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Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309422"Honest Thieves: the violent heyday of English smuggling" by F.F. Nicholls, published by William Heinemann, London, 1973. Illus. ISBN 434 512206. Chapters 8-16
Book
Extract from Salisbury Journal 4th May 1752 describing the capture of a smuggling vessel and the storage of brandy and tea at the warehouse in Poole.
Newspaper
Museum Ref No: CalPatRollsHenryVI5pp191Commission for the sheriffs of various counties, including Dorset, to make investigations into smuggling and bureaucratic dishonesty, as well as other problems. 9th July 1448.
With thanks to the Calendar of Patent Rolls project of Professor G. R. Boynton and the University of Iowa. J. Hopkin.
Document
Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309423"Smuggling Days" by K. Merle Chacksfield, published by Dorset Publishing, Milborne Port, 1966. ISBN 0 902129 56 2. Pages 91-96.
Book
Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309423The Smuggler: No Gentleman, smuggling with violence around Christchurch and Poole Bays by M. A. Hodges, published by Natula Publications 1999. ISBN 1 897 887 20 5 Pages 11-20
Book
Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309423Book about smuggling in the West Country 1700-1850 by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe, published by Tabb House, Padstow, 1984. Pages 62-71
Book
Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309423Pages 9-10-11-12-13 of Dorset Smugglers by Roger Guttridge, published by Dorset Publishing Co.,Sherborne, 1984. ISBN 0902129 53 8, detailed description of smuggling activities in Poole 1682 with names.
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Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309423Description of Poole Custom House in Smuggling Days by K. Merle Chacksfield, published by Dorset Publishing, Milborne Port, 1966. ISBN 0 902129 56 2. Pages 100-102.
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Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309423Smuggler:No Gentleman, smuggling with violence around Christchurch and Poole Bays by M. A. Hodges published by Natula Publications 1999. ISBN 1 897 887 20 5. Pages 38-39
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Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309423Smuggling in Hampshire and Dorset by Geoffrey Morley, published by Countryside Books, Newbury, 1983. ISBN 0 9053932 24 8. Pages 157-162 cover Custom House raid.
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