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References
- ↑ P. H. Reaney: A Dictionary of British Surnames, Second edition, with corrections and additions by R. M. Wilson, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1983, pp. 85, 149.
- 1 2 Patrick Hanks et al. (2002) The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860561-7; p. 144.
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