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- 1 2 Home. The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ↑ The Society 1876-1976 by Elizabeth Ralph, Chapter 1 in Essays in Bristol and Gloucestershire History, BGAS, 1976
- ↑ "Older Record publications (".