Weston Hall, East front from the Lawn

Slide 2 – In 1284 Weston Hall was held by William de Stopham, and afterwards it came into the family of Vavasour. For more than five centuries the house has been the ancestral home of the Vavasours, and was retained in the male line until 1883 when by the death of William Vavasour Esq., it descended to the Rev. John Carter of Lincoln, vicar of Weston who married Ellen, the only sister and heiress of William Vavasour. It then passed to the Dawsons through the marriage of Emma Carter, to Mr Holdsworth Dawson Esq., of Royds Hall, Low Moor. The present (1916 ) owner of Weston, Captain W. S. Dawson, succeeded to the estate on the death of his father W. C. Dawson, who dieD June 6th 1912. It thus appears that the manor and estate of Weston have never once been sold, but have descended by lawful marriage and inheritance of its various owners, from the Norman Conquest to the present time.