[62]“The Letters of Charles Dickens.”
[63]See Punch, August 25, 1849. In the background of the drawing are represented the ruins of Cook’s Castle.
[64]In March, 1902, the Great White Horse was sold by public auction, and purchased by the lessee for £14,500.
[65]“The Letters of Charles Dickens.”
[66]For this information I am indebted to Dr. John Bately, of Gorleston, who has made a careful study of the subject, and to whom I am similarly obliged for useful suggestions respecting “Blunderstone Rookery,” the original of which (he is convinced) is the Rectory, not the Hall. Is it not probable that Dickens combined the features of both places, and so produced a composite portrait?
[67]The Morrit Arms is now the only establishment of the kind in Greta Bridge.
[68]“Letters of Charles Dickens.”
[69]The King’s Head, in the Market Place, Barnard Castle, has been enlarged since 1838, but the older portion remains much as it was then.
[70]See “The Speeches of Charles Dickens.”
[71]“Poor Mercantile Jack,” in All the Year Round, March 10, 1860.