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No. of Claim | Name of Claimant | Description of Claimant | Address of Claimant | ||
3471 | Henry Widdowson | Basket Maker and Cowkeeper | Malin Bridge near Sheffield |
Nature of Claimant’s Interest | Particulars of Claim | Amount of Damages Claimed | ||||||
Loss of and damage as follows as per Valuation by Mr. Robert Lowe | ||||||||
An Estimate of damage done by the Flood on the 12th of March 1864 to a Croft Garden etc., occupied by Mr. Henry Widdowson situate at Holme Lane near Owlerton Taken April 1st 1864 Croft Grass (2 Acres) Pastured 1863 ~ now completely covered with Sand and Mud 2 feet deep 16 Tons of Cow Dung applied October 1863 including carrying and applying at 6/6 | £5 | 4s | ||||||
3 Tons Gas Lime applied October 1863 at 2/6 carriage and spreading | 16s | 6d | ||||||
Loss of this years Crop no Grass can grow say £6 per acre | £12 | |||||||
140 Bundels of Willows for Basket Making washed away would weigh 2 Tons, cost £7 per Ton | £14 | |||||||
2 Gelt Pigs 8 months old washed away £4 each | £8 | |||||||
Pig stye of Wood built by Tenant | 15s | |||||||
Garden and Orchard Drop destroyed for this year say | £2 | |||||||
20 Pecks of Fluke Kidney Potatoes in Cellar 10d | 16s | 8d | ||||||
Robert Lowes charge for estimating | 10s | 6d | ||||||
Paid for cleaning mud and rubbish out of 4 low Rooms and Cellars 4 Men 1 Week at 4/6 per day and 1 Boy 2 weeks at 1/8 per day | £6 | 8s | ||||||
Paid for clearing away Mud and Rubbish from large yard, front Garden, Kitchen Garden and Orchard 4 Men 4 weeks at 4/~ per day | £19 | 4s | ||||||
Paid for clearing Mud and Rubbish from workshop 3 Men 2 days at 4/~ per day | £1 | 4s | ||||||
8 Tons of Brown Willows damaged worth £8 per Ton now worth £4 | £32 | |||||||
1 Ton of Coals | 11s | |||||||
Loss and damage to Household Furniture as follows 2 large Swill Tubs, 1 square Tub, Square Table, Oil Cloth, Crockery 2 Saucepans, 3 door Mats, 2 pails damage to papering 2 Spades, 2 Forks |
£3 | 5s | 6d | |||||
£106 | 15s | 2d | ||||||
Assessed in original claim |
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