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- ↑ "Parishes: Oundle - British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- 1 2 "A History of the Oundle Schools", William George Walker, printed for The Grocers' Company by Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd, London, 1956
- ↑ "Old Laxtonians - Laxton School". Oldlaxtonianclub.com. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ↑ "Oundle School: Oundle School - About the School". Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.