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- 1 2 "The remains of Robert deWaudari's adulterine castle, Castle Street, Luton". archaeologydataservice.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ↑ "Luton Past - Chapter 2 - Highways & Byways - by Ken Cooper". Luton Heritage Forum. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ↑ "Luton Past - Chapter 2 - Highways & Byways - by Ken Cooper". Luton Heritage Forum. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ↑ "Heritage Gateway - Results". www.heritagegateway.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ↑ Hopkinson, Dylan (May 2024). Excavations at Vicarage Street Luton, 2009: medieval landuse on the site of Falkes de Breauté’s Castle (Report). Portslade: Archaeology South‐East, UCL Institute of Archaeology.
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