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- General references
David Stoker, (1994). Benjamin Mackerell, Antiquary, Librarian, and Plagiarist. Norfolk Archaeology, 42 (1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.5284/1077054
[Blomefield's Norfolk (8vo edit.), iv. 161; Hist. of Norfolk (by J. Chambers); Gough's British Topography, ii. 5, 11, 19; Woodward's Norfolk Topographer's Manual, p. 250 n.; Eye's Norfolk Topography (Index Soc.); East Anglian, new ser. i. 344, 372; Norfolk Archaeology, ii. 403, iii. 241, 315, viii. 334.]
- Dictionary of National Biography
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Goodwin, Gordon (1893). "Mackerell, Benjamin". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 35. London: Smith, Elder & Co.