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- ↑ Reverend John Collinson (1791). The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Collected from Authentick Records, and an Actual Survey Made by the Late Mr Edmund Rack Adorned with a Map of the County and Engravings of Roman and other Reliques, Town-seals, Baths, Churches and Gentleman's Seats. Vol. 1. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-171-40217-6.
- ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 9 September 2011.