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- ↑ Diocesan website
- ↑ "ABCD: a basic church dictionary" Meakin, T: Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2001 ISBN 978-1-85311-420-5
- ↑ "Margam - The Church in Wales". www.churchinwales.org.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ↑ "Croeso Summer 2018" (PDF). cinw.[ dead link ]
