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- ↑ "The Parish Councils - Further Returns of the Elections". Evening Express. 19 December 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ↑ "The New Councils - Urban District Councils - Glamorganshire". Evening Express. 21 December 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
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