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- 1 2 3 "Chapter 10 - The Berners Estate: Berners and Newman Streets" (PDF). Survey of London. UCL. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ↑ "Berners Estate, Fitzrovia". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. UCL. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ↑ "William Berners: Profile & Legacies Summary". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. UCL. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- 1 2 Woolverstone Hall: History. Retrieved: 12 February 2020