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- ↑ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 31ST DECEMBER 1991" (PDF). The London Gazette. 31 December 1991. p. 17.
- ↑ "Barton upon Humber Civic Society Annual Award". The Bartonian. Vol. 79. November 2019. p. 6.