| Description | [Ditchfield wrote a history of the family, entitled 'The history of the Dawson family of Farlington and North Ferriby, York : of Ackworth Park and Osgodby Hall, in the county of York, of Grestock, Cumberland, of Arborfield houses, Berkshire, and of Philadelphia, United States of America', privately published in c.1910. George Dawson (1764-1832), son of George Dawson of Ackworth Park, Yorkshire, married the heiress of Arborfield manor. Their son sold the estate in 1842.] |