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Claim for loss of property #5401 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5401 Horatio Sorby Acting Trustee under the Will of the late John Littlewood Esquire Aughton, Rotherham  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Injury to Freehold   Farm in the Occupation of David Laing at Brightside        
    For repairing the Holme Farm Bank adjoining the River Dun which has been washed away.        
    47 Loads of Stones from Jarratt and Gregory @ 8d £1 11s 4d  
    23 Loads of Stones from George Young @ 1/~ £1 3s    
    Paid for Carriage of 47 Loads of Stones from Wincobank £3 2s 8d  
    Paid for Carriage of 23 Loads of Stone from Attercliffe Common £1 14s 6d  
    2 Men, 2 Horses, 2 Carts, leading soil to River Bank 4 days @ 14/~ £2 16s    
    J Marshall 7 Days @ 3/6 £1 4s 6d  
    1 Man 7 days preparing foundation £1 15s    
        £13 7s    
  Certificate Granted
30 June 1865
Assessed by Assent at £13 7s    

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