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Old Photograph Grocers Shop Cuminestown Scotland
Old photograph of the James Tennant and Sons Grocers shop in Cuminestown located six miles East of Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is the main centre of the parish of Monquhitter, which was split from Turriff in 1649 when what was then a rural church was built on land owned by the Cumine family. The village itself was originally built in the 1740s, followed soon afterwards by the adjacent hamlet of Garmond. The surname Tennant is derived from the English word " tenant." However, the meaning of " tenant " has changed since the time the family name was adopted. The old, original meaning referred to someone who had a granted right, usually from the king, to possess land, normally in return for military service. In modern usage, a tenant is someone who pays rent to gain temporary possession of the property of someone else. Since the name comes from the old meaning, it refers to " a feudal lord ” and not to " a land renter. " Tennant is the most common spelling, but Tennent, especially in Scotland, and Tenant also occur.
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