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- ↑ Grave of Rev James Weatherhead, Western Cemetery, Dundee
- ↑ Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, Volume XI (page 297), T&T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, ISBN 0-567-08750-6
- ↑ "Ministers unite against Moderator". The Herald Scotland. 6 January 1994. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ "No. 22949". The Edinburgh Gazette . 19 April 1991. p. 1023.
- ↑ "Fitting tribute to Kirk service Former Moderator worked for church in Europe". The Herald Scotland. 30 December 1996. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ "Opening Ceremony 2017". The Church of Scotland. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ "Obituary: The Very Rev Dr James Weatherhead". The Church of Scotland. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.