 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1934-35 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1934-35 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1933-34 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1931-32 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1930-31 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1929-30 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1928-29 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1928 Kelly dir | Berry Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1927-28 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1927-28 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1926-27 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1926-27 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1925-26 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert. Chesterhill | ||
| 1925-26 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1924-25 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1923-24 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1923-24 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1922-23 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill, Newport | ||
| 1921-22 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1920-21 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1919-20 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. R. A. J., Chesterhill | ||
| 1918-19 MacDonald dir | Berry, Capt. R. A. J., Chesterhill | ||
| 1918-19 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1917-18 MacDonald dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill | ||
| 1916-17 MacDonald dir | Berry, R. A. J., Chesterhill | ||
| 1915-16 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1915-16 dir | Berry, Captain Robert, Chesterhill | ||
| 1914-15 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1914-15 dir | Berry, Robert A. J., Chesterhill | ||
| 1913-14 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1912-13 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1911-12 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1910-11 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Chesterhill | ||
| 1907-08 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Tayfield House, also The Cliff | location 2 | |
| 1906-07 MacDonald dir | Berry, Wm., Tayfield House, also The Cliff | location 2 | |
| 1896-97 dir | Soote, Lieutenant-Colonel James Powrie, The Cliffe, by Newport | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Soote, Lieutenant Colonel James Powrie, The Cliffe | ||
| 1891-92 dir | Gordon, James (corn merchant, Dundee), The Cliffe, East Newport | ||
| 1890-91 dir | Gordon, James (corn merchant, Dundee), The Cliffe, East Newport | ||
| 1889-90 dir | Gordon, James (corn merchant, Dundee), The Cliffe, East Newport | ||
| 1889 Slater dir | Gordon Mr James, The Cliff, Newport, Fife | ||
| 1888-89 dir | Gordon, James (corn merchant, Dundee), The Cliffe, East Newport | ||
| 1886-87 dir | Robertson, William, The Cliff | ||
| 1886 Slater dir | Robertson William, The Cliff | ||
| 1885-86 dir | Robertson, William, The Cliff | ||
| 1884-85 dir | Robertson, William, merchant, The Cliffe | ||
| 1880-81 dir | Cade, A. H., (merchant, Dundee), The Cliff | ||
| 1878-79 dir | Cade, A. H. (merchant, Dundee), The Cliff | ||
| 1878 Slater dir | Parker Mr. Edward, The Cliff | ||
| 1877 Worrall dir | Parker Mr. Edward, Cliff terrace | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Parker, Edward (merchant, Dundee), The Cliff [* ms. alteration - 'The Cliff' deleted] | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Parker, William W., manager, The Cliff [* ms. alteration - 'The Cliff' deleted] | ||
| 1874-75 dir | Parker, Edward (manufacturer, Dundee), The Cliff | ||
| 1873 Slater dir | Parker Mr. Edward, Cliff terrace, Newport | ||
| 1871-72 dir | Parker, Edward (merchant, Dundee), Cliff Terrace | ||
| 1866 Fife dir | Parker, E, merchant (Dundee), Cliff Terrace | ||
| 1862 Fife dir | Parker, E, merchant (Dundee), Cliff Terrace | ||
| 1852 Slater dir | Brown, James, manufacturer, Justfield | ||
| 1837 Pigot dir | Brown, James, manufacturer, Justfield, Forgan |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
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| 1878-1879 Voters | Powrie, James | of Reswali Forfar | Cliff Terrace | |||||||
| 1874 Voters | Powrie, J | of Reswali, Forfar | ||||||||
| 1873 Voters | Powrie, James | of Reswali, Forfar | ||||||||
| 1844-1861 Voters | 24 September 1832 | Just, George | Builder | feuar | lands of Justfield & houses thereon of the lands of Cawseyhead | Justfield & Cawseyhead | [entry deleted] 1845 Expd. | |||
| 1833-1840 Voters | 24 September 1832 | Just, George | Builder | feuar | lands of Justfield & houses thereon of the lands of Cawseyhead | Justfield & Cawseyhead | ||||
| 1832 Voters | 24 September 1832 | Just, George | Builder | feuar | lands of Justfield & houses thereon of the lands of Causayhead | Justfield & Causayhead | [Tayfield deleted] |
Census records
| Year | Head | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Uninhabited | ||||
| 1901 | Uninhabited | View household | |||
| 1891 | Gordon | James | View household | ||
| 1881 | Uninhabited | View household | |||
| 1871 | Parker | Margaret E | View household | ||
| 1861 | Parker | Edward | View household | ||
| 1851 | Cuper | Matilda | View household | ||
| 1841 | Brown | James | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 32 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957-58 | 106 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry PhD per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh 3 | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1952-53 | 111 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1947-48 | 106 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1942-43 | 112 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1937-38 | 114 | House, Offices and Grounds | John Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1932-33 | 111 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1927-28 | 147 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 10 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | 75 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 126 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | same | 75 | View details | |
| 1917-18 | 118 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | Captain R A J Berry | same | 75 | View details | |
| 1912-13 | 116 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | proprietor | 80 | View details | ||
| 1907-08 | 111 | House, Offices and Grounds | William Berry per Hagart & Burn Murdoch WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | proprietor | 80 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 107 | Land | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 105 | House, offices, garden, etc. | William Berry Esq. per Haggart & Burn Murdoch, WS, 140 Princes St, Edinburgh | empty | 60 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 134 | Land | Mrs Margaret P Soote, Rires House, Broughty Ferry | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 132 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Mrs Margaret P Soote, Rires House, Broughty Ferry | empty | 60 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 112 | Land | Reps of late Lieut.-Colonel James P Soote | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 110 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Reps of late Lieut.-Colonel James P Soote | proprietor | 60 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 158 | House, offices, garden, etc. | Col. James P Soote, Row House, Broughty Ferry | proprietor | 60 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 160 | Land | Col. James P Soote, Row House, Broughty Ferry | proprietor | 5 | View details | ||
| 1889-90 | 153 | Land | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | John Gordon, farmer | same | 5 | View details | |
| 1889-90 | 151 | House, offices, garden, etc. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | John Gordon, farmer | same | 60 | View details | |
| 1885-86 | 139 | House, offices, garden, etc. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | William Robertson, merchant | same | 60 | View details | |
| 1881-82 | 83 | House, Land &c. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar per D B Bruce, house agent, Dundee | same | Absalom Henry Cade Esq., agent | 70 | View details | |
| 1878-79 | 90 | House, Land &c. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | same | Absalom Henry Cade Esq., agent | 70 | View details | |
| 1875-76 | 89 | House, Land &c. | James Powrie of Reswalli, Forfar | same | Edward Parker, engineer | 62-10-0 | View details | |
| 1871-72 | 85 | House & land etc | James Powrie, Reswalli, Forfar | Edward Parker, engineer | 62-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1867-68 | 80 | House, Lands and Steading of Cliff Terrace | James Powrie of Reswali, Forfar | Edward Parker | 62-10-0 | View details | ||
| 1865-66 | 81 | House, Lands and Steading, Cliff Terrace | Miss Jessie Powrie, Links House, Broughty Ferry | said Edward Parker | Edward Parker | 53-17-0 | View details | |
| 1864-65 | 74 | House, Lands and Steading of Cliff Terrace | Miss Jessie Powrie, Links House, Broughty Ferry | Edward Parker | 45 | View details | ||
| 1860-61 | 37 | House, land & steading | Miss Jessie Powrie | Edward Parker | 45 | View details | ||
| 1855-56 | 97 | House and Garden | Miss Jessie Powrie, Justfield | said Miss Powrie | 35 | View details | ||
| 1855-56 | 98 | Lands | Miss Jessie Powrie, Justfield | said Miss Powrie | 12 | View details |
Sasines pre-1900:
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