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- ↑ "Religion and Society in the Diocese of St Davids 1485-2011" Morgan-Guy, J. p92: London; Routledge; 2016
- ↑ University of wales
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- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p 787 Oxford: OUP, 1929
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