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- ↑ Bedfordshire Churches in the Nineteenth Century: Parishes Harlington to Roxton. Bedfordshire Historical Record. 1994. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-85155-056-5.
- ↑ Page, William (1912). The Victoria History of the County of Bedford. A. Constable. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-7129-0534-3.
- ↑ Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom. 1913. p. 547.
- ↑ Bedfordshire Historic Buildings: The Heritage and Its Problems Today. Bedfordshire County Council. 1975. p. 18.
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