^His father was Canon J. R. Armitstead, sometime Vicar of Sandbach and Hon. Canon of Chester > ‘ARMITSTEAD, Ven. John Hornby’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 16 July 2012
^"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
^ Obituary The Ven J.H ArmisteadThe Times (London, England), Thursday, Nov 06, 1941; pg. 7; Issue 49076. (247 words)