Claim for loss of property #5239 – Particulars

	No. of Claim	Name of Claimant	Description of Claimant	Address of Claimant
	5239	Ann Denton	Widow, Steel Tilter	Matlock Works, Loxley

Nature of Claimant’s Interest	Particulars of Claim		Amount of Damages Claimed
Occupier of Matlock Tilt, and owner of the Property mentioned in the Particulars of Claim	Wood sill to Headstock 30½ feet and Labor 5/~		£7	12s	6d
	Wheelbarrow 15/~, 2 Old Lamps 1/6 each			16s	6d
	Weighing Machine one half proportion		£6	3s	1d
	Damages done by the Inundation of the Tilt Works, and Premises, occupied by the Claimant called Matlock Works at Loxley in the Parish of Ecclesfield, in the County of York, which swept away the whole of the Buildings with the Stock in Trade, Tools and Effects contained therein, belonging to the Claimant and also destroyed the two Gardens occupied by the Claimant adjoining or near.	£429.17.6
	The following are the particulars.
	Coal Shed 24 x 12.0 x 8.0		£10
	New Grindstone Frame 24 feet 7/~		£2	8s
	Hearth Brick Work		£15
	New Metal Hearth Plate 16 feet long 25.3.18 12/		£15	7s	11d
	6 New Stone Steps 6 feet long 3 Tons 9 hundredweights @ 15/~		£2	14s
	Oak Bench under straightening Plate		£4	17s
	Oak Timber under Rack Block and Labour		£4	3s	9d
	New Faces	20 hundredweights 0 quarters 0 pounds @ 14/~	£14
	Old Metal	20 hundredweights 0 quarters 0 pounds @ 4/~	£4
	New Hammer Head	2 hundredweights 1 quarter 21 pounds @ 8/~	£9	2s
	2 Spindles	3 hundredweights 2 quarters 14 pounds @ 6/~	£10	3s
	Iron Bloom	10 hundredweights 1 quarter 0 pounds @ 10/~	£5	2s	6d
	Scrap Iron	10 hundredweights 1 quarter 0 pounds @ 14/~	£7	3s	6d
	Steel Scraps	10 hundredweights 0 quarters 0 pounds @ 13/~	£6	10s
	Steel	15 hundredweights 0 quarters 0 pounds @ 30/~	£22	10s
	Grease	1 hundredweight 2 quarters 0 pounds @ 28/~	£2	2s
	8 Iron Wedges and Cog Blocks		£1
	3 Helves 15 feet each ~ 45 feet	3/6	£7	17s	6d
	Cart with Patent Arms and Boards		£18
	Tarpauling		£1	10s
	Bottle and Gallon of Oil			6s	6d
	Ladder 8 Yards long 13/6 Oil Grindstone 8/~		£1	1s	6d
	2 Leather Bands £6.1.0 Water Tue Iron and Pan 12/~		£6	13s
	Coals 30 Hundredweights 10/~, Gannister Dirt 1 Load		£1	1s
	New Vice £1.5.0 Block 8/~		£1	13s
	Blowing Fan £25, Ashlar to Blowing Fan £1.10.0		£26	10s
	2 Swage Stones		£1	4s
	Quantity of Working Tools, Comprising Tongs, Hammers, Helve Hoops, Fire Irons, Gavelock, Grinding Boxes, Tail Hoops, Hursts Straightening Plate, Cogs, Bosts, Spanners, Metal Bricks, Anvils, and Pellets		£80
	Compensation for loss in Trade from March 12th, 1864, to May 7th 1864 ~ 8 Weeks @ £7 per Week		£56
	Sundries in Gardens.
	1 Stone Wall 4 feet high ~ 8 Roods @ 9/~		£3	12s
	1 New Garden Door			9s
	1 Wood and 1 Stone Post			10s
	24 Gooseberry Trees @ 6d 12/~ 6 Currant Trees @ 6d 3/~			15s
	Curled Greens, Savoys, and Cauliflower, 3 Score each			3s
	Tillages in 2 Gardens, both in rich condition		£1
	Loss of Crop of Fruit		£1	9s
	Interest on £360, 10/3 at £7.10/~ per Cent, per Annum from 12 March 1864, to 29 July 1865		£37	6s	9d
	Professional and other charges prior to Claim		£3	16s	6d
	To Amounts Payable to the following Workmen, for loss of Wages during the time they were unemployed or only partially employed by reason of the Inundation.	[£.s.d]
	Henry Sykes, Tiller, 6 Weeks @ 30/~	9.0.0
	James Helliwell Carter 8 Weeks @ 18/~	7.4.0
	John Denton Tiller 6 Weeks @ 20/~	6.0.0
	Henry Denton Tiller 6 Weeks @ 20/~	6.0.0	£28	4s
			£429	17s	6d
Certificate Granted 30 June 1865	Assessed by Agreement incl costs at		£325	5s

Note: Line 8: Labor [sic]

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