George Dawson (builder)
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George Dawson was an English builder, property developer and alderman. The son of a village labourer, he was a self-made man who started as a cooper, became a rich entrepreneur and built himself a man
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Ashfield house, far right, above Farrah's
Vanderbilt Court, Dawson's residence
Prospect Crescent (left)
Grove Road Cemetery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, was formerly known as Harrogate Cemetery. It was established in 1864 after the spa town expanded and the graveyard at Christ Church became ful
George Dawson (builder)
…special service" was conducted by two ministers "during a violent thunderstorm". The cortège then processed across High Harrogate from the chapel to Grove Road Cemetery with Dawson's wife, children, brother, nephews, and nieces as chief mourners, and the townspeople walking behind. As was usual at that time, private…
Grove Road Cemetery chapels, in 1863
The chapels, before 1926
Monuments still lying in Grove Road Cemetery, 2020
1894 grave of Rev. Charles Farrar Forster, in Harlow Hill Cemetery, 2014