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Narborough Hall soon after their marriage and made numerous alterations to the house. They raised the level of the first floor, laid a fine oak parquet floor in the principle reception room, added a bay to this room and the principle bedroom above, was panelled along with the landing. They also added a brick built entrance hall, featuring large stained glass windows and a mock Tudor belvedere. Samuel died in 1842 and in his Will he mentions this life interest in Narborough Hall given to them by his wife’s uncle. Mary Ann died in 1846 and in accordance with the entail set up by her uncle Thomas Pares the house went to his great nephew Thomas John Pares (1821–1873). He owned the estate for the next 27 years mostly as an absentee landlord as he lived in
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Macdonald v. Pares. There was however a problem as Thomas’s sister Mary had been declared mentally incompetent and the case was delayed until 1879 when a decision by the High Court of Justice allowed the whole estate to be sold. The results of the ensuing sale in 1880 are shown. J. Barrowdale bought Narborough Hall.
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William Meade (1703–1736) took control of Narborough Hall. In 1731 he married Elizabeth Wilson (1708–1779) who was the daughter of Reverend Edward Wilson. The couple had a son Christopher and a daughter Susanna. William died in 1736 at the age of only 33 leaving his property
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Narborough Hall in about 1600. He was the only son and heir of William Meade (1500–1582) a wealthy landowner of Gratton Hall in Horton. In 1582 he married Mary Rodes and the couple had five sons and six daughters. When James died in 1616 his eldest son Henry Meade (1590-
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Narborough Estates Thomas was unable to manage. In 1861 he tried to sell part of the estate saying in the advertisement that “they are held for the life of Thomas John Pares now aged 41 years.” In the same advertisement he offers to sell his
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To help the funding of the considerable undertaking and the maintenance of the house, the
Broadleys opened the front rooms of the house as a shop in 1992. Now run by Paul and Wendy’s daughter and son-in-law Sophie and Simon, the shop has grown in size and now occupies five rooms on the ground floor.
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The property was first listed in 1952, but the following years saw a sad decline and culminated in a threat to demolish the house in the early 1970s. When the current owners Paul and Wendy
Broadley bought it in 1976 it was a dilapidated wreck. Years of extensive renovation followed, much of the work
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Bermingham (1819–1901). They later married ‘officially’ in London. The couple had three daughters Harriette, Florence and Alice yet the union was not to last and the couple separated in 1847. Shortly before this separation Thomas took charge of the Narborough Estate when Mary Ann Miles
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Cloverley. In 1822 Mary Ann married Samuel Miles. (1776–1842). The couple
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