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- ↑ "Dishington". House of Names. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ Wood, Walter (1887). The East Neuk of Fife: its history and antiquities. Edinburgh: D. Douglas.
- ↑ Hossack, Buckham Hugh (1900). Kirkwall in the Orkneys. W. Peace.
- ↑ University of St. Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research