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- ↑ http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?coll_id=20124&inst_id=1&term=Agriculture%20%7C%20Wales%20%7C%20Carmarthenshire%20%7C%20Accounting Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Archive Wales record of the Edwinsford Estate
- ↑ "Edwinsford Manor, Carmarthenshire, October 2010".
- ↑ Hayward, Will (11 December 2016). "These houses helped shape Wales' history but are now crumbling". Wales Online.
- ↑ "FishPal - Wales - Towy - Edwinsford - Home". Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ↑ Cadw. "Edwinsford (PGW(Gm)8(CAM))". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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