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- ↑ "St Mary's and All Saints', Willoughby". Nottinghamshire history.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ↑ "Willoughby on the Wolds". Nottinghamshire history. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
- ↑ Fox, J. Charles (2008). Nottinghamshire. Read Books. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-4097-6530-1.
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