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- ↑ Hawesbury Local History Society Archived 2009-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Inquistions and Assessments relating to feudal Aids, Gloucestershire, Great Britain Public Record Office, 1900
- ↑ The Avon and Gloucestershire (County Boundaries) Order 1991
- ↑ "View map: Ordnance Survey, Diagram of Gloucestershire showing Administrative Boundaries - Administrative Areas revised: 11/11/1... - Half-Inch to the mile, England, Wales. Administrative". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
