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Claim for loss of property #3954 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  3954 Thomas Wilson Merchant and Manufacturer Sycamore Street and Westbourne, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Leasehold Tilt and Forge called Loxley Glass Tilt and Land at Loxley in the Parish of Ecclesfield in the County of York   Wood railing over the Arch, back of Water Wheel 5 yards £1      
    Wall up the River at the foot of the Embankment 388 yards long x 3 feet x 6 feet ~ 776 yards @ 5/ £194      
    To Rent £130 per Annum ~ 7 months @ £10.16.8 per month £75 16s 8d  
    Stable ~ 15.0 x 15.0 x 9 feet high built with dressed Stone walls ~ wood roof and Slated ~ fitted up with doors ~ racks and Mangers complete £35      
    Coke Shed ~ 15.0 x 14.0 x 9 feet high built with dressed Stone Walls with Wood Roof and boarded on the Top £20      
    Helve House ~ 19.0 x 21.0 x 18 feet high built with dressed Stone Walls with Wood Roof and Slated ~ Floor and fitted up with Windows and doors complete £125      
    Tilt ~ 46 feet x 32 feet x 15 feet high built with dressed Stone walls with Wood Roof and Slated ~ fitted up with doors and windows, complete with Circular Ashlar Stones to windows and Door £327      
    Stone fence Wall back of Wash ~ 1 Rood £1      
    Roof over Water Wheel 12 feet x 12 feet and boarded on Top £4      
    Making a good Stone Wall to Water Wheel £10      
    Dressed Stone fence Wall to Garden 3 Roods £4 10s    
    Excavating Goit behind Water Wheel £5      
    Making good Dam Bank with Puddle for the length of 388 yards containing 6460 yards Cube of Puddle and Embankment at 2/3 per yard £726 15s    
    Making good Dam Bank with Puddle round the Tilt End ~ 120 yards Cube £13 10s    
    Excavating for foundation for New Dam Bank 1938 yards Cube @ 8d yard £64 12s    
    One Sixth proportion of Weir and Shuttle £120      
    Clearing all the Rubbish and repairing Machinery £50      
    One bye Shuttle from Goit or Dam to River below Ashton Carr Wheel with Ashlar Front and Rubble Side Walls £10      
    Interest upon £1787.3.8 at 5 per Cent for 7 months £52 2s 5d  
    George Hawksley's charge for valuing £15      
    The Cost and Expense of the Removal from the Water Course, appurtenant or belonging to the said Tilt of the Debris brought and occasioned by the said Inundation £300      
    Mr. Hawksleys Charge for Valuation, and Estimate, of the Cost of Removal of Debris £1 1s    
        £2155 7s 1d  
  Certificate Granted
19 May 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £1386 6s    

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