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- ↑ House of Lords the Sessional Papers 1801-1833 Retrieved 27 September 2009
- 1 2 3 Early Banks in West Wales, by Francis Green (in West Wales Historical Records, The Annual Magazine of The Historical Society of West Wales, Volume VI, edited by Francis Green, Printed by W. Spurrell & Son, 1916)
- ↑ This is probably the note of 1823 with serial number 600 illustrated in Hughes, Gareth (1984). A Llanelli chronicle. Llanelli Borough Council. p. 12. ISBN 0-906821-02-9..
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