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Claim for loss of property #2701 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  2701 John Atkinson White Smith Hampton View, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  As the Heir at Law & Administrator of his Brother William Atkinson   For the Destruction of 4 Cottages and Premises at Hill Bridge near Hillsborough destroyed by the Flood        
    One Stone Built Cottage with 2 Rooms and Chambers over, Let for £7 per Annum £70      
    One ditto, Let at £4.11.0 per Annum £45 10s    
    Piggery £3.0.0 Privy £3.10.0 £6 10s    
    Garden Walls 10 Roods 4 yards £6 18s    
    Garden Door & Door Case   19s 6d  
    Soil washed out of Garden £5      
    Tillages in Garden £2      
    Edge Stones £1   9d  
    50 Currant & 60 Gooseberry Trees, Herbs & Plants £2 1s 11d  
    Furniture destroyed        
    Clock 15s - Oak Dining Table 21s £1 16s    
    Table with Drawers 16s - 1 Round Table 5s £1 1s    
    6 Elm Chairs @ 4s each - Rocking Chair 5s £1 9s    
    1 Large Carved Oak Chest 18s - 1 Corner Cupboard 5s £1 3s    
    1 Large Set of Mahogany Drawers £5      
    Set of China & Glasses   16s    
    Delph Case with Dishes & Plates £1      
    Fender & Fire Irons 7s - Sauce Pans 6s   13s    
    5 Loads of Potatoes @ 9s Cans 5s £2 10s    
    4 Sets of Bedsteads long, Camp & Short Post £2 10s    
    1 Feather & 3 Flock Beds £3 10s    
    2 Changes of Bedclothes for 4 Beds £10 7s    
    Clothes Box 16s - 4 Suits of Clothes £12 £12 16s    
    2 Boxes 10s each - 1 Lever Watch £4.4.0 £5 4s    
    1 Looking Glass 8s - Brewing Utensils 20s £1 8s    
    5 Pairs of Boots £3.12.0 - 3 Hats 6s £4 10s    
    Coals 7s - 2 Wheel Barrows 18s each £2 3s    
    Garden Tools   7s    
    Two ditto, Let at £7.16.0 per Annum £78      
    Wash Tub & Maiden 4s Swill Tub 3s   7s    
        £276 10s 2d  
  Certificate Granted
30 May 1865
Assessed by Consent at £250      

Note: Claim amount incorrectly calculated by the Commissioners @ £274.10.2

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