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- ↑ Sheahan 1864, p. 107.
- ↑ Sheahan 1864, p. 245.
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- Sheahan, James Joseph (1864). General and concise history and description of the town and port of Kingston-upon-Hull. London: Simpkin & Marshall. OCLC 5824603.
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