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accounts lists and workings

1834
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Collection of amounts of rents, salaries, machinery, property and water and steam power. 1) Moss Bank House is mentioned by name. 2) titled Assesment to the Poor Rates. Further down this sheet is the heading of 'Engine Power' listing bleachworks and associated buildings or places: Temple, Mill, Prospect, E, Yard, Dye House, Brow, Bottom of Meadow, Capitol. Figures are given for each and summed at the bottom, but what the figures relate to is not recorded. 3) lists values for 'Movables' 'Timber' and Lt Bricks'. 4) is titled 'belonging to Mr Ainsworth, Valuation, June 30th 1834' AT bototom of page are possibly additions, dated on consecutive years, detailing MissLinney Evans, which might refer to a property, and values for cash lent. 5)A small note recording the measurement of the resevoir on the moor, average depth of 10 feet. Detail is given on the supply as equal to 10,000 feet an hour 12 hours to the day for 7 weeks. 6) sums with headings Profits; Rent; Salary; Movables timber lime and bricks 7) Moss Bank House amount at which rated to th Poor. Land and Buildings belongin to JHA and PA are noted separately. Engine Power and Water Power are noted separately for locations under controal of JHA and separately PA. Resevoirs has a single figure for each, PAs is larger, matching his greater use of water power. 8)Similar contet to 8. Dates, locations or authors not given on all pages.
Repository:
Greater Manchester County Record Office
Title:
accounts lists and workings
Date of work:
1834
Reference number:
GB124.BAA/13i
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Language:
English
Record number:
7344002
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