Dorothy Una Ratcliffe was the last owner of Acorn Bank and bequeathed the estate to the National Trust on her death. She wrote and illustrated many books, as well as exploring local dialect. Her poem: Luve is taken from Dale Courtin', Songs in the Yorkshire Dialect.
Thoo doesn't think I luve thee
Tho' I write thee every day
Wi' all t' larnin' 'at I have!
I'll finnd anuther way:
I'll borrow pens of sun an' rain
An' write in meadows, while
"I luve thee, Lad", is writ in flowers
Aboon high Dallow stile.
I'll teach them merry matin' birds,
Whin-chat, wag-tail, an' starlin'
An' throstle, linnet, lapwing, lark,
This lilt, "I luve thee, Darlin';"
Then if thoo still has ony doubt
Whether I luve thee, — why
I'll print "I LUV THEE" in lile stars
Reet across t' girt sky.
