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- ↑ "Dunkerton Railway Station Photo. Camerton - Midford. Limpley Stoke Line. (1)". eBay. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ↑ Avon County Planning Department (1983). Railways in Avon: A Short History of Their Development and Decline. County of Avon.
- ↑ M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 154
- ↑ Historic England. "Dunkerton Station (370977)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 21 April 2017.
