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- ↑ John Caldicott Cavell, Mayor of Oxford.
- 1 2 3 4 "John Caldicott Cavell, Mayor of Oxford 1865/6, 1877/8 1879/80 - Oxford History.org.uk" . Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ↑ "The way shops were in Oxford by Chris Koenig - Oxford Times published 4/8/2010" . Retrieved 7 November 2014.