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- ↑ "CLAYTON,GOODFELLOW & CO.LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)" . Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- Holmes Mill - Beer Hall, Food Hall Restaurant & Hotel in Clitheroe, Lancashire
- Clayton, Goodfellow and Co - Graces Guide
- Blackburn Standard, Saturday 15 March 1879
- ‘Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 3.1: Lancashire’ by George Watkins: Landmark Publishing Ltd.
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