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- ↑ Port 2006, pp. 331–335.
- ↑ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 55.
- ↑ Hartwell & Pevsner 2009, p. 545.
- ↑ Hartwell & Pevsner 2009, p. 510.
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- ↑ Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. British Newspaper Archive. 3 February 1885. p. 6.
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