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- ↑ "The History of Thames Valley Police" (PDF). Thamesvalley.police.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Great Britain, Charles Purton Cooper (1 January 1835). "The Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, (5 & 6 W. 4, C. 76 ..." Saunders and Benning , law booksellers (successors to J . Butterworth and son) – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Local Government Act, 1888" (PDF). Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2017.