Bulwell Hall
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Title: A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. With descriptive and historical letterpress
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Historic buildings Historic buildings
Publisher: London (etc.) W. Mackenzie
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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rviving son, The Rev. Oliver Marton, LL.B., Patron and Vicar of Lancaster, married PriscillaAnne, daughter and heiress of Admiral Edwards, R.N., and had issue two sons, ofwhom the elder, Oliver Marton, Esq., of Capernwray, was succeeded by his nephew, George Marton, Esq., of Capernwray Hall and Berwick Hall, J.P., and D.L., M.P.for Lancaster, High Sheriff in 1858, and a Member of Her Majestys Privy Council, 16 CAPERNWRAY. married, in November, 1833, Lucy Sarah, daughter of the Right Hon. Sir RobertDallas, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and had, with otherchildren, George Blucher Heneage Marton, Esq., J.P., born 1839, who succeeded toCapernwray Hall and Berwick Hall. He married. May 1st., 1866, the Hon. CarolineGertrude Flower, youngest daughter of Henry, fifth Viscount Ashbrook, and hasissue, George Henry Powys Marton, born April 11th., 1869. Richard Oliver Marton, born August 19th., 1872. Augusta Adelaide Cicely Marton. Lucy Madeline Marton. Florence Augusta Marton.
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BULWELL HALL, NEAR BDLWELLj NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—COOPER. BuLWELL Hall, whicli is a large and Landsome stone mansion, is very pleasantly-situated upon a commanding eminence about a mile and a half to tlie west of thevillage from which it takes its name. The Hall was built in 1770 by John Newton, Esq., from whose family, at his death,it passed to Mr. Padley, and then to the Rev, Charles Padley, who sold it to SamuelThomas Cooper, Esq., who considerably enlarged the mansion and improved the sur-rounding grounds. It then became the residence of Mrs. Cooper, his widow. Mr. Cooper, who was Lord of the Manor, and also patron of the Rectory ofBulwell, built large and handsome schools of stone, in the Gothic style of archi-tecture. They stand in the main street of the village, and are provided withextensive playgrounds attached to them. The estate is of considerable extent, and the grounds have the ornament of asmall lake, which covers about seven acres in extent, with some fine old timber, anda

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