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- ↑ "A Brief History of Watlington House". Trustees of Watlington House. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- ↑ Phillips, Daphne (1980). The Story of Reading. Countryside Books. p. 138. ISBN 0-905392-07-8.
- ↑ "Haunted Reading". BBC. July 2003. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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