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- ↑ "The Swinford Museum". UK: Oxfordshire County Council . Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ↑ "Swinford Museum". www.oxfordshirecotswolds.org. Oxfordshire Cotswolds. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
