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References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2206. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220 . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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