Shore Terrace is just across Castle Street from Exchange Street, near where the Tay Road Bridge enters Dundee. This area used to be water, hence Shore Terrace and Dock Street. Colin

Shore Terrace is not named on modern maps although your location is (was?) correct. The area off Dock Street immediately behind the Caird Hall where, prior to the building of the Tay road bridge, the Corporation bus stances were located was Shore Terrace. Since the bridge approach roads are currently being altered this all may change. Looking at Ordnance Survey maps of the 1850s and 1870s, Shore Terrace was a block of buildings located pretty close to where the Caird Hall now stands. It contained at least two Public Houses and some of it was probably residential. The area was demolished for the construction of the City Square and Caird Hall between 1910 and 1932. On an undated plan of Dundee (around 1830s but no railways shown) the open area is labled "Fish Market". Let us not forget Yeaman's Shore which is shown on a 1793 plan following the old shoreline West of the harbour area behind the houses and gardens of the Nethergate. This street existed at least until the West railway station was demolished. The area was reclaimed during the 19th century for the building of railways puting Yeaman's shore half a mile from the river. It is now swallowed up in West Marketgait and associated car-park. The 1793 plan also shows Shore Walk running north-south roughly in the alignment of present day Crichton Street. The Shore Terrace buildings do not appear on this plan. Cheers, Bruce D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Speed" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [ANGUS] Shore? > Shore Terrace is just across Castle Street from Exchange Street, near > where > the Tay Road Bridge enters Dundee. This area used to be water, hence Shore > Terrace and Dock Street. > > Colin >

Hi Bruce Shore Terrace is shown on Google Maps, and Google Street View even shows the Street Sign on the corner of the buildings behind the Caird Hall. It runs from Castle Street to Chrichton Street and passes to the North of Tayside House and the adjacent car park. It is shown on my Dundee Street Plan (4th Edition printed in 2005). It is very small and is partly pedestrianized. Colin p.s. I just had a look at the 1821 map of Dundee on the NLS website http://maps.nls.uk/towns/detail.cfm?id=331 and what is now Dock Street, between Trades Lane and Union Street is labeled SHORE. Shore Terrace is not labeled, but a small street is shown in the same place as the modern street. Colin On 12 October 2011 10:20, Bruce Dorward <[email protected]> wrote: > Shore Terrace is not named on modern maps although your location is (was?) > correct. The area off Dock Street immediately behind the Caird Hall where, > prior to the building of the Tay road bridge, the Corporation bus stances > were located was Shore Terrace. Since the bridge approach roads are > currently being altered this all may change. > > Looking at Ordnance Survey maps of the 1850s and 1870s, Shore Terrace was a > block of buildings located pretty close to where the Caird Hall now stands. > It contained at least two Public Houses and some of it was probably > residential. The area was demolished for the construction of the City > Square > and Caird Hall between 1910 and 1932. On an undated plan of Dundee (around > 1830s but no railways shown) the open area is labled "Fish Market". > > Let us not forget Yeaman's Shore which is shown on a 1793 plan following > the > old shoreline West of the harbour area behind the houses and gardens of the > Nethergate. This street existed at least until the West railway station was > demolished. The area was reclaimed during the 19th century for the building > of railways puting Yeaman's shore half a mile from the river. It is now > swallowed up in West Marketgait and associated car-park. > > The 1793 plan also shows Shore Walk running north-south roughly in the > alignment of present day Crichton Street. The Shore Terrace buildings do > not > appear on this plan. > > Cheers, > Bruce D > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Colin Speed" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 3:03 PM > Subject: Re: [ANGUS] Shore? > > > > Shore Terrace is just across Castle Street from Exchange Street, near > > where > > the Tay Road Bridge enters Dundee. This area used to be water, hence > Shore > > Terrace and Dock Street. > > > > Colin > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >