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- 1 2 Dr Glenn Foard - Profile - University of Huddersfield. Accessed 30 June 2013
- ↑ UK Battlefields Resource Centre. Accessed 30 June 2013
- ↑ Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre Archived 12 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 12 January 2014
- ↑ "Silver badge and lead shot pinpoint site of Battle of Bosworth", The Guardian, 19 February 2010. Accessed 30 June 2013
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