Claim for loss of property #5430 – Particulars

	No. of Claim	Name of Claimant	Description of Claimant	Address of Claimant
	5430	Benjamin Horsfield	Farmer and Blacksmith	Nether Holdsworth, Bradfield

Nature of Claimant’s Interest	Particulars of Claim	Amount of Damages Claimed
Tenant of the Farm and Hereditaments situate at Nether Holdsworth in the Chapelry of Bradfield in the Parish of Ecclesfield in the County of York. Also Tenant of a Blacksmith's Shop situate at Dam Flask. Also owner of a Freehold Blacksmith's Shop situate at Low ~ Bradfield ~ Owner of Personal Property in next column stated to have been damaged or destroyed.	Two lots of Sheffield Ashes and Privy in full @ 7/6		15s
	Valuers Charge	£1	11s	6d
	Tools and Stock in the Blacksmith's Shop at Damflask which were washed away or damaged
	Tongs, Blowers, Mandrils, Swages, Punches, Sates, Eye Wedges, and a variety of small Tools	£15
	Two new Shoeing Boxes and Shoeing Tools	£1
	Total loss of Business for 22 Weeks and injury to trade and trade connection and profits	£100
	The Birk Bank, Grass Pasture part of the said Farm containing 1 acre 1 rood 11 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches ~ ~ About 5 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">Perches covered over with Land Sward destroyed and fence damaged		9s	4d
	The Top Holme, Grass Pasture (other part of the said Farm containing 3 acres 1 rood 4 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches
	1 acre 1 rood 5 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Total loss of Crop of Grass at 60/~ per acre	£3	16s	10d
	Four lots of Fold Manure on Pasture		18s
	Loss of the Grass Land of 1 acre 1 rood 5 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches @ 63/~ per acre	£4		9d
	Little Holme 1 acre 1 rood 38 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Cultivation various Timber damaged and 20 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">Perches swamp		2s	6d
	1 acre 0 roods 0 rood; 5½ x 5½ yards">perches Wheat Stubble after a miscrop of Seeds Ploughed over		8s
	Rent and Rates	£3	3s
	Manure for the Wheat unspent	£1	5s
	4 Tons Gas Lime newly applied	£2
	21 Loads Horse Manure in Heap at 6/~	£6	6s
	26 Weeks Wages Paid for Watching Cattle Walls being down @ 3/6 per Week	£4	11s
	2 Pair Bellows £10, Two Tue Irons and Tubs £2	£12
	5 Sets Screwing Stocks, Taps, Dies, and Swaps	£7	10s
	Hooping Stone and Tools	£2	18s	6d
	2 Vices 55/~, Pair of Metal Swages 24/~	£3	19s
	2 Work Benches and drawers 20/~, 3 Iron Braces Steel Bits 26/~	£2	6s
	4 large Hammers and several small ones	£2
	Scales and Weights 30/~, 1 Pair Weigh Bauks 6/~	£1	16s
	2 Cupboards and contents 21/~, Brace, Lever and Hoop Turner 38/~	£2	19s
	1 Set Bedsteads 12/6, Mall and Hammer Shafts, Swingletrees 10/~	£1	2s	6d
	Coals 11/6, Horse Nails 52/~, 5 Moulds for making Shares 15/~	£3	18s	6d
	Scythe Sneaths 6/8, 1 pair Old Cart Wheels 10/~		16s	8d
	2 pairs Sling Gears 14/~, 2 pairs Plough Traces 7/~	£1	1s
	3 Backbands 12/~, 1 Cow Chain, 4 Pramblers, 1 pair Bricks, and 1 Hame Chain 9/~	£1	1s
	7 New Mattocks 3 Broad Hacks 27/~, 4 New Cowbreakes 8/	£1	15s
	About 300 New Horse Shoes £6, 3 Chain Harrows £10	£16
	2½ Tons Old iron £15, 1 Ton New Iron £12	£27
	Steel 38/~, Steel Scraps and old Metal 15/~	£2	13s
	Grinding Stone, frame and Handle		12s
	2 Set Hearth Tools 5/6 Hackhammer Plate 6/6		12s
	2 Wire Riddles 5/~, Barrow Trundle 2/6		7s	6d
	Cart and Gate Irons, Wedges, Bolts, and Nuts	£4	5s
	Slate with Work set on	£1	5s
	Less for things found	£-15
	Expenses of searching for Tools	£4	7s	6d
	Month's Wages to Henry Horsfield Journeyman 24/~ per Week	£4	16s
	Freehold Blacksmith's Shop at Low Bradfield in occupation of Mark Elliott as Tenant to Claimant totally washed down. Cost of rebuild~ing same the Prices having been settled by Messrs Fowler and Son	£86	16s
	Interest to date of Claim	£7	10s
		£331	14s	1d
Certificate Granted 30 June 1865	Assessed at	£235

Note: Line 24: Bauks [sic]. Line 28: Sneaths [sic]: probably Snaiths

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