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- ↑ Lhuyd, Edward (1911). Parochialia III. 116-47.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ↑ Traherne, J.M. (1870). Stradling Correspondence. pp. 167–8.
- ↑ ap Siôn, Sils. Llyfr Hir Llanharan. p. 319.
- ↑ Cardiff MS. 2, 277, 344-6, Manuscript
