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Haltwhistle Estimates

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Thomas Tinling

An Account and Estimate of the damage done by the late
great Flood in the River South Tyne in Northumberland to
George Jackson of Fetherstone Bridge end in the Parish of
Haltwhistle in the said County Farmer of a considerable Farm
there at the time this dreadful Flood happened.
                                                             £  s  d
To the value of his Household Goods and Furniture most
of it lost & the rest rendered useless by the said Flood -
which swept away the House in which he lived -              28.13. 6

To the value of his Provisions entire stock of cheeses
and utensils of Husbandry all destroyed -                    9.14. 6

To the damage done to his Hay & his Corn & the straw
thereof in his Stackyard being very much spoiled -          61.12. 0

To his winter Corn then in the Ground totally washed
out and the very soil upon which it was sown
swept away upon a moderate Computation his
damage on that Account cannot amount to less                22.10. 0
than ----------------------------------------------
                           Total of his damage
                          Valued and Estimated by us       122.10. 0

                                                  His near Neighbours
                              Thos. Tinling       and who were
                                                  Witnesses to the
                              William Robson      facts above sett
                                                  forth
                              John Leathert



                                                            122.10.
                                                             22.10
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