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- ↑ "Warminster and Westbury RD". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- 1 2 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 706
- ↑ Youngs (1979), pp. 530–551
- ↑ 1951 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT'
- ↑ "Westbury and Whorwellsdown RD". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 26 December 2020.