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Claim for loss of property #450 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  450 James Wilson Rimmington Wilson, John Wilson Rimmington, Reverend William Rimmington James Wilson Rimmington Wilson and John Wilson Rimmington - Esquires. Reverend William Rimmington - Clerk Broomhead Hall near Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owners in fee simple of the property injured   60 x 50 = 3000 yards covered with mud Roots etc. 3 Mens & 2 Horses & carts 15 days £14 14s    
    Plantation clearing & the Debris removing £5 10s    
    1 rood land covered with debris £2 10s    
    Frost Road Gate restoring 50/. 2 Stone Caps 35/. £4 5s    
    Plantation at South side clearing £1 10s    
    Damage done by the Inundation to the Hillsborough House Estate near Owlerton as per the following estimate made on the 6 April 1864 by James Booth of Brightholmlee Licenced Valuer viz.        
    13 Roods Iron palisading washed down refixing 5 ins apart £6 16s 6d  
    Rails missing and rails straightening £2 10s    
    13 Roods stone to fix rails into 15 x 10 in = 273 ft @ 8d £9 2s    
    Hewing the same 819 ft @ 4d per ft. £13 13s    
    Fixing the same & Ground work @ 2/6 £1 12s 6d  
    22½ yards of Walling 7½ feet high 8 Roods @ 8/. £3 4s    
    5 yards Stone Coping 15 x 10 ins dressed & laid 5/. £1 5s    
    22 yards Walling 10.6 high = 11 roods @ 8/. £4 8s    
    1 load of Lime 30/. Cwt 1/. £1 10s    
    Large Stone posts removing & refixing in proper place   7s 6d  
    7 Roods long 4 yards high dry walling & inside mortar & joints pointed 28 roods @ 8/. £11 4s    
    13 Roods lanch rails & posts washed down £3 5s    
    204 Yards quick set Hedge clearing 29 roods @ 1/. £1 9s    
    Iron Spikke refixing 20/. Cramps & Lead 15/. £1 15s    
    Frost road inside Plantation 140 yards long 8 days £1 8s    
    New Stone required for the walls 4 roods @ 12/. £2 8s    
    Mr Booth's charges £2 2s    
        £96 8s 6d  
  Certificate Granted
6 June 1865
Assessed by Consent at £96 8s 6d  

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