Forfar (Angus) volume 22

Page List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks Continued entries/extra info Transcriber's notes
OS1/14/22/1 [Page] 1 Dundee and its Environs Sheet 54. 5. No. 1,2,3,6,7,8,11,12,13,16,17,&.18. INDEX. Names of Objects -- Pages Ancient Arms, Human bones, &c, Found -- 19 Ancient Arms, Human bones, &c, Found -- 29 Ballfield -- 6 Bellfield Place -- 9 Bellfield Cottage -- 10 Butterburn -- 12 Barrack Park -- 66 Coldside -- 10 Coldside -- 33 Coupar Street -- 35 Constitution Street -- 49 Constitution Road -- 67 Dundee Law -- 22 Dundee and Newtyle Railway -- 47 & 79 Dudhope House -- 55 Dudhope Free Church -- 56 Dudhope Terrace -- 65 Drying Green -- 67 Dudhope Castle -- 69 Dudhope Barracks -- 75 Drying Green -- 78 Dudhope Crescent -- 78 East Lodge -- 57 Fort (Remains of) -- 21 Gallows Knowe -- 5 Gordon Street -- 37 Gardner's Lane -- 61 Harefield Road -- 6 Hospital Well -- 11 Hospital Park -- 12 John Street -- 78 King's Cross Road -- 15 Lawton -- 7 Law Mill (Jute Spinning) -- 9 Loons Road -- 17 Lochee -- 35 Lawside -- 39 Logie Burial Ground -- 41 & 43 Logie Church (Site of) -- 44 Lochee Road -- 51 Logie -- 51 Logie T.P. [Turn Pike] -- 53 Lodge -- 53 Logie House -- 59 Panmure Cottage -- 48 Panmure Terrace -- 48 Ryehill -- 34 - over -
OS1/14/22/2 [Page] 2 INDEX. Continued. Names of Objects -- Pages Ryehill Cottage -- 38 Royal Infirmary -- 77 Strathmartine Road -- 11 Supposed Site of Battle Between the Picts And Scots (834) -- 25 Stone Coffins or Kistvaens Found Here -- 31 St. Mary Street -- 60 Somerville Place -- 66 Town Magazine -- 62 Union Place -- 36 Upper Constitution Street -- 49 Upper Pleasance -- 61 West Lodge -- 57
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OS1/14/22/5 GALLOWS KNOWE Galloway Knowe Gallows Knowe Gallows Knowe Gallows Knowe Mr. James Barry Farmer Lawton Mr. R. Leighton Farmer Ballfield R. Gardner Esqr. Dudhope House T. Thom Esqr. Solicitor Dundee William Turnbull Logie Check Bar 054 [Situation] About 3/8 mile S by W [South by West] of Ballfield A slightly elevated portion of land situated on the S. [South] of the farm of Ballfield and which is reputed to have been formerly a place set apart for the execution of Criminals. There is nothing peculiar in the appearance of the place and the above statement is merely traditionay The point referred to has been used for a Trigonometrical Station of the Orde. [Ordnance] Survey.
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OS1/14/22/6 HAREFIELD ROAD [Dundee] Harefield Road Mr. James Cox. Manufacturer Lochee Painted on Corner of Wall Mr. J. Callen. Road Surveyor Dundee 053; 054 [Situation] Leading westward from King's Cross Road A road oif moderate width extending in a N.W. [North West] direction from King's Cross Road to its junction with Toft Road & Union Street Lochee. There are a few scattered houses along either side with small gardens attached - and the road is partly lighted with gas.
OS1/14/22/6 BALLFIELD Ballfield Mr. Robert Leighton occupier Mr. James Barry Lawton 054 [Situation] About ¾ mile E. [East] of King's Cross Road A small farm house one storey high with outbuildings, thrashing machine & garden attached. The whole is in good repair & the buildings slated There is a small arable farm attached of about 80 Acres and the whole is the property of Richard Gardner Esqr. of Dudhope House & in the occupation of Mr. R. Leighton. It is situated about one mile North of the Law.
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OS1/14/22/7 LAWTON Lawton Lawtown Lawton Lawton Mr. R. Leighton Ballfield Mr. George Barrie occupier Dundee Directory 1856-7 Rent Receipts Parly. [Parliamentary] List of voters 054 [Situation] About ½ mile west of the Dundee & Newtyle Railway. A neatly built farm house of one storey with suitable out buildings, thrashing machine, stack yards & garden attached The premises are in good repair & all slated. There is a farm of about 80 Acres attached, chiefly in tillage & the whole is the property of Richard Gardiner Esqr. of Dudhope house and is in the occupation of Mr. George Barrie
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OS1/14/22/9 BELLFIELD PLACE [Dundee] Bellfield Place Painted on Corner Mr. J. Hamilton Bellfield Cottage Mr. George Smith Law Mill 054 [Situation] In the northern part of the district of Coldside A small row of Cottages two storeys high with gardens attached situated at Coldside near Law Mill occupied by weavers & others The property of James Hamilton.
OS1/14/22/9 LAW MILL (Jute Spinning) Law Mill (Jute spinning) Mr. J. Neish Proprietor Mr. M. Ferrier Manager James Howe Clerk 054 [Situation] At the S E [South East] end of the district of Coldside A mill for preparing & spinning Jute, comprising the usual preparing rooms, Warehouses &c. The machinery is propelled by a steam engine of 30 horse power & there are about 200 persons employed in the works. Dyeworks are also attached where the jute yarn is dyed & then forwarded to Heathfield Factory Hawkhill where it is woven into Carpeting Proprietors Messrs. Neish & Co. [Company] At the south side of the cooling Ponds of this mill is a private Burial Ground The property of the family of Edwards farmer of Coldside. First used as a Burial ground in 1810
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OS1/14/22/10 COLDSIDE [district] Coldside Mr. George Smith Mr. M. Ferrier Law Mill Mr. James Hamilton Bellfield Cottage Dundee Directory 1856-7 054 [Situation] At the northern side of Hospital Park This name applies to a district situated between the Strathmartin Road, Butterburn, Hospital Park and the Dundee and Newtyle Railway. The houses are mostly two storeys high, with gardens attached and are occupied by weavers & others employed in the vicinity and owned by various parties.
OS1/14/22/10 BELLFIELD COTTAGE Bellfield Cottage Mr. James Hamilton occupant & proprietor Mr. George Smith 054 [Situation] In the northern part of the district of Coldside A small neat cottage of one storey with garden attached, situated on the North West side of Coldside, & the property & residence of Mr. James Hamilton
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OS1/14/22/11 STRATHMARTINE ROAD [Dundee] Strathmartine Road Mr. M. Ferrier Law Mill Edward's Plan of Dundee 1846 054 [Situation] On the east side of Coldside and Hospital Park. This road is the Continuation of the Street called Hilltown commencing at Hospital Wynd near the point where the Mains Road branches off and leads in a North East direction to Strathmartin
OS1/14/22/11 HOSPITAL WELL Hospital Well Mr. M. Ferrier Law Mill James Howe Clerk Law Mill James Hamilton Bellfield Cottage 054 [Situation] On the north side of Hospital Park A well situated at the North side of Hospital Park adjoining Coldside. It is built with masonry in the centre of a stone wall and is at present dry. There are no traditions respecting it.
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OS1/14/22/12 BUTTERBURN Butterburn Mr. M. Ferrier Law Mill Mr. James Howe Law Mill Mr. James Carrie Tenant Butterburn 054 [Situation] On the west side of Strathmartine Road A small district lying between the Strathmartin Road, Coldside and Hospital Park. It consists of a few scattered Cottages with small gardens attached & which are occupied by weavers & mechanics. The property of the several Feuars.
OS1/14/22/12 HOSPITAL PARK Hospital Park Mr. Andrew Hood Hospital Park Hilltown Painted on house Corner Mr. James Hamilton Bellfield Cottage 054 [Situation] On the west side of Strathmartine Road and south side of Coldside. A district situated at the head of Hilltown a large portion of which is laid out in Feus It lies off the west side of the Strathmartin Road and formerly belonged to the Hospital at Dundee
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OS1/14/22/15 KING'S CROSS ROAD [Dundee] King's Cross Road Mr. James Callen Road Surveyor Dundee Written on Corner of Wall Mr. J. Fulton Surveyor 054 [Situation] Near the N. [North] Western side of the town of Dundee. This name refers to a thoroughfare commencing on the North side of Union Place Lochee & extending to King's Cross situate on the Muirfield Road. It is merely a Feuers Road as far as the Harefield property where it merges into a footpath which continues to the above point It has been proposed to make it into a regular road throughout to which end correspondence has passed on the subject between the proprietors Lord Camperdown & Mr. Gardner of Dudhope but hitherto they have failed in coming to an understanding in regard to the matter. The Cart portion of this road is repaired by the Feuers & the footpath by the proprietors of the adjacent [continued on page 16]
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OS1/14/22/16 [King's Cross Road continued] [continued from page 15] properties. The Road is not a Statute Labor Road neither does it receive any assistance from the Statute Labor Funds.
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OS1/14/22/17 LOONS ROAD [Dundee] Loon's Road Loan road R. Gardner Esqr Dudhope House Mr. T. Thow Solr. [Solicitor] 66 High Street Edward's Plan of Dundee 1846 William Turnbull Logie Check bar Painted on house Corner 054 [Situation] Leading N. [North] Eastward from Lochee. A moderately good road extending Eastward from the north side of the High Street Lochee to a few cottage Houses on the East side of Gallow's Knowe. There are no houses on this road beyond the head of Union Place and those to the South West of that point also are few & unimportant. The road is in good repair & of medium width Commencing near to Logie Check Bar
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OS1/14/22/19 ANCIENT ARMS, HUMAN BONES &C FOUND HERE [Loons Rd, Dundee] Ancient Arms, Human bones, &c Found here Ancient Arms, Human bones, &c Found here Ancient Arms, Human bones, &c Found here Mr. R. Leighton Ballfield Mr. Fenton Lawside Mr. G. Barrie Lawton 054 [Situation] A few chains north of Loons Road The ground from the summit of Galloway Knowe as far South as the first road and Eastward from the Sand pit as far as the Road running Northward, has evidently been the scene of conflict at some early period, as in ploughing the same, graves human bones & broken weapons have frequently been turned up both in times past & of late years The present tenant Mr. Leighton has lived upon this Farm for more than 20 years & he affirms that the ground must have been very thickly strewn with graves from the many bones turning up in all directions through this field as well as pieces of broken Arms &c &c.
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OS1/14/22/21 FORT (Remains of) [Dundee Law] Camp Mr. C. Roger, Librarian Dundee Library Mr. A. Simpson, Bookseller Wellgate Dr. Small's Statistical Account 054 [Situation] On the Summit of Dundee Law This object is conjectured to be the remains of a Camp, Castle or fortified position, situated on the summit of Dundee Law, but to what era or people it may be ascribed there is no evidence to show with Certainty. it is however by some supposed to have been constructed as far back as the year 834, at which period a battle was fought between the Picts and Scots on the low ground or plain lying at the foot of this hill on the North side. Its present appearance is that of a double line of entrenchment of an oblong shape - defended at the Corners either by small bastions or round towers & at the brink of the hill a short distance lower down there appears to have been a line of circumvallation or outwork.
OS1/14/22/21 [Page] 21 Town of Dundee -- Sheet 54. 5 No. 7 Trace 5 -- One Sheet [Note] It will be seen by the description in the extracts in the following pages 23 & 24 that Fort is the proper Term to be used and as there is a tradition that it was constructed by King Edward I and as its shape &c. is not that of an ancient British Fort it may as well be written in German Text notwithstanding that a battle took place here between the Scots and Picts in 834
OS1/14/22/22 DUNDEE LAW Dundee Law Dundee Law Dundee Law Dundee Law Dundee Law Law of Dundee Mr. James Barry Lawton Mr. J. Thompson publisher Dundee Mr. A. Simpson Wellgate Fullarton's Gazetteer New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Old Stat. Acct [Statistical Account] vol. [volume] 8. p. [page] 206 054 [Situation] On the northern side of the town of Dundee A very conspicuous & prominent hill rising immediately on the North side of the Town to the height of rather more than 500 feet above the level of the Tay. It is of a round or conical form, cultivated on every side to within 50 or 60 feet of the summit & unless it can be considered to be connected by the very low ridge of rising ground with Balgay & other hills to the Eastward it may be said to be isolated. On top of this hill are the traces of an intrenched Camp or fortified position supposed to be of very great Antiquity & the North side has been used for a district Station for the Trigonometrical Survey
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OS1/14/22/23 [Page] 23 [Dundee Law] "A prominent object in the natural history of Dundee is the Law or high hill which rises about a mile towards the north of the town to the height of 525 feet and which commands a beautiful and extensive view in every direction. Upon the top of this hill are the remains of a fortified post and the ditch is still visible. From the quantity of human bones and pieces of armour which of late have been dug up in trenching the adjoining ground, it appears to have been a place of considerable strength in the early history of Scotland". - New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Forfarshire pp [pages] 15-16 On the summit of Dundee Law are vestiges of a fortification traditionally ascribed to Edward I. According to tradition a Pictish force having encamped on Tothel-brow in the parish of Strathmartine the Scottish army under Alpine occupied the law rushed to battle on the intervening plain and having been defeated suffered the mortification of seeing their King Captured and beheaded. This event occurred in 834. Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland A particular and prominent part of the barony of Dundee is the beautiful hill which rises immediately on the northern side of the town to an elevation of 525 feet above the level of the sea. In the Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of the town, Dr. Small says, On the top of the law which is the most remarkable hill in the parish are the remains of a fortified post, the ditch is yet visible. The whole enclosure which is of a square form is not of the same structure with the towers which have been supposed to be cemented by the force of fire One small part of it has been so compacted. Probably on this the fires for alarming the town were lighted and by frequent lighting some of the stones have been put in fusion. The length of the [continued on page 24]
OS1/14/22/24 [Page] 24 [continued from page 23] the fort or body of the place is about forty yards from north to south and about twenty-five from east to west. The angles present the remains of circular towers and along the verge of the hill the remains of an outer rampart are discernible. The entrance was on the east by a winding path and upon this side the outer rampart seemed to have been strongest and below the summit several terraces [&] outworks appear. In the neighbourhood great quantities of human bones have been turned up by the plough, & spade, in all directions unequivocal evidence of the destructive rage of the demon of war but unfortunately owing to the Gothic policy of Edward I. of England and the as sure destroying progress of time scarcely any account of the sanguinary conflicts that must have occurred about the Law can now be given. Thomson's Hist. [History] of Dundee p. [page] 3[]
OS1/14/22/25 Supposed Site of BATTLE between the Picts and Scots (834) [Dundee Law] Site of Battle (supposed) Mr. George Barrie Lawton Mr. R. Leighton Ballfield Mr. Fenton Lawside 054 [Situation] On the northern side of Dundee Law extending in a northerly direction from the base of the hill. The greater portion of the plain lying immediately on the North side of Dundee Law is the supposed site of a battle said to have been fought between the Picts & Scots in the year 834 & the extent of the battle field is generally considered to be defined on the West by the King's Cross Road from its Commencement to King Alpin's stone & thence in a South Eastwardly direction to Lawton, then by the road from thence running in a S.W. [South West] direction to the first named point. This conjecture is supported in a great measure by the great quantity of human bones which have from time to time been dug up in the [continued on page 26]
OS1/14/22/25 [Page] 25 Town of Dundee -- Sheet 54. 5 Nos. 6 & 7 Traces [Note] As the tract of ground is so extensive over which the battle is said to have been fought it is better not write it on the 10 feet scale but write it only on the 25 Inch scale when it can be written on one sheet
OS1/14/22/26 [Supposed site of Battle between Picts and Scots continued] [continued from page 25] locality, as well as stone coffins or "kistvaens" dirks, broken swords & other weapons &c. &c. Those most recently discovered have been in the two fields lying on the East side of the large Whinstone Quarry on the Law (& which are intersected by a narrow road) & in the field in which is situated Galloway Knowe on the South side of the same between the Road & the "Knowe". The physical features of the ground are such as to favor the above hypothesis and it is further borne out by historical & local tradition but not with sufficient exactitude to determine the particular point at which the brunt of the battle was borne.
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OS1/14/22/27 [Page] 27 [Battle between Picts and Scots] The only battle of which anything like an account has reached the present time is understood to have occurred in the year 834 which has been already adverted to. At a particular spot in the field of battle which was spread over the plain at the north side of the Law there is a large stone called the King's Cross which according to tradition by means of a hole in it held the King's Standard but whether Pictish or Scotch, tradition has forgotten to treasure up among her stores of gossip. However from the distance between the stone and the summit of the Law and from its position near to the supposed site of the encampment as well as from the Circumstance of Alpin hurrying from the Castle on the Law after the battle was begun and of course carrying his banner with him it is to be inferred that it is to the Standard of the royal Pict the finger of ancient tradition is directed. This relic to which pilgrimages were made in former times is not devoid of interest yet, as in the year 1832 it was dignified as being named in the Reform act as indicating a particular point in the Parliamentary boundary of Dundee. It is built in a dry stone fence which bounds the old road to Strathmartine at or near to a point where the three parishes of Dundee Liff and Strathmartine meet and is carried over the top of a pretty Considerable tumulus on which the relic stands. The hole for the reception of the staff of the Standard is ten inches by eight and eight deep dimensions Capacious enough so as length and breadth is Concerned to have received a tolerable flagstaff whether ancient or modern even that of the banner of his imperial majesty of Brobdignag. The tumulus is supposed to have been [continued on page 28]
OS1/14/22/28 [Page] 28 [Battle between Picts and Scots] [continued from page 27] been raised according to ancient usage over those who fell in the battle. It was opened in or about 1810 but nothing but earth and stones were discovered. A smaller tumulus was removed in one of the fields of Dryburgh at a short distance westwards about the year 1787 within which seven stone coffins or graves lined with stones were found. These were conjectured to have been the graves of a a like number of Picts of distinction who had fallen in the battle for it cannot be supposed that they were formed by the dispersed and dispirited Scots, whereas the Picts being masters of the field had leisure to enable them to celebrate the obsequies of their fallen chiefs with all the customary funeral rites and ceremonies then in use. - Thomson's Hist. [History] of Dundee pp. [pages] 365. 366. There is a tradition noticed in Maules Hist. [History] of the Picts, that when Brude or Brudas had en- -camped with the Pictish force on the Tothelbrow, in the parish of Strathmartine about 4 miles to the northward of the Law the Scottish army was encamped on the Law, and that a dreadful battle ensued in the plain, the Picts being instigated with a desire of revenging the wrongs committed upon them the former year by Alpine who had entered Lothian, the territory of the Picts and pepetrated the greatest cruelties and the Scots being no less disposed to defend their King and their country from the attacks of an exasperated enemy. After a desperate struggle, Alpine was conquered taken prisoner and beheaded in Pitalpy in 834. - New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Forfarshire p [page] 16.
OS1/14/22/29 ANCIENT ARMS, HUMAN BONES &C FOUND HERE [Dundee Law] Broken Swords dirks, &c Graves, Human Bones &c. Found here Mr. G. Barrie Lawton Mr. R. Leighton Ballfield 054 [Situation] About 3/8 mile N E. [North East] of the summit of Dundee Law. In the field situated on the South East side of the large Whinstone Quarry, North of the Law, have been found in ploughing & other farming operations portions of broken swords, dirks and other weapons as well as very ancient keys, human bones, graves and many indications of hostile Encounters having occurred on and near this spot. These remains are presumed to result from various attacks having been made at different periods upon the fortified post on the summit of the "Law"
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OS1/14/22/31 STONE COFFINS OR KISTVAENS (Found Here) [North North East of Dundee Law] Stone Coffins found here Stone Coffins found here Mr. George Barrie Lawton (Tenant) Mr. R. Leighton Ballfield 054 [Situation] About 7/8 mile N N E [North North East] of the Summit of Dundee Law Over a large portion of the field lying on the East side of the Road shown on this Trace several stone Coffins or "Kistvaens" have from time to time been found in draining and other farming operations, as well as large quantities of human bones. One of the former having been cut through in making the road itself now lies partly exposed on the East side, projecting from the side of the bank. They appear generally to lie near to the surface, not exceeding from 20 to 24 Inches from it, & are scattered in various directions. Upon being opened they have been found to contain nothing more than a small confused mass of indescribable matter, sometimes mixed with soil &c. In one instance however which occurred [continued on page 32]
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OS1/14/22/32 [Stone Coffins or Kistvaens continued] [continued from page 31] a few years back, a small black ornament was discovered in one of these "Kistvaens" which is now deposited in the museum of the Watt Institution. In shape it is somewhat of a square from 1½ to 1¾ Inches but partly rounded at the edges. The surface is convex with a double groove rudely cut round the rim and underneath is a hollow indentation worked out to admit of its suspension by a string. It is half an inch thick; thined out from the centre to 1/8th. The material is a sort of bituminous shale and the object is conjecured to have been used as an amulet
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OS1/14/22/33 COLDSIDE [cottage] Coldside Mr. P. Yule - resident Mr. James Barry - Farmer Lawton Dundee Directory 1856-7 054 [Situation] About 1/8 mile E. [East] of the Dundee & Newtyle Railway A small cottage house, slated and in good repair, with a large market garden attached & a few outbuildings in a ruinous state. It is situated on the East side of the Dundee & Newtyle Railway near the tunnel on the Law. It is the property of Mrs. Malcolm Magdalen Green Dundee and is occupied by Mr. Peter Yule.
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OS1/14/22/35 COUPAR STREET [Dundee] Coupar Street Coupar Street Mr. John Gordon Ryehill Ticket on corner of Street 053 [Situation] In the South Eastern portion of Lochee. A long narrow street running north and south, and parallel with Union Place extending from High Street in the Village of Lochee to a short distance beyond where Gordon Street intersects, consisting of neat houses one and two storeys high, with vegetable gardens attached and occupied chiefly by Weavers
OS1/14/22/35 LOCHEE Lochee See Name Sheets for Sheet 53-8 No. 15
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OS1/14/22/36 RYEHILL Ryehill Ryehill Mr John Gordon, Occupier, and proprietor Mr Christopher Kerr, Castle St Dundee 054 [Situation] In the eastern portion of Lochee In Union Place A handsome dwelling house 2 storeys high, with a large flower, fruit & vegetable garden attached; occupied by Mr John Gordon, Manufacturer who is also the proprietors
OS1/14/22/36 UNION PLACE [Dundee] Union Place Union Place Mr John Gordon Ryehill Ticket on corner of Street 053; 054 [Situation] In the S E [South East] portion of Lochee A long wide street running north and south. commencing where Lochee Road ends and "High Street" of the Village of Lochee commences consisting of several neat houses and small Cottages on the West side having vegetable and flower gardens attached, there are only two houses on the east side of this street, and they are at the north end. this street terminates a short distance above Gordon Street
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OS1/14/22/37 GORDON STREET [Dundee] Gordon Street Mr. John Gordon Ryehill Ticket on Corner of Street 053; 054 [Situation] Leading west from Union Place A small narrow street running from east to west, leaving Union Place at its north end, it crosses Coupar Street, and joins the High Street of Lochee a little distance south of the Toll Bar; consisting of Weavers Shops and Houses, one and two storeys high, with vegetable gardens attached
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OS1/14/22/38 RYEHILL COTTAGE Ryehill Cottage Ryehill Cottage Mrs Hood Occupier Mr. Gordon Ryehill 054 [Situation] In the S E [South East] portion of Lochee A neat dwelling house one storey high with vegetable and flower garden attached, in the occupation of Mrs. Hood and the property of Mrs Soot of Arbroath
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OS1/14/22/39 LAWSIDE Lawside Lawside Mr John Fenton Occupier Mr. J. Gordon Ryehill 054 [Situation] About 7/8 mile east of Lochee village. A substantial and newly erected farm house one storey high, with suitable offices and thrashing machine: there is a small portion of ornamental ground, a large vegetable garden, and an arable farm of about 100 acres attached now occupied by Mr John Fenton, and the property of Richard Gardiner Esq. of Dudhope House.
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OS1/14/22/41 LOGIE BURIAL GROUND Logie Burying Ground Logie Burying Ground Mr John Gordon Ryehill Mr John Fenton Lawside Mr Chistopher Kerr Castle St Dundee 054 [Situation] Near the S E. [South East] end of Lochee A small piece of ground, situate on the south side of Lochee Road, and near to the commencement of the village of Lochee, enclosed with a high stone wall, and used as a Burying Ground for the inhabitants of the United Parish of Liff and Benvie: the property of the Heritors of the Parish.
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OS1/14/22/43 [Page] 43 Sheet 54.5 No. 11 Trace 5 [Entry for Logie Burial Ground has been crossed out with notes] Decribed in 40 See page 41 for description
OS1/14/22/44 LOGIE CHURCH (Site of) Site of Logie Church James Sutherland Union place Lochee Mr. James Clarke. Logie Ho: [House] 054 [Situation] In the central part of Logie Burial Ground The ancient Parish Church of Logie stood on the summit of a mound which is the form of the present burial ground, and its site is now partly occupied by a vault & building referred to in the descriptive remarks pertaining to that object - No traces of the Church are now visible, but the present grave digger who has been here 22 years in that capacity remembers old men who were living in the neighbourhood when he was first employed who had seen the remains of the Church walls standing about 5 feet in height. In the course of making graves since that period however he has dug out the whole foundation & removed the stone flags forming the centre passage through the Church. Neither the date of erection of this Church nor its dedicatory name is known but it is believed to have been of great antiquity.
OS1/14/22/44 [Page] 44 Sheet 54.5 No. 11 Trace 5 [Note] A mile and a half west of the town a burying-ground still in use marks the site of the Church of Logie; - A mensal or table furnishing Church of the Bishop of Brechin. Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland
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OS1/14/22/47 DUNDEE AND NEWTYLE RAILWAY Dundee & Newtyle Railway Half Yearly Report of Compy. [Company] Dundee Directory William Gibson - Agent. Painted on front of building Bradshaw's Railway Guide 050; 054 [Situation] Extending from Dundee to Newtyle A single line of Railway extending from Dundee Northwestwardly to Newtyle, immediately North of which it joins those lines that running East & West connect the Towns of Cupar Angus & Forfar with Arbroath & Perth. On this line of Railway are three very steep inclines over which the traffic is worked by means of Stationary Engines with the necessary appliances for surmounting the hills &c. The traffic both in merchandise & passengers is only moderate
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OS1/14/22/48 PANMURE COTTAGE Panmure Cottage Mr. Robert Tally Dundee Directory Mr. E. Wilson Panmure Terrace 054 [Situation] About 3/8 mile SW [South West] of the Dundee & Newtyle Railway A small detached Dwelling house one storey high built in the Cottage Style. It is in good repair and has a small garden attached. It is the property of Richard Gardner Esqr. Dudhope house & is occupied by Mr. Robert Tally
OS1/14/22/48 PANMURE TERRACE [Dundee] Panmure Terrace Mr. E. Wilson Dundee Directory Parly. [Parliamentary] List of Voters. 054 [Situation] On the west side of the Dundee & Newtyle Railway Comprises two self Contained houses situated to the North of Dudhope Terrace with small garden grounds in front & rere. The houses are well built & in good repair & are occupied respectively by Mr. E. Wilson & Mr. Thomas Smeaton. They are the property of James Mair and Son of Strawberry bank Perth Road
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OS1/14/22/49 UPPER CONSTITUTION STREET [Dundee] Upper Constitution Street Written on Street Corner Mr. Fulton, Surveyor Dundee Directory 054 [Situation] Extending NW. [North West] from Constitution Street A continuation of the course Northward from Constitution Road. It commences at the junction of Constitution Street & Somerville Place with the former & continues for about four or five chains Northwards There are no houses fronting this Street which forms merely ingress to the rere of houses situated on its East & West sides.
OS1/14/22/49 CONSTITUTION STREET [Dundee] Constitution Street Ticket on Street Corner Mr. Fulton. T. [Town] Surveyor Dundee Directory 054 [Situation] Extending from Somerville Place to Rosebank Street. A long narrow Street extending Eastward from Somerville place & Constitution Road to Rosebank St. There are houses on either side but only of an inferior description & for the most part occupied by operatives. There are also small gardens attached to some of the houses
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OS1/14/22/51 LOCHEE ROAD [Dundee] Lochee Road John Clarke. Logie Toll Bar Dundee Directory 1856-7 Edward's Plan of Dundee 1846 Mr. J. Callen Road Surveyor Maryfield Terrace Painted on Corner of house N. [North] End of Tay Street 054 [Situation] Extending from the western side of Dundee to Lochee. Comprises that portion of the Dundee & Cupar Angus Road extending in a North Westwardly direction from North Tay Stt. to Lochee and is usually denominated the Lochee Road
OS1/14/22/51 LOGIE Logie Farm Mr. John Luke Dundee Directory 1856-7 Edward's Plan of Dundee 1856-7 054 [Situation] On the Southern side of Lochee Road. A good farm farm house with suitable offices & a farm of about 120 Acres of land lying off the West side of the Lochee Road. The dwelling house attached to the Farm is a substantial building two storeys high, with walled in garden in front and there are suitable outbuildings and a thrashing machine contiguous to the same. It is the property of Sir William Scott and in the occupation of Mr. John Luke
OS1/14/22/51 [Page] 51 Sheet 54. 5 No. 16 Trace 2 -- Town of Dundee Logie [note] Logie, only to be written on plan as there no reason why the word "Farm" should be affixed to the name
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OS1/14/22/53 LOGIE T.P. [Turn Pike] Logie Toll (Turnpike) John Clarke (Resident) Edward's Plan of Dundee 1846 Painted on Toll board 054 [Situation] On the Lochee Road a short distance N.E. [North East] of Logie farm house. A small but substantial stone built Cottage House, situated about one mile West of Dundee on the Lochee Road. It is the property of the Dundee & Cupar Angus Road Trust and is occupied by John Clarke Collector of Tolls on that Road
OS1/14/22/53 LODGE [Logie House] Lodge (of Logie House) James Watt Esqr. (Nethergate) John Clarke (Logie Toll) 054 [Situation] On the Southern side of Lochee Road a little East of Logie farm house A small & neatly built Cottage situated immediately within the gates of Logie grounds on the West side of the Lochee Road and at the N. [North] West corner of the desmense. It is the property of Mr. Watt, Merchant. Dundee & is in the occupation of J. H Walker Esqr. - who resides upon the estate. The cottage house forms the Lodge & is occupied by the gatekeeper
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OS1/14/22/55 DUDHOPE HOUSE Dudhope House Dudhope House Dudhope House Dudhope House John Clark, Collector Dudhope Toll Bar R. Gardner Esqr. Edward's Plan of Dundee 1846 Mr. McDonald Schoolmaster Dudhope Map of Dundee attached to Borough Boundary Report 054 [Situation] Near the N W. [North West] side of the town of Dundee A large and handsome, modern built family residence of three storeys high with extensive garden & ornamental grounds attached with hot houses & conservatory &c. There are stables & coach house with suitable offices at a short distance from the house and the whole is the residence of R. Gardner Esqr. There are two neat Cottages on the East & West sides of the grounds, called the East and West Lodges, in which the gatekeepers reside.
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OS1/14/22/56 DUDHOPE FREE CHURCH Dudhope Free Church Dundee Directory Revd. [Reverend] E. Thompson Mr. J Macdonald Schoolmaster Dudhope Edward's plan of Dundee 1846 054 [Situation] On the northern Side of Lochee Road. A large & handsome building erected in 1840. of a style of Architecture resembling Anglo:Norman in the adoption of semicircular windows & doorways &c. but of a lighter form. It stands upon rising ground on the N. [North] side of Lochee Road facing Pole Park Road and contains 1000 sittings in all about 400 of which are rented. The number of Communicants is 410 and the Minister's Salary £150 per annum is derived from the Free Church Sustentation & from Congregational Funds. There are two day schools in connection with this Church one of which is in the Upper Pleasance, the other in the Lower Pleasance and also two Sunday Schools both of which are held in the lower Pleasance Minister Revd. [Reverend] E. Thompson Perth Road Dundee
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OS1/14/22/57 WEST LODGE [Dudhope House] West Lodge John Logan, occupant James Murray East Lodge 054 [Situation] About ¾ mile S W [South West] of Dudhope House. A small but neat cottage house situated on the North side of the Lochee Road at the Western Entrance to the grounds of Dudhope House It is occupied by John Logan Laborer & is the property of R. Gardner Esqr.
OS1/14/22/57 EAST LODGE [Dudhope House] East Lodge James Murray occupant John Logan West Lodge 054 [Situation] About ½ mile E S E. [East South East] of Dudhope House A small neat cottage house in the occupation of James Murray Laborer. It is situated at the Eastern extremity of the grounds of Dudhope House forming a Lodge or Gatekeepers dwelling It is the property of R Gardner Esqr.
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OS1/14/22/59 LOGIE HOUSE Logie House Mr. John Clark Collector Toll Bar Mr. Walker, occupant Dundee Directory Mr. Grant. Lodge keeper. 054 [Situation] On the Southern Side of Lochee Road. A large but plainly built family mansion with garden & ornamental grounds attached and suitable office houses, stabling & Coach house contiguous. It is situated on a rising ground at the South side of Lochee Road near the Toll bar, and is occupied by Mr. Walker - Flaxspinner Dundee Proprietor Mr. J. Watt. Merchant Overgate Dundee. There is a small Cottage house on the West side of the grounds on the Lochee Road, which is used for a gatekeeper's lodge
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OS1/14/22/60 ST MARY STREET St. Mary's Street St. Mary's Street St. Mary's Street St. Mary Street St. Mary Street St. Mary Street St. Mary Street Mr. J. Robertson Grocer Upr. [Upper] Pleasance Mr. J. Wills. Grocer Upr. [Upper] Pleasance Edward's plan of Dundee 1846 Dundee Directory 1856-7 Town Surveyor's Plans Street Sign Town Surveyor 054 [Situation] At the western side of Dundee A short & narrow roadway leading Northwards from the Upper Pleasance to a row of small houses off its East side & also to a large Market garden immediately North of it. The houses on each side are two & three storeys high but of an inferior description occupied chiefly by the Laboring Classes & they are the property of various parties. The Street is unpaved, dark and dirty in appearance
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OS1/14/22/61 GARDNER'S LANE Gardner's Lane Gardiner's Lane Gardner's Lane Gardner's Lane Mr. Macdonald schoolmaster Written on house Corner Mr. J. Menzies. Pleasance Tavern Dundee Directory 1856-7 054 [Situation] At the western side of the town of Dundee A short narrow & unpaved roadway leading Northwards from the Pleasance to a short row of Cottage houses, with small gardens in front. They are mostly occupied by weavers & have no local name. There is a school house for boys & Girls on the West side but no houses on the East side of this thoroughface
OS1/14/22/61 UPPER PLEASANCE Upper Pleasance See Name Sheets for Sheet 54 - 5 No. 22
OS1/14/22/61 [Page] 61 Town of Dundee -- Sheet 54.5 No. 17 Trace 6 Gardner's Lane [note] This lane is called after Mr. Gardner of Dudhope
OS1/14/22/62 TOWN MAGAZINE [Dundee] Town's Magazine Mr. D. Mackay Supert. [Superintendent] of Police Mr. Baxter - Town Chamberlain 054 [Situation] Near the western side of the town of Dundee. A small plainly built structure surrounded by a high stone wall situated off the North side of the Lochee Road at the West End of the Barracks. It was erected by the Police Commissioners of Dundee and is under their supervision used as a Powder Magazine by the Ironmongers & others for depositing their stores of Powder in. It is surrounded at some distance also by a hoarding for precaution against accidents &c.
OS1/14/22/62 [Page] 62 Town of Dundee -- Sheet 54.5 No. 17 Trace 6 [Note] Town Magazine to be written on plan without the possessive case as usual in the names Town House or Hall, County Buildings, &c.
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OS1/14/22/65 DUDHOPE TERRACE [Dundee] Dudhope Terrace Edward's Plan of Dundee Dundee Directory Written on house Corner J. Fulton Esqr. Town Surveyor 054 [Situation] Extending westward from the Dundee & Newtyle Railway This name applies to that portion of Road on the North side of the Infirmary and Barrack Park, extending from the Newtyle Railway to the Entrance to Dudhope house The houses which are only erected on its North side are all neat well built Villas about two storeys in height having small portions of ornamental ground in front & vegetable gardens in the rere attached The houses are occupied by respectable families and are the property of R. Gardner Esqr. of Dudhope House.
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OS1/14/22/66 SOMERVILLE PLACE Somerville Place Edward's Plan of Dundee 1846 Dundee Directory Written on Street Corner 054 [Situation] Extending from Dudhope Terrace to Constitution Road. This is the Continuation of Dudhope Terrace extending Eastwards to Constitution Road along its North side is a range of neat Cottages having small portions of ornamental ground in front and vegetable gardens in the rere attached The property chiefly of the occupants.
OS1/14/22/66 BARRACK PARK Barrack Park Mr. George Keir Park keeper Dundee Directory Dundee Advertiser 054 [Situation] On the north Side of Dudhope Barracks. A large Park or field inclosed by stone walls, situated on the North side of Dudhope Barracks & open to the inhabitants of Dundee as a place of public amusement and for recreation. It is the property of Mr. Weatherspoon, Writer Edinburgh
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OS1/14/22/67 DRYING GREEN [Constition Road] Bleaching Green (Public) Edward's Plan of Dundee 1846 Dundee Directory Mr. J. Fulton Surveyor Mr. James Kelly - Manager 054 [Situation] On the western side of Constitution Road. A large park or field enclosed within stone walls and extending North and South from Somerville Place to the road to Dudhope Barracks and East and West from the Newtyle Railway to Constitution Road. It is used as a public bleaching green by the inhabitants and contains washing houses and other conveniences for the use of which the public pay a small fee - It is the property of the Town Council of Dundee and is managed by Mr. James Kelly.
OS1/14/22/67 CONSTITUTION ROAD [Dundee] Constitution Road Edward's Plan of Dundee 1846 Dundee Directory Painted on Street Corners Mr. J. Fulton Surveyor 054 [Situation] Extending from Somerville Place to Constitution Street. A straight & well formed Street extending Northward from Barrack Street to Somerville Place & Constitution Street. Along its east side are many elegant & well built Houses & Villas with gardens attached - the houses being of 3 & 4 storeys high & the property of various parties On the [continued on page 68]
OS1/14/22/67 [Page] 67 Town of Dundee -- Sheet 54.5 No. 18 Trace 3 Drying Green [note] Drying Green is the proper designation to be written to this object Bleaching Green as recommended by the authorities would imply a place where new linen is bleached
OS1/14/22/68 [Constitution Road continued] [continued from page 67] On the West side are situated the public bleaching green, the Watt Institution & Ward Chapel. It is well paved, lighted with gas and kept clean.
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OS1/14/22/69 DUDHOPE CASTLE Dudhope Castle Dudhope Castle Dudhope Castle Dudhope Castle Thomson's Hist. [History] of Dundee 1847 Small's Hist. [History] of Dundee 1792 Dundee Directory Crawfords Plan of Dundee 1776 Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland 054 [Situation] Near the NW [North West] end of the town of Dundee This castle which is situated towards the North West side of Dundee on an elevated plateau overlooking the Town & Commanding extensive prospects of the Surrounding Country presents but few if any of those features so generally characteristic of a Baronial Castle or fortress. The ancient building having been completely altered in outline and in a great measure reconstructed in its present form upwards of half a Century back to adapt it for the purposes to which it is now devoted viz: infantry Barracks, there is every reason to suppose that that circumstance must have led to the destruction of many objects of interest in antiquarian research & swept away whatever traces of feudal grandeur may have at that time existed either in the interior or outside the building. The early history of this Castle like many others in Scotland owing to the absence of authentic records, is involved in obscurity & the exact date of its erection Cannot now be determined. - It is known however to [continued on page 70]
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OS1/14/22/70 [Dudhope Castle continued] [continued from page 69] to have been the property and residence of the family of Scrymseours, Constables of Dundee the Barony of Dudhope having, according to Dr. Small, come into their possession in 1495 but whether the Castle existed at that time or was built subsequently does not appear yet judging from the character of the masonry which in habitable Castles lost much of that massive solidity and gradually assumed a lighter form & aspect from the beginning of the 14th. Century; the build of the lower basement and vaults (the oldest parts of the structure) would seem to indicate the earliest origin of the Castle not to have been prior to that era. The building as modernised presents two sides of a square or wings at right angles from each other to the North & West, having the principal entrance in the centre of that facing the East. It is uniform in height & flanked on the N & S. [North & South] sides by circular towers probably for defence, the main entrance being defended in like manner with tressels pierced with loopholes. Cut in the Stone lintel of one of the windows of the second floor, on the west side of the North wing there appears the date 1600, Evidence apparently of the date of some alteration or repair of this portion of the building.
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OS1/14/22/71 Dudhope Castle (Continued) Mr. Charles Roger Author of Chronological Tables of Scottish Histy [History] "The Kings of Scotland &c." Dundee Public Library As previously stated the earliest origin of this Castle cannot now be determined but documents exist which show that the present Castle was founded in 1660. Sir John Scrymseour of that family who were long Constables of Dundee & Standard Bearers to the Kings of Scotland was created Viscount of Dundee in 1661 & on his death without heirs of his own body the Estates & Title of Viscount Dundee was bestowed on John Graham of Claverhouse a relation by marriage*, of the Scrymgeours, by King James II in 1686. He was killed at the battle of Killiekrankie and the estates confiscated by King William III and given to the family of Douglas who sold [continued on page 72]
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OS1/14/22/72 [Dudhope Castle continued] [continued from page 71] sold the Castle & pleasure grounds back to Government in 1794 by whom it was converted into Barracks as above mentioned. *Extract from the Register of Baptisms & Marriages in Dundee 1647 "The Rt. Hon: [Honourable] John Graham Fear+ of Fintrie in the Paroch of Maynes and Mistress Jean Scrymgeour in this Paroch proclamed the 16th day of January 1647-" + full proprietor
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OS1/14/22/73 [Dudhope Castle continued] [continued from page 72] Dudhope Castle the principal seat of the ancient family of Scrimseour constables of Dundee is beautifully situated on a fine terrace at the foot of the Law on the South side. The present being a modification of the ancient structure shows but little of the form of the original buildings which till after the middle of the last century consisted of a square tower or donjon with a warder or watch tower on the top and two considerable lateral buildings or wings the one fronting to the south and the other to the east. The former had on the back side two circular turrets containing which rose from the floor immediately above the vaults and ascended to a point higher than the battlements. The whole house is now of one elevation the excess of height of the donjon being reduced by the removal of the watch tower and the wings being brought up by the addition of a flat to each a small turret has been placed for a bell on the top of the keep in lieu of the warder's tower. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + About the year 1792 the castle was taken in lease and fitted up as a manufactory by a speculator in woollens and worsteds from London but previous to that date Archibald first Lord Douglas occasionally used it as a residence as it constantly was that of Mr. Lyon his Lordship's factor. The manufactory failed and very soon after (in 1794) the castle was leased to the crown for barracks - the house in a sense remodelled, the gardens and orchards wholly erased and the whole appearance of the landscape completely changed. As barracks the castle continues still to be used without any vestige of its ancient baronial grandeur remaining [continued on page 74]
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OS1/14/22/73 This page consists of quotations taken from Thomson's 1847 History of Dundee pages 360 & 363
OS1/14/22/74 [Dudhope Castle continued] [continued from page 73] to show that it had ever been anything else than barracks + + + + + + + Thomson's Hist. [History] of Dundee page 360. & 363
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OS1/14/22/75 DUDHOPE BARRACKS Dudhope Barracks Dundee Directory Captn. [Captain] Forbes Barrack Master Edward's Plan of Dundee 1846 054 [Situation] At the NW [North West] side of the town of Dundee A group of buildings used for Infantry Barracks, situated on the South side of Barrack Park on an eminence overlooking Dudhope Crescent & the Lochee Road, and arranged so as to afford Barrack accomodation for 320 officers and men. The buildings; all inclosed within high stone walls, comprise Hospital, Canteen, Store houses, Magazine, Guard-room, Cook houses &c. &c. with separate buildings for officers and men & an excellent parade ground facing the South. The main building known as "Dudhope Castle" was formerly the residence of the noble family of Scrimseoure, Constables of Dundee but the exact date of the erection is not quite clear. It is certain however [continued on page 76]
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OS1/14/22/76 [Dudhope Barracks continued] [continued from page 75] however that it passed through several and strange vicissitudes between the 15th. & 18th. centuries and was even converted (in 1792) into a woollen manufactory but eventually about 2 years later became leased to the Crown for Barracks & to which purpose it has since been entirely devoted
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OS1/14/22/77 ROYAL INFIRMARY [Dundee] Royal Infirmary Dr. [Doctor] E. Williams Infirmary Dundee Directory Half Yearly Report of the Dundee Royal Infirmary 1856 054 [Situation] Near the NW [North West] end of the town of Dundee A large & handsome building in the Tudor style, completed as it now stands in 1855 and used as an Infirmary for the Town & neighbourhood. It is supported by Donations, Voluntary Contributions and Bequests. It is situated on the North side of the Town adjoining the public bleaching green in a healthful situation & commanding excellent prospects in every direction. Its management is conducted by a Board of Directors & the Institution is incorporated by Royal Charter. The building comprises Male, Female and Medical Wards, with necessary accomodation for resident officials, Matron &c. &c. and can accomodate 250 Indoor patients. The Medical Superintendent is Mr. E. Williams M D [Doctor of Medicine]
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OS1/14/22/78 DRYING GREEN [Dudhope Crescent] Bleaching Green (Private) Public notice affixed at the Entrance Mr. Fulton Surveyor 054 [Situation] On the west side of Dudhope Crescent. A small enclosure situated at the west side of Dudhope Crescent used as a bleaching Green by the tenants of houses situated in this place, in John Street and the adjacent houses It is the property of C. Kerr Esqr. Town Clerk
OS1/14/22/78 DUDHOPE CRESCENT [Dundee] Dudhope Crescent Edward's Plan of Dundee 1846 Dundee Directory 1857 Painted on house Corner Mr. James Stewart (Factor) High St. Dundee 054 [Situation] At the NW. [North West] side of the town of Dundee. A group of substantially built houses of 3 & 4 storeys situated on the East side of the Lochee Road at the corner of the Cattle market. They are chiefly occupied by the working classes and are the property of C. Kerr Esqr. Town Clerk & fued on lands belonging to the Dudhope estate. The name is applied to the ranges of houses on each side of the south end of John Street.
OS1/14/22/78 JOHN STREET [Dundee] John Street Mr. J. Stewart (Factor for the property) Dundee Directory Painted on Street Corners 054 [Situation] At the NW [North West] side of the town of Dundee. A short narrow street intersecting some of the houses in Dudhope Crescent & leading to the rere of those buildings fronting the Cattle market. The buildings are of the same description as those in Dudhope Crescent.
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OS1/14/22/79 DUNDEE AND NEWTYLE RAILWAY Dundee & Newtyle Railway See Name Sheets for Sheet 54-5 No. 13
OS1/14/22/79 [Page] 79 [Volume signed] James Carpenter C. Asst. [Civilian Assistant] 10th. Decr. [December] 1857 A Cooke Br [Brevet] Major RE [Royal Engineers] 11th. Decr. /57 [December 1857]
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