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- 1 2 UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ "Opening of the Leicester Tramways to Belgrave" . Leicester Daily Post. England. 24 December 1874. Retrieved 22 December 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Opening the Humberstone-Road Tramways" . Leicester Journal. England. 26 March 1875. Retrieved 22 December 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The Leicester Tramways" . Leicester Chronicle. England. 21 August 1875. Retrieved 22 December 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Trial of a Tram Car Locomotive in Leicester" . Hinckley News. England. 1 April 1876. Retrieved 22 December 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The Tramways" . Leicester Daily Mercury. England. 20 August 1878. Retrieved 22 December 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.