and in the following year, 1733, again
'Towards casting the bells, and other charges, £49, 0s. 3d.'
This, at a time when the whole of the general charge yearly ranged from £2 to £5. It was a re-casting, I presume.
"The 'Nott house' still exists, and is the residence of our chief 'statesman,' James Fleming. It is known as 'Knott's Houses.' In the dialect of this county, when purely used, there is no possessive 's. Mr. Fletcher's letters being always, e.g., spoken of at the post-office here as 'Mr. Fletcher letters.' 'Nott house,' therefore, meant a house belonging to Mrs. Dorothy Knott, or her husband's forefathers. A little group of houses has formed round it; but the old Farm House, I make little doubt, is the one for which you ask."
See also Charles Lamb's remarks in his third letter to Wordsworth about The Excursion, written in 1814.
[JQ] See Wordsworth's note, p. [389].—ED.
Book Eighth
THE PARSONAGE