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Claim for loss of property #5972 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  5972 The Governors of the Goods possessions and revenues of the Free Grammar School of James King of England within the Town of Sheffield in the County of York, and John Loxley Joiner and Builder (John Loxley) The Governors of the Goods possessions and revenues of the Free Grammar School of James King of England within the Town of Sheffield in the County of York: Clerks Office, 8 Paradise Square, Sheffield.
John Loxley: Owlerton
 
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owners in Fee subject to the term hereinafter mentioned which expired 29th September 1864. Lessee for a term of 14 Years from 29th September 1850.   The property consisted of 4 Houses, Shops, and outbuildings, gardens and a close of Land called The Meadow situate at Malin Bridge and in the respective occupations of Joseph Crapper, Ann Mount, Charlotte Taylor, Ann Etchells, Price, Sellars, Armitage, Simpson and Bradshaw; the buildings and Fences were entirely swept away, nearly all the tenants drowned, and the land covered with wreck and otherwise rendered useless for the purposes of cultivation.        
    Amount of current rents and arrears at the date of the Inundation which are wholly irrecoverable in consequence of the total destruction of the property & the deaths of the tenants. £10 12s 1d  
    Gas fittings in Butchers Shop. £1 10s    
    1 Years rents to 25th March 1865 Gross £32.7.4, Nett say £25      
    Clearing and restoring Meadow £50      
    Fencing Meadow £8.2.9, ditto to remainder of Property £9 £17 2s 9d  
    Bank Wall to Road and filling up holes in garden ground & site of Cottages £15      
    Restoring Water supply £2      
    Four Houses, Shop, Butchers Shop, Stable and Gardens destroyed £370      
    Mr T.J. Flockton's charge for surveying and valuing damages, etc. £5 5s    
    Solicitor's charges for attendances & advising etc. prior to making out claim say £5 5s    
    Two Gates and three stone posts £3 10s    
        £505 4s 10d  
  Certificate Granted
5 July 1865
Assessed by Consent at £493 17s 2d  

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