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The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Location : garden,  Kerr Street

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= Property demolished or site redeveloped

Notes:      redeveloped

 

Location and Old Maps

Latitude, longitude:      56.443361,-2.938236

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):   1 James Street   5 James Street   2 Kerr Street   1 Kerr Street   50 King Street   52 King Street   54 King Street   56 King Street   (Seacraig House [1], King Street)   (Seacraig House [2], King Street)   (Seacraig House [3], King Street)   (Seacraig Cottages [1], King Street)   (Seacraig Cottages [2], King Street)   (Seacraig Cottages [3], King Street)   (Seacraig Cottages [4], King Street)   (Seacraig Cottages [5], King Street)   (Seacraig Cottages [6], King Street)   (Seacraig Cottages [7], King Street)   (Seacraig Cottages [8], King Street)   10 Seacraig Court   11 Seacraig Court   12 Seacraig Court   13 Seacraig Court   14 Seacraig Court   15 Seacraig Court   16 Seacraig Court   17 Seacraig Court   18 Seacraig Court   19 Seacraig Court   20 Seacraig Court   21 Seacraig Court   23 Seacraig Court   25 Seacraig Court   74 Tay Street   76 Tay Street   1 Tay Terrace  

Later use of the site :   1 Kerr Street     

 

1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys

Reference no.      86      88

 

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)

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Directory entries (before 1975)

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Census records

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Valuation Roll entries      There are 25 entries

YearNo.PropertyProprietorTenantOccupierValue
1927-28282Garden Ground Daniel S Smith, draper, Murraygate, Dundee proprietor 10View details
1925-26268Garden Ground Daniel S Smith, draper, Murraygate, Dundee proprietor 10View details
1922-23255Garden Ground Daniel S Smith, draper, Murraygate, Dundee proprietor 10View details
1920-21246Garden Ground Daniel S Smith, draper, Murraygate, Dundee proprietor 10View details
1917-18245Garden Ground Daniel S Smith, draper, Murraygate, Dundee proprietor 10View details
1915-16243Garden Ground Daniel S Smith, draper, Murraygate, Dundee proprietor 7View details
1912-13336Garden Ground Daniel S Smith, draper, Murraygate, Dundee proprietor 7View details
1907-08319Garden Ground James Webster, Dunearn, Burntisland proprietor 7View details
1905-06305Garden Ground William Young Blyth Martin per Gray Robertson & Smith, solicitors, 69 Reform St, Dundee proprietor 7View details
1903-04302Garden Ground William Young Blyth Martin proprietor 7View details
1901-02892Garden Ground William Young Blyth Martin proprietor 7View details
1900-01876Garden Ground William Young Blyth Martin proprietor 7View details
1899-00842Garden Ground William Young Blyth Martin proprietor 7View details
1897-98794Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin Said W. Y. B. Martin 7View details
1896-97768Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin Said W. Y. B. Martin 7View details
1895-96734Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin Said W. Y. B. Martin 7View details
1894-95688Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin Said W. Y. B. Martin 7View details
1893-94665Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin Said W. Y. B. Martin 7View details
1892-93651Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin Said W. Y. B. Martin 7View details
1891-92635Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin Said W. Y. B. Martin 7View details
1890-91601Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin Said W. Y. B. Martin 7View details
1889-90574Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin Said W. Y. B. Martin 7View details
1885-86542Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin Said W. Y. B. Martin 7View details
1881-82433Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin Said W. Y. B. Martin 5-10-0View details
1881-82434Garden Ground Mrs Isabella Blyth, spouse of William Young Blyth Martin 1-10-0View details

 

 

Early Sasines:

Sasine Plots:

Plot: 336  view details East Newport lot 21 64 pol (Kerr) Garden ground, 1 Kerr Street, 5 James St

 

Sasine Abridgements:

RefIn BriefAbridgementRecordedPlots
1880.06242Catherine Kerr / Webster & James Webster to Isabella Blyth / MartinDisp by Catherine Kerr / Webster & James Webster now at Torquay ... to Isabella Blyth or Martin ... of 64 pol lot 21, : N by Kerr St, : W by James St, : S by Nairne St (under exception of 6 pol 11 yd)14 Oct 1880336
1878.02611Catherine Kerr / Webster & James Webster to Isabella Blyth / KerrDisp by Catherine Kerr / Webster & spouse James Webster, Crail ... presently ... Torquay, consent Isabella Blyth / Kerr, Ashbank, Newport widow to said Isabella Blyth / Kerr of (1) 53 pol 18 yd grnd lot 7, : N by t/p to Ferryport, : S by 25' street, pt of park E of Marytown & (2) 17 pol 14 yd lot Ivb on N side of t/p; (3) 6 pol 20 yd grnd & coach house / stables & hay loft t/on, : E partly by (1), : S by Kerr St, : W by James St, pt of 54 pol 20 yd lot 6; (4) 6 pol 11 yd & dw ho t/on, : S by Nairne St, : W by James St, pt of 64 pol lot 21.12 Jan 1878223 (1), 145 (2), 454 (3), 455 (4)
1877.01980(1) Kerr loans transferred to Catherine Kerr / Webster; (2) Trs William Kerr to Catherine Kerr / Webster with liferent to Isabella Blyth / KerrDisp & assig containing (1) assig by Trs William Kerr, consent Isabella blyth / Kerr & Catherine Kerr / Webster, wife of James Webster, Crail ... of (i) bond (16 May 1872) £600 by William Comer to William Kerr & 37.5 pol & dw ho, : S & N by 25' roads, lot 24 of Craighead; (ii) bond (16 May 1866) £350 by James B Rodger to William Kerr & 35 falls lot 19 of Marytown & dw ho t/on; (2) disp by Trs William Kerr, consent of Isabella Blyth, to Catherine Kerr / Webster of (i) 35 pol on N of t/p to Ferryport, the W-most lot & lot 5 of Easter Newport; (ii) 54 pol 20 yd lot 6, : N by t/p to Ferryport, : W by street 30' wide, : S by road 25' wide; (iii) 53 pol 18 yd lot 7, : N by t/p to Ferryport, : W by lot 6; : S by 25' road; (iv) 17 pol lot IVb on N side of t/p, : W by lot 5; (v) 64 pol lot 21, : N by Kerr St, : S by Nairne St; ... under burden of liferents to Isabella Blyth / Kerr18 Jul 187752 (1.i), 165 (1.ii), 222 (2.i), 223 (2.ii), 144 (2.iii), 145 (2.iv), 336 (2.v)
1877.01960Trs William Kerr to Isabella Blyth / Kerr in liferentDisp by Trs deceased William Kerr, engineer & founder Dundee, afterwards residing Newport to his widow Isabella Blyth / Kerr, residing Newport, in liferent, for her liferent use, but so long as she shall remain his widow, of (1) pce grnd with stable, coach houses, harness room, etc t/on, : S by Kerr St along which it extends 25', : W by James St along which it extends 50', pt of 54 pol 20 yd grnd; (2) pce grnd with cottage t/on, : W by James St, : S by Nairne St, pt of 64 pol grnd12 Jul 1877454, 223, 336, 455
1877.01892William Kerr to TrsNot instr Trs late William Kerr ... of 64 pol lot 21 on plan, : N by proposed Kerr St, : W by James St, : S by proposed Nairne St, pt of park immediately E of Marytown20 Jun 1877336
1874.0380827 feus to Balmerino ChurchDisp by Berry, Tayfield to Trs Rev James Campbell, Minister of Balmerino and his successors of the following lands, pts of Tayfield (1) 17.75 pol Marytown; (2) 3 pieces lots 29, 30, 31 Marytown; (3) 2 roods Scots lot 26 Marytown; (4) 1 rood 23 falls 15 ells lots 27 & 28 Marytown; (5) 1 acre 34 falls grnd lot 20 S of Marytown; (6) 34 pol 20.5 yd of Gowrie Hill; (7) 32 pol 5 yd of Gowriehill; (8) 4 pol Gowrie Lane; (9) 72.25 pol lot 27 S of Marytown; (10) 37 pol Gardyne St lot 8; (11) 31 pol 20 yd Gardyne St lot 8; (12) 27.5 pol Gardyne St lot 7; (13) 34 pol 25 yd Gardyne St lot 7; (14) 45 pol 9 yd field of Seacraig; (15) 37 pol field of Seacraig; (16) 45 pol 25 yd field of Seacraig; (17) 36 pol 22 yd field of Seacraig; (18) 35 pol lot 5 E of Newport; (19) 54 pol lot 6 E of Newport; (20) 53 pol 18 yd lot 7 E of Newport; (21) 17 pol 14 yd lot 4b E of Newport; (22) 64 pol lot 21 E of Newport; (23) 52 pol 6 yd lot 8 E of Newport; (24) 53.5 pol lot 9 E of Newport; (25) 18 pol 22 yd lot 4a E of Newport; (26) 73 pol lot 28 S of Marytown; (27) 64 pol of Gowriehill; ... under burden of feu rights9 Nov 1874239, 167, 168, 169, 205, 261, 156, 3, 4, 333, 324, 331, 323, 330, 271, 274, 273, 272, 222, 223, 144, 145, 336, 322, 62, 228, 71, 342
1866.01189Tayfield to William KerrWilliam Kerr regist feu ch to himself by Berry, Tayfield of lot of 64 pol, no. 21 on feuing plan immediately E of Marytown20 Jun 1866336

Abbreviations in the notes
t/on - thereon;   t/p - turnpike;   dw - dwelling;   ho - house;   pt - part;   pce - piece;   grnd - ground;   bldg - building;   Tr/Trs - Trustee/Trustees;   dec - deceased;   ... - words omitted;   pol - poles;   yd - square yards;   : - bounded;   rd - road;   ' - feet;   " - inches;

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