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- ↑ "Horsley - Manor and other estates | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 11 (pp. 177-179)". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ↑ "Houses of Augustinian canons - The priory of Horsley | A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 (pp. 91-93)". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
