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- ↑ "Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Reading | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- ↑ Kemp, Brian R. (1968). Reading Abbey – An Introduction to the History of the Abbey. Reading, Berkshire: Reading Museum and Art Gallery.
- ↑ Slade, Cecil (2001). The Town of Reading and its Abbey. MRM Associates Ltd. pp. 1–16. ISBN 0-9517719-4-9.
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