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References to the following will be found at various places across the site:
1. Murder at "Oakleigh", Dunham Road, The Sun, 23 July 2020
2. Hilston House, Green Walk. Listed by Historic England
3. Ibid, two references regarding alterations in "Architects of Greater Manchester": here and here
4. Ibid, with a more detailed description by "British Listed Buildings"
5. "Cheshire" from "The Buildings of England" series, pp 171-172 (see below)
6. "The Changing Landscape of Bowdon, Cheshire", p. 52 (see below)
7. Ibid, p. 161
8. "Bowdon and Dunham Massey", p. 69 (see below)
9. "The Changing Landscape of Bowdon, Cheshire", p. 60
10. "Bowdon and Dunham Massey", p. 124
11. Ibid, p. 15
12. "The Changing Landscape of Bowdon, Cheshire", p. 32
13. The Bowdon Sheaf No. 21, February 1993, "The Design Model for Bowdon Wesleyan Church by Tim Knox".
14. "High Lawn, Bowdon in Victorian Times" by Ian Bryce. A look at the history of William Neild's house: click here to view and, if you wish, download a copy.
15. "High Lawn: A Grade II Listed Building in Bowdon": https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101067926-high-lawn-bowdon-ward
16. Bowdon Church centenary booklet, 1960
17. The Bowdon Sheafs, Nos. 1-60: a searchable pdf with Contents.
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Further reading:
"The Changing Landscape of Bowdon, Cheshire", Don Bayliss and David Miller, published by Altrincham History Society, 2017
"Mansions and Men of Dunham Massey", Frank Bamford, ISBN 0951722506, 1991
"A Bowdon Romance", Alice Frank, Memoirs Books, ISBN 978-1-909020-09-2, 2012
"Cheshire", Clare Hartwell, Matthew Hyde, Edward Hubbard and Nikolaus Pevsner, Yale University Press, ISBN 978 0 300 17043 6. Bowdon is covered on pp.168-173
"Bowdon and Dunham Massey", Bowdon History Society, 2013
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