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- ↑ "1911 Census: Population tables". Kingswinford RD through time. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- 1 2 "Historical statistics - Population". Kingswinford RD through time. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ↑ Kingswinford Rural District at Vision of Britain. Retrieved 31 January 2006.
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