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- ↑ Pitt, William (1817). A Topographical History of Staffordshire: Including Its Agriculture, Mines and Manufactures. Memoirs of Eminent Natives; Statistical Tables; and Every Species of Information Connected with the Local History of the County. With a Succinct Account of the Rise and Progress of the Staffordshire Potteries. Newcastle-under-Lyme: J. Smith. p. 187 . Retrieved 23 November 2017.
orton hamlet staffordshire.
- ↑ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Orton". www.ParishRegister.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
Coordinates: 52°33′18″N2°11′41″W / 52.5551°N 2.1948°W
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