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Claim for loss of property #5398 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5398 John Skelton Esquire; F.R. Appleby Esquire; Samuel Gardner Esquire Merchants and Manufacturers [John Skelton Esquire] Middlewood Hall; [F.R. Appleby Esquire] Renishaw Chesterfield; [Samuel Gardner Esquire] Grange Cliffe, Ecclesall, Sheffield  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Freehold   Wood for Roof, Door and Window Frames £11 1s 8d  
    W. Walker, paid him for time   12s 6d  
    Valuation of Messrs. Appleby, Gardner and Skelton
Grinding Wheel upon the River Loxley, and destroyed by the late Flood, March 12th 1864.
[l.s.d]        
    In Willey Street, Wicker, Sheffield
Cash Paid for restoring Saw hardening Shops, Furnaces, etc. etc., destroyed by the Inundation of 12 March 1864
       
    Oxley Brothers Account for Metal Castings £27 18s 8d  
    Mr Clarbroughs for Rebuilding £74   6½d  
    Mr. Milner's for Fire Bricks & Clay £6 3s 5d  
    Mr Staniforth's for Slating £9 13s 8d  
    Paid Joiners £3      
    Simpson's Account for Wrought Iron Work, Tie Rods, Stays, Bolts and Nuts, Pokers, etc. £9 13s 6d  
    Bosworth's Account for Damper Iron, Pullies, Plates for Firing Door, etc., boring holes, etc. £3 17s 7d  
    Iron for Furnace Doors, etc. £1 1s    
    Furnace Bars £1 12s    
    Brookfield's Account for Lead, etc., for Roof £8      
    Brookfield's Account for Gas Fittings £1 15s 6d  
    3 Double Casement Windows and Glass £2 4s    
    Dam Weir and Shuttle 800 1 fourth £200      
    Dam Bank from Weir Shuttle to Wheel Forebay 300 1 half £150      
    Mason Work for building the Wheel, as per estimate £220      
    Ashlar Forbay 60 1 half £30      
    Tail Goit Cleansing 20 1 half £10      
    By Shuttle repairing and Ashler resetting and Goit 7 1 half £3 10s    
    Messrs. John Kenyon & Company Loxley Wheel, Mill Work £448 14s 4d  
    Rental £48 per Annum, at £4 per Month for 8 Months £32      
    George Hawksley for Valuing £15      
        £1269 18s 4½d  
  Certificate Granted
30 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £1050 14s    

Note: Line 20: Forbay [sic]; Line 22: By shuttle [sic],

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