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References
- ↑ "Adcock Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
- ↑ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9 . Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ↑ Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0 . Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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