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- ↑ "History of St Mawgan Parish". stmawganparishcouncil.org.uk.
- ↑ "Lanherne Carmelite Convent", Historic England
- ↑ "Cuthbert Mayne", Jesuit Collections
- ↑ "Bishop Davies dedicates altars rescued from St Helens Carmel and reassembled at Carmelite monastery in Birkenhead", Diocese of Shrewsbury
- ↑ "History of the Parish of St Mawgan–in–Pydar" (PDF). 2007–2017 St Mawgan in Pydar Parish Plan. p. 17.
- ↑ Van der Kiste, John. "Monastic Houses in Cornwall". The Little Book of Cornwall. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-9269-8.
- ↑ Thompson, Damian (5 March 2009). "Wonderful contemplative nuns bring traditional Latin worship back to Cornwall". Religion. The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 6 October 2010.
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