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Kidd Street, Dundee
« on: Monday 02 July 12 21:21 BST (UK) »
Hello,

Can anyone tell me if there was a Kidd Street in Dundee?  My grandmother was born there in 1897, but I have not been able to locate this street on maps, old or new.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

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Re: Kidd Street, Dundee
« Reply #1 on: Monday 02 July 12 21:53 BST (UK) »
There is this mention regarding Kidd Street

On the 1871 OS map of Dundee there is a Kidd Street off Hillbank Road. A
"land" is a small lane perhaps built on land belonging to a Mr. Kidd.


http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ANGUS/2011-05/1305529622

This I think is the 1871 NLS map that is mentioned http://maps.nls.uk/townplans/dundee_2.html

Hillbank Road in Dundee shows on modern maps (assuming it is the same one mentioned). This might help you to locate where Kidd Street was.

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Re: Kidd Street, Dundee
« Reply #2 on: Monday 02 July 12 22:28 BST (UK) »
I am now cross-eyed but I found it  :P

This is the 1871 map ref sheet mentioned http://maps.nls.uk/townplans/view/?sid=74415467&mid=dundee_2_centre

Look to bottom r/h corner - below Alexander Street and Hillbank Road.

There is mention of Kidd Street that I can see online through to the 1940s at least. The last online NLS map that I can see is for 1912 http://maps.nls.uk/atlas/bartholomew/page.cfm?id=1208

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Re: Kidd Street, Dundee
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 03 July 12 18:32 BST (UK) »
Now I know why you are cross-eyed!  I found it  Thanks for your help.