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- ↑ Stonehouse, William Brocklehurst (1839). The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme: Being That Part of Lincolnshire Which is West of Trent. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, & Co.
- ↑ Polly Howat (1992). Ghosts and Legends of Lincolnshire and the Fen County. Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-85306-192-9.