[1][2] Originally a larger country estate, it was inherited by John Dawkins (1915–2010), the father of the biologist Richard Dawkins, under whose management it became a single commercial farm which he farmed himself.
He was the uncle of Henry Dawkins the Younger (1728–1814), who inherited the property on his death.
[3] A Bodleian Library page comments on the build-up of Dawkins family holdings in the Chipping Norton area, including the purchase of Salford Manor by Henry Dawkins II.
[5] William Gregory Dawkins replaced the Georgian mansion in 1874.
By 1945, a much-reduced estate was in the hands of his great-nephew Hereward Dawkins.