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Claim for loss of property #5429 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5429 Benjamin Siddons Bookkeeper Wisewood Cottage  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner of Freehold House and Garden at Wisewood, and of the Personal Property in the next Column stated to have been damaged or destroyed.   Valuers Charge   10s    
    Strong Iron Chain for raising Ashlar washed away £1      
    Ladder washed away   10s    
    Double Heck and Manger, 2 Cow Chains and Skell boost £1 17s 6d  
    4 Shoemakers Stalls £1 2s 6d  
    1 Plank Ash and Larch Poles   17s    
    A Set of Sling Gears £1 3s    
    2 Pair of Hames and Pair Harrows 1 Spade and Coal Rake £1 7s    
    23 Currant Trees, 11 Gooseberry Trees, a Bed of Raspberries, a Bed of Strawberries, and Tillages in Garden destroyed, Fences and about 100 Yards of Land washed away £7 18s 4d  
        £16 5s 4d  
  Certificate Granted
9 May 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £17 15s 4d  

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