The origins of the Brogden surname:
- Ekwall,E; 1936; The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names; Oxford University Press
- Redmonds, G; 1973; Yorkshire West Riding (Vol 1 in the English Surnames Series); Phillimore
History of villages in the Witney area of Oxfordshire:
- Crossley, A (Ed); 1990; A History of the County of Oxford; (The Victoria County History series); Vol XII; Oxford University Press
Emigration to New Zealand in the 1870s:
- Arnold, R; 1981; The Farthest Promised Land; Victoria University Press
John Brogden and Sons:
Because of their railway construction interests, references to the company can be found in many publications, including:
- Arnold, R; 1981; The Farthest Promised Land; Victoria University Press
- Gilpin, LR; 1988; John Brogden of Manchester; Cumbrian Railways Vol 3 No 15 (also on this website)
- Gilpin, LR; 1989; The Bustling Alexander; Cumbrian Railways Vol 4 No 6 (also on this website)
- Higgins, LS; 1978; The Brogden Pioneers of the Early Industrial Development in Mid-Glamorgan; Nat Lib Wales Journal Vol XX No 3 Summer 1978 (also on this website)
- For a full list of sources known to Mike Brogden and the John Brogden family tree, see *John Brogden - summary of sources and genealogy
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Updated 12/09/2003