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- 1 2 "CULLIFORD, William (d. 1724), of Encombe, Dorset | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
- ↑ The Seventeenth-Century Customs Service Surveyed: William Culliford's Investigation of the Western Ports, 1682-84.
- ↑ "Marriage record for William Culliford and Mary Chaple". The Genealogy Archives.
- ↑ Historic England. "Encombe (1000429)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 December 2014.
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