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Location : Graham Place [4],  West Road

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= Property demolished or site redeveloped

Notes:      Demolished. second & third floors, 5 apt. - 1935

Part of a block. Other parts: Graham Place [5]     Graham Place [2]     Graham Place [3]     Graham Place [1]     Graham Place [6]     Graham Place [7]     

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.435321,-2.948741

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):   2 Shepherds Road   4 Shepherds Road   (Harris Land [1], West Road)   (Harris Land [2], West Road)   8b, West Road   7 West Road   8a, West Road   10 West Road   (Woodmuir House, West Road)   (Graham Place [1], West Road)   (Graham Place [5], West Road)   (Graham Place [2], West Road)   (Graham Place [3], West Road)   (Graham Place [6], West Road)   (Graham Place [7], West Road)   (Fig Tree [1], West Road)   (Fig Tree [2], West Road)   part of 10, West Road   (Harris Land [3], West Road)   (Harris Land [4], West Road)   (Harris Land [5], West Road)   (Fig Tree [3], West Road)   1 Woodmuir Crescent   3 Woodmuir Crescent  

 

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      474

 

Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)

Newburgh Road, West Newport

 

 

House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)

Fig Tree Cottage
Figtree Terrace
Harris Buildings
Graham Place [4] from 1905

 

 

Directory entries (before 1975)      There are 17 entries

SourceEntry 
1936-37 dirDippie, John, Graham place, Newburgh road, East Newport
1935-36 dirDippie, John, Graham place, Newburgh road, East Newport
1934-35 dirDippie, John, Graham place, Newburgh road, East Newport
1933-34 dirSturrock, Norman, Figtree cottage, Graham place, Newburgh road, West Newport
1932-33 dirSturrock, Norman, Figtree cottage, Graham place, Newburgh road, West Newport
1931-32 dirSturrock, Norman, Figtree cottage, Graham place, Newburgh road, West Newport
1930-31 dirSturrock, Norman, Figtree cottage, Graham place, Newburgh road, West Newport
1929-30 dirSturrock, Norman, Figtree cottage, Graham place, Newburgh road, West Newport
1928-29 dirSturrock, Norman, Figtree cottage, Graham place, Newburgh road, West Newport
1927-28 dirSturrock, Norman, Figtree cottage, Graham place, Newburgh road, West Newport
1926-27 dirSturrock, Norman, Figtree cottage, Graham place, Newburgh road, West Newport
1925-26 dirSturrock, Norman, Figtree cottage, Graham place, Newburgh road, West Newport
1923-24 dirSturrock, Norman, Figtree cottage, Graham place, Newburgh road, West Newport
1922-23 dirBell, Mrs, Figtree cottage, Graham pl., Newburgh rd., West Newport
1920-21 dirBell, Mrs, Figtree cottage, Woodhaven road, West Newport
1918-19 dirBell, Mrs, Figtree cottage, Woodhaven road, West Newport
1915-16 dirBell, Mrs, Figtree cottage, Woodhaven road, West Newport

 

 

Entries in the Registers of Voters

SourceEnrol DateNameOccup.AddressQualificationPropertyatNotes
1900 Male Voters Dowie, William Railway Porter Harris Buildings, West Newport Tenant of House West Newport

 

Census records

YearAddress Head NotesRooms
1911 Newburgh Road, Fig Tree Terrace Leuchars David L S 4 [possibly this house]
1901 Fig Tree Cottages Dowie William 3View household
1891 Fig Cottages Dowie William 3View household
1881 Uninhabited View household

 

 

Valuation Roll entries      There are 31 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1937-381012House Provost, Magistrates & Councillors of Burgh of Newport per S P Nicol, burgh chamberlain empty (condemned) 0View details
1935-36975House Charles Graham, Ashcliffe, West Newport John Dippie 16-10-0View details
1932-33929House Charles Graham, Ashcliffe, W Newport Norman Sturrock, joiner 16-10-0View details
1930-31927House Charles Graham, Ashcliffe, W Newport Norman Sturrock, joiner 16-10-0View details
1927-28916House Charles Graham, Ashcliffe, W Newport Norman Sturrock, joiner 16-10-0View details
1925-26896House Charles Graham, Ashcliffe, W Newport Norman Sturrock, joiner same 16-10-0View details
1922-23869House Charles Graham, 41 St Peter St, Dundee Mrs Jemima Bell same 16-10-0View details
1920-21848House Charles Graham, 41 St Peter St, Dundee Mrs Jemima Bell same 11-15-0View details
1917-18846House Charles Graham, 41 St Peter St, Dundee Mrs Jemima Bell same 11-15-0View details
1915-16839House Charles Graham, 41 St Peter St, Dundee Mrs Jemima Bell same 7-10-0View details
1912-13804House Charles Graham, 41 St Peter St, Dundee Thomas Pender, upholsterer same 7-15-0View details
1910-11792House Charles Graham, 41 St Peter St, Dundee David Leuchars, railwayman same 7-15-0View details
1909-10787House Charles Graham, 41 St Peter St, Dundee David Mackie, canvasser same 7-15-0View details
1907-08783House & Garden Charles Graham, 41 St Peter St, Dundee John Duncan, labourer same 7-15-0View details
1905-06765House and garden Charles Graham, 41 St Peter St, Dundee George Mitchell, packer same 7-10-0View details
1903-04754House and garden Robert Harris, Sydney, N.S.W., per David Thomson, factor, 8 Bank St, Dundee George Mitchell same 7-10-0View details
1901-02557House and garden Miss Jane Harris, Figtree Cottage, W Newport William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1900-01545House and garden Miss Jane Harris, Figtree Cottage, W Newport William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1899-00515House and garden Miss Jane Harris, Figtree Cottage, W Newport William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1897-98466House and garden Miss Jane Harris, Figtree Cottage, W Newport William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1896-97443House and garden Miss Jane Harris, Figtree Cottage, W Newport William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1895-96410House and garden Miss Jane Harris, Figtree Cottage, W Newport William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1894-95377House and garden Miss Jane Harris, Figtree Cottage, W Newport William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1893-94357House and garden Miss Jane Harris, Figtree Cottage, W Newport William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1892-93346House and garden Miss Jane Harris, Figtree Cottage, West Newport William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1891-92336House and garden Miss Jane Harris, Figtree Cottage, West Newport William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1890-91308House and garden Miss Jane Harris, Figtree Cottage, West Newport William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1889-90288House and garden Miss Jane Harris William Dowie, railway porter same 6View details
1885-86264House and garden Miss Jane Harris proprietor 6View details
1881-82171House Robert Harris, mason same Miss Jane Harris 7View details
1878-79174House Robert Harris, mason same Miss Jane Harris 20View details

 

 

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Plot: 264  view details Broadhaugh 2nd lot from E of 5 front lots part of garden (Robert Harris) Figtree / Graham Place The area marked purple was included in the sasines for Fig Tree & Harris Land (from 1807), but also in the first sasine for the plot [ID 377] to the NW (1825/7).

 

Sasine Abridgements:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1905.00938Commiss. Robert Harris to Charles GrahamDisp by Commiss. Robert Harris, formerly mason, Newport, now in New South Wales, to Charles Graham … of lot of ground, : on S by the public road, : N by River Tay, : W by road or entrance, being the 2nd lot from the E of 5 front lots part of a garden at Broadhaugh, … with right of entry & right to well …18 May 1905264
1883.03630real burdens due to Christina Baird / Harris & John Harris paid offDisch. by Christian Baird / Harris, widow of John Harris, disburd.
(1) real burden of £25 (27 Oct 1868) to them by Alexander Harris over lot of ground on N of t/p to Woodhaven, the W-most of 5 lots;
(2) real burden of £50 (13 Apr 1868) to them by Elizabeth Colville / Harris, wife of Thomas Harris, over 31' frontage lot of grnd on N of public road, : N by the river, & dw ho, shop, wash house & gable wall, … rights of entry …;
(3) real burden of £25 (23 Dec 1868) to them by William Harris over … middle of 5 lots …;
(4) real burden of £25 (16 Mar 1874, originally dated 18 Apr 1868) to them by Jane Harris over subjects now belonging to Robert Haarris, Sydney, New South Wales over the 2nd lot from the E of 5 lots ;
(5) real burden of £25 (18 Apr 1868) to them by George Harris, now deceased, & writ in favour of his brother James (6 May 1874) over E-most of 5 lots …
which 5 lots form the garden ground of Broadheughs …
26 Oct 1883267, 266, 265, 264, 263, 181
1877.01327loan by Robert SmithBond £100 & disp security by Robert Harris, mason Newport, to Robert Smith, solicitor Dundee, of lot of ground on N side of road Newport - Woodhaven, being 2nd lot from E of 5 front lots, pt of garden ground at Broadheughs20 Jan 1877264
1876.00955loan by Annie GardnerBond £100 and disp by Robert Harris to Annie Gardner of lot of ground on N side of road Newport - Woodhaven, being 2nd lot from E of 5 front lots, pt of garden ground at Broadhaugh21 Oct 1876264
1876.00936Jane Harris to Robert HarrisDisp by Jane Harris to Robert Harris, mason, of lot of ground on N side of road Newport - Woodhaven, being 2nd lot from E of 5 front lots, pt of garden ground at Broadhaugh, reserving granter's liferent of dwelling house on said ground17 Oct 1876264
1874.03116Christina Harris / Baird & John Harris to Jane HarrisDisp by Christina Baird / Harris & husband John Harris, mason, to Jane Harris, Newport, of lot of grnd on N of road to Woodhaven being the 2nd lot from the E of 5 front lots, pt of garden ground at Broadhaugh, under real burden of £25 payable to said Christina Harris / Baird16 Mar 1874264, 181

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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