1790 7 13 2-1/2 2 2 1 -- 1800 5 4 11-1/2 1 15 6-1/4 -- 1810 50 1 4-1/2 16 1 11-1/2 5 18 0-1/2 1820 21 5 5-1/2 7 1 0-1/2 2 2 7-1/2 1830 18 7 5 4 11 5-1/2 1 8 4-1/2 1840 13 17 8 4 6 11-1/2 1 14 0 1850 20 16 9-1/2 6 6 2-1/2 2 4 9-1/2 1857 34 15 8-1/2 11 17 11-1/2[186]4 2 11-1/2 [186] Of such charges as were shared by all, two-fifths of one-third was Ambleside's share. The extraordinary expense of 1810 was caused by the building of the vestry and hanging of the bells. In the year of the great outlay upon the roof (1814), when Rydal produced £35. 19s. 11d. and £14. 7s. 4d. from Ambleside, the wardens laid for the last time but one, the old church rate or "sess." Henceforth, the Overseers of the Poor took it over, and so long as it lasted paid it out of the Poor Rate. This seems to have been a period of laxity, when the old spirit of responsibility and watchful care in the custodians of the building, as representatives of their townships, became weakened. It was now, in 1816, when the wardens and Eighteen would seem to have less to do, that an annual dinner was instituted for them and the "minister." This cost 2s. a head; and though at the Easter Meeting of 1849 "it was resolved that in future the Landlord at the Red Lion Inn shall provide dinners for the 24 at the Rate of 1s. 6d. p^r Head, Ale also to be Included in the said Sum," the sum paid remained £2. A fee of 1s. 4d. paid to the churchwardens on entry or exit from office (which covered his journey to Kendal) had long been customary. Besides this fee, his expenses began in 1826 to be paid separately at the rate of 3s.