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- ↑ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9 . Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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