Appendix to claim #6400 – Particulars

	No. of Claim	Name of Claimant	Description of Claimant	Address of Claimant
	6400	Alfred Darwent and Henry Darwent	Alfred Darwent - Razor Grinder, Henry Darwent - Provision Dealer	Alfred Darwent - Stannington, near Sheffield, Henry Darwent - South Street (Moor) Sheffield

Nature of Claimant’s Interest		Particulars of Claim		Amount of Damages Claimed
		Ashlar for Wash on South side
		The Particulars referred to in the annexed Claim of Alfred and Henry Darwent
		The Entirety of the Property comprised in part 1 of this Schedule destroyed by the Inundation belonged to the several Owners of the Rowell Bridge Grinding Wheel in proportions following namely - Three Twelfths to Mr John Pitchford, three twelfths to the Mortgagee and Devisees of George Goodinson deceased, two twelfths to the Claimants Alfred Darwent and Henry Darwent as joint tenants, three twelfths to Luke Oates and one twelfth to Elizabeth Smith.
		The Claimants Alfred Darwent and Henry Darwent seek to recover two twelfth parts of the Damages shewn by the following particulars in Part 1 of Schedule and to which two twelfths they are entitled as joint tenants
		Part 1
		Goit Cleansing out 56 feet long x 9 ft x 3 ft = 56 yards 1/. To be deposited at the back of the River and Bank		£2	16s
		Cleansing to Arch, 10 yards 1/.			10s
		Bank Wall next to River 80 ft long x 5 ft x 2 ft 3 in. thick = 33 & 1/3 yards cube at 5/.		£8	6s	8d
		Arch across the Goit from Messrs. Newbould's Land to Pitchford & Co's Land		£10
		Goit cleansing from Arch to Dam		£1	1s
		Arch on the South side near the Top of Dam		£10
		Excavating for Arch, from Dam to River 33½ yards long x 2 yards x 2 yards = 134 yards at 8d per yard		£4	9s	4d
		9 ft 2 in. long x 2 ft x 1 ft x 1 ft 8 in., Ashlar 8 ft x 2 ft x 1 ft 6 in. = 54 ft = 3 Tons, 9 ft 18/.		£3	4s	6d
		Irons to Washboard 14 lbs at 5d			5s	10d
		Dam Bank, Top length rebuilding, 422 ft x 6 ft x 3 ft = 140 yards 2 ft lineal 5/. Per yard		£35	3s	4d
		Dam Bank 118 ft x 3 ft x 5 ft = 104 yards 12 ft @ 2/6 per yard cubed		£13	1s
		Low Wash Breast
		Ashlar 20 ft long x 4 ft x 2 ft = 160 ft , 40 & 2/3 Tons 18/.		£9	12s
		2 Side Walls 11 ft long 4 ft x 2 ft = 19½ yards 3/. Per yard		£2	18s	6d
		Old Ashlar replacing over Goit		£1	1s
		Pitching in Bottom of Wash Goit, 18 ft x 16 ft, 32 superficial yards 4/. Per yard		£6	8s
		Bye Shuttle with Rack and Pinion complete		£3
		Bank on Bottom of Dam, 64 ft x 13 ft x 5 ft = 154 yards cube 4/.		£30	16s
		Bank 62 ft x 3 ft x 10 ft = 69 cube yards 3/.		£10	7s
		Breast Wall from Wheel to Wash, 42 yards long x 4 ft high x 2 ft 3/. Per yard lineal		£6	6s
		Bank north side Bottom of Dam, 70 ft x 4 ft x 3 ft = 31 yards cube 2/6 per yard		£3	17s	6d
		Rubble Wall in Dam 4 ft high 70 ft long x 2 ft 3/. Per yard at the North side, 23 yards, 1 ft lineal		£3	10s
		Dam Cleansing out, 100 yards x 40 yards x 9 in. deep 1000, 90 yards x 16 yards x 18 yards 720, South side of Dam, 118 yards x 40 yards x 18 inches 2360	4080 yards @ 8d per yard	£136
		Ashlar Breast front of Fore Troughs 24 ft long x 4 ft 6 in. X 1 ft 6 in., 12½ ft long x 1 ft 6 in. x 1 ft 6 in., 22 ft long x 1 ft 6 in. x 1 ft 2 in., 33½ ft long x 3 ft 3 in. x 1 ft 6 in.	391 ft = 26 Tons @ 18/. Per Ton	£23	8s
		Rubble Wall back of Ashlar Wall, North Side of Fore Bay 15 ft long x 6 ft 6 in. x 2 ft = 7 & 1/5, @ 7/. Per cube yard		£2	10s	5d
		Puddle between Ashlar & Wall North Side 21 ft x 6 ft 6 in. = 7½ yards cube @ 5/. Per yard		£1	17s	6d
		Puddle back of Ashlar Wall, South Side, 36 ft x 6 ft x 1 ft 6 in. = 13 yards at 5/. Per yard		£3	5s
		Filling up between the Hull and Ashlar Wall, South side 13 ft x 12 ft x 4 ft = 23 yards @ 6d			11s	6d
		Goit on the Top of the Dam cleaning out North side 25 yards x 3 yards x 2 ft 6 in. = 62½ yards at 6d		£1	11s	3d
		Bridge at the Bottom of Rowell Bridge Lane across the Road, 38 ft long x 17 ft wide = 10 Roods and Backing		£30
		Rubbish clearing from Fore Bay and Water Wheel down Goit to end of Arch. 16½ yards x 5 yards x 2 yards = 165 cube yards 1/.		£8	5s
		Goit cleaning below from Fore Bay and Water Wheels down Goit to end of Arch, 128 yards long x 3½ yards x 4 ft 6 in., the same forward, 26 yards x 3½ yards x 18 in. deep	717½ yards @ 1/. Per yard	£35	17s	6d
		2 Walls on River side and bottom of Goit adjoining the River, 55 yards long each x 6 ft x 2 ft 3 in. & excavating = 165 yards @ 7/.		£57	15s
		2 Retaining Walls down the Goit side		£20
		The Claimants seek to recover as compensation for the Destruction by the Inundation of the North End of the said Rowell Bridge Grinding Wheel 2/6ths parts or one third of which belonged to them the sums and according to the particulars shewn in Part 2 of this Schedule namely:
		Part 2
	No. 1	Hull 29 ft long x 21 ft x 10 ft 225 yards	£78.15.0
	No. 2	Hull 70 ft long x 31 ft x 12 ft, 946 yards	£385.12.0
		Rails and Troughs, Sundry Boxes etc. for Tools	£5.0.0
		Rubbish Clearing out of Hull 70 ft x 31 ft x 4 ft = 321½ yards at 1/.	£16.1.6
		Machinery, new Pentrough, Shuttles Drums
		Shafting Trough, Shafts all complete
		2 Stone Water Troughs	£1.0.0
		1 Wood Water Trough lined with Tin	£1.0.0
		The Claimants mentioned in the annexed claim also seek to recover the following consequential Damages by the Flood & which property they cannot restore until the receipt by them (on 30th August 1865) of the Damages in Parts 1 & 2 of this Schedule
		The Property comprised in Parts 1 & 2 of this Schedule, were producing, before the flood, the following rents, viz.
		2 Troughs @ £4.4.0	£8.8.0
		1 Trough	£4.4.0
		1 Trough	£4.4.0
		1 Trough	£4.4.0
		1 Trough	£4.4.0
		1 Trough	£4.4.0
		1 Trough	£4.4.0
		1 Saw Trough	£12.0.0
		[=]	£45.12.0
		The Claimants seek to recover a sum equal to those rents from 11th March 1864, to the expiration of one year from the time fixed by the Statute for Payment of the damages, namely 30th August 1866, 2 years, 24 weeks and 4 days		£111	9s	6d
		The Claimants have also incurred charges of Valuers, Millwright and Solicitors, preparatory to this Claim and consequent upon the destruction of their property amounting to		£8
		Wash board 21 ft x 2 in. x 2 in. at 6d per ft			10s	6d
		Wash Board 19 ft x 7 in. x 2 in. at 4d			6s	4d
	To Walling from the Low Wash up the Dam Bank 203 yards long x 2 ft 18 in. 67½ cube yards at 6/.		£20	5s
	two twelfths = one sixth	£508.16.8 divided by 6 = £84.16.1	£-424		-7d
	two sixths = one third	£912.8.6 [divided by 3]	£304	2s	10d
				£508	8s	5d

Note: The Nature of the Claimants' Interest is omitted

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