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- ↑ "10 Lords of Afan". PORT TALBOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ↑ The History of Port Talbot, S R Jones, 1988
- ↑ "The Lord Caradoc - Pubs in Port Talbot - J D Wetherspoon". Jdwetherspoon.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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