Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . ^lartiurp f|all, Cheshire; THE SEAT OF JOHN SMITH-BARRY, ESQ. Marbury takes its name from two old English words; Mere, a greatlake or pool, and Birig, a covered place; that is, a house by the belonged for generations to a family named Merbury, but after thedecease of Richard Merbury, or Marbury, in 1684, the direct male linebecame extinct. It was sold by this occupants sisters, under a decreeof Chancery, to Richard, Earl Rivers. In 1714, Marbury, with otherestates, was purchased from the Earls trus
Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . ^lartiurp f|all, Cheshire; THE SEAT OF JOHN SMITH-BARRY, ESQ. Marbury takes its name from two old English words; Mere, a greatlake or pool, and Birig, a covered place; that is, a house by the belonged for generations to a family named Merbury, but after thedecease of Richard Merbury, or Marbury, in 1684, the direct male linebecame extinct. It was sold by this occupants sisters, under a decreeof Chancery, to Richard, Earl Rivers. In 1714, Marbury, with otherestates, was purchased from the Earls trustees, by his son-in-law, James,Earl of Barrymore, who settled the same on his second son by a thirdmarriage, the Hon. Richard Barry. By the will of this gentleman,Marbury was bequeathed to his nephew, James Hugh Smith-Barry, Esq.,whose son, John Smith-Barry, Esq., is the present proprietor. Marbury Hall is a spacious, irregular building of brick, with a cor-ridor in the principal front, of stone work, consisting of four columnsof the Doric order, supporting a plain entablature. From
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