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- ↑ "Carnaby Street, Kensington New Town", The London Encyclopedia, Pan Macmillan, 2008, p. 133,452, ISBN 9781405049245
- ↑ Hermione Hobhouse, ed. (1986), "Kensington New Town", Survey of London, London, vol. 42, pp. 130–150
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