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- ↑ "Lechlade on Thames Neighbourhood Plan" (PDF). Cotswold District Council. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- 1 2 Herbert, N.M. "Lechlade Pages 106-121 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7". British History Online. Victoria County History. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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