East Eninteer

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Surnames/tags: Dunn Gray Eninteer

Formerly known as Easter Ininteer or Easter Eninteer. (Have also seen Enintyre ^[1] and Anninteir ^[2]as a spelling)

"A farm steading and out offices, the former two stories & slated, the latter one storey & thatched, in good repair. the property of Sir William Forbes Bart [Baronet]." ^[3] The Cushnie Burn (creek) runs through the farm.

Part of Craigievar estate. Census records over the years show the farm size as 70 acres in 1851/1861 and then 96 acres in 1871/1881. The family of Samuel Dunn (1789-1873) was the tenant here per the 1841^[4], 1851 and 1861 census records. Baptism records indicate that the Dunns were tenants at Ininteer as far back as the latter 1700s. The family of William Gray (1824-1909) here took tenancy in 1868 after the eldest and only Dunn son passed away. Samuel Dunn's daughter Jessie was the wife of William Gray. The tenancy of this farm remained in the Gray family until 2017 when the last Gray tenant, Alexander (Sandy) Gray passed away, a total tenancy of 149 years. The farm was purchased by a grandson of Helen Gray, daughter of James Gray (1890-1975) and he is raising a family there. The 1875 Valuation Roll for Leochel-Cushnie parish show William Gray (1824-1909) as the tenant of the Sir William Forbes, Bart., Craigievar Estate paying yearly rent of 115 pounds). ^[5] The 1925 Valuation Roll for Leochel-Cushnie parish show Henry Gray (1852-1931) as the tenant of the Right Hon. Lord Semphill, Craigievar Estate paying yearly rent of 100 pounds).^[6]

OS Grid Ref - NJ 54568 12460 Altitude - 204 m Longitude - 2°45'13"W Latitude - 57°12'2"N Canmore ID - 178522 http://canmore.org.uk/site/178522

Sources

1. ↑ National Library of Scotland; "The Post Office and Bon-Accord Directory 1847-1848"
2. ↑ National Library of Scotland; "The Post Office and Bon-Accord Directory 1846-1847"
3. ↑ www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk Records Ordnance Survey Name Books Aberdeenshire OS Name Books, 1865-1871 Aberdeenshire volume 53 OS1/1/53/45
4. ↑ www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk 1841 Census Parish: Leochel-Cushnie; ED: 4; Page: 2; Line: 1170
5. ↑ www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk (1875 Valuation Rolls VR008700062-/269, ABERDEEN COUNTY) Page 269 of 388 GRAY, WILLIAM
6. ↑ www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk (1925 Valuation Rolls VR008700119-/278, ABERDEEN COUNTY) Page 278 of 1002 Gray, Henry