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- 1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p179: Oxford, OUP, 1929
- ↑ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
- ↑ "Death of Archdeacon Power" . Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser. 12 November 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ↑ ECCLESIASTICAL The Belfast News Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, 28 December 1869; Issue 54594. British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800–1900
- ↑ National Archives Ireland