The Linden, 51, Craigcrook Road, Edinburgh

[Ruskie]

Interesting to know all of that Dorrie. I had a sense of confusion when noticed so many Craigcrooks in the vicinity..... Craigcrook Road, Avenue, etc etc. 

Nice of the locals to help you. Hopefully the resident of No 4 will be able to find something.

I am probably way off but I am still curious about No. 9 though, and the other older properties. (I would not expect you to knock on the door of every house in the street and many current residents probably wouldn’t know the history of their house anyway). Perhaps there is another way to trace their history? 

[dowdstree]

Ruskie I have gone back over the valuation rolls and No 9 was Craigville prior to them giving the houses street numbers. This seems to have happened between 1930 and 1935.

There is a way to trace a house's history in Scotland and that is through the Title Deeds. I believe the Land Register Scotland also known as the Sasine Register (hope I have that correct) can do a search but it is quite costly. Maybe Brigitte would consider doing this

Dorrie

[Schorsch]

Good morning Dorrie,
of course i would like to know if the house is still there and maybe have a photograph of it. But quite costly ist in the moment too costly for me ☺️ It would be interesting to know, but not really important.

[dowdstree]

Yes, I know all these things are costly and we have to be careful not to overspend.

Hopefully, the lady at No 4 will find some information for you.

Dorrie

[Schorsch]

 

[Forfarian]

There is a way to trace a house's history in Scotland and that is through the Title Deeds. I believe the Land Register Scotland also known as the Sasine Register (hope I have that correct) can do a search but it is quite costly.

Not quite.

The Land Register is a very new thing, and it records who owns land.

The Registers of Sasines go back to the 17th century, and they are the records of changes of ownership of land.

The Registers of Sasines are partly indexed, but I don't think the available indexes so far cover the 20th century, which means consulting the annual printed calendars, usually available in main libraries as well as in the National Library of Scotland and National Records of Scotland. You know when Wilhelm Kuhn died so you would only need to search a few volumes, and the valuation rolls would help with the dates of later changes. It would be necessary to do this in Edinburgh.

[tidybooks]

Hi,

Further to my posts re 4 Craigcrook Road, in the Scotsman of 22 Sep 1934, the local Bridge Club secretary was Miss Alice Mckenzie, "The Ashby", 4, Craigcrook Road, Blackhall, Edinburgh.

Tom

[Forfarian]

So the street must have been re-numbered and/or house names changed between 1920 when No 4 was 'The Linden' and 1934 when it was 'The Ashby'.

[dowdstree]

See my reply #52  -  No 4 was never the Linden - at least according to the present owner who has a full ownership history of her house.

It would appear from the Valuation Rolls that when the Linden was sold after the death of Wilhelm Kuhn in 1919 it was renamed.

Tidybooks - That checks out with the Valuation Rolls.

Dorrie