Sources
Introduction
1. Benjamin C.Cox, Dorset Life January 1988
2. C.C.Tayor, Lost Dorset Place Names, Proc.Dorset Nat. Hist. & Arch. Soc.Vol. 88
Spettisbury House
1. John Hutchins, History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed. 1861-70.
2. Arthur Oswald, Country Houses of Dorset, 1935
3. Freda Neale, Eminent Talents, 2002
4. G. Webb, Burlington Magazine, Vol. 27,September 1925, 144-50.
5. Dorset Life June 2002.
6. Salisbury & Winchester Journal, Nov 4th 1782
7. Royal Commission for Historic Monuments, Dorset, Vol.3, part 2, p246.
8. Kelly’s Directory 1895
9. Personal Communication, Sister Margaret Mary, Archivist, Priory of Our Lady, Sayers Common, W.Sussex
The Augustinian Nuns
1. Sister Mary Catherine. Rebuilding the walls: the epic story of the Canonesses Regular of the Lateran at St. Monica’s, Louvain.c1959. Pitts Theology Library, Emory University
2. Joseph Gillow. The Haydock Papers
3. Fr. Anthony Allaria. The Catholic Standard and Ransomer Dec 19th 1895
4. John Hutchins, History & Antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed 1861-1870
5. Freda Neale, Eminent Talents, 2000
6. Fr. Ambrose Whitehead, CRL, St. Monica’s Priory 1887-1892
7. Arthur Francis Day, John C.F.S. Day, his Forbears and Himself: A Biographical Study by one of his Sons, Heath, Cranton Ltd. 1916
8. Letters from Miss Taunton to Miss Hippisley. Birmingham Archdiocesan Archives
9. Berrington Collection, Worcestershire Record Office
10. Tunstall letters, Leicestershire Record Office
11. Rackett letters, Dorchester Record Office
12. George Errington letter, Dorchester Record Office
13. Plans for the Chapel of St. Monica’s, Spetisbury, Wiltshire Record Office
14. Letters of John Peniston, Salisbury Architect, Wiltshire Record Office.
15. Dorset Evening Echo Jan 4 1964
16. The Blandford Express 22nd Jan 1881
17. Pigot’s Directory 1849
18. Hunts Directory 1851
19. Kelly’s Directory 1895
20. Personal Communication, Sister Margaret Mary, Archivist, Priory of Our Lady, Sayers Common, W.Sussex.
21. Personal Communication, Nick Gray
22. Personal Communication, Karen Racine Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, Valparaiso University
23. Personal Communication, Fr. Richard Barton.
24. Personal Communication, Rev. Ian Dickie, Westminster Diocesan Archives, Kensington, London.
25. Personal Communication, Kevin Dolan.
26. Personal Communication, Christopher Lewin
The Bridgettine Nuns
1. John Rory Fletcher, The Story of the English Bridgettines. 1933
2. Spetisbury Vestry Minutes, Dorset Record Office
3. Letter from Father Debbiendt, Sydney Archdiocesan Archives
4. FR. Johnson, Syon Abbey, South Western Catholic History No 5, 1987
5. The Gentleman’s Magazine July 1843
6. The Blandford Express May 27 1871 and June 7 1873
7. The Blandford Express Feb 19 1881
8. The Blandford Express Aug 13 1881
9. The Blandford Express July 7 1882
10. Personal communication, M.Anna Maria O.Ss.S.Abbess, Syon Abbey
The Canons Regular of the Lateran
1. Fr.Ambrose Whitehead, 100 Years in Cornwall. The History of a Canon Regular Ministry
2. Fr.Ambrose Whitehead, St. Monica’s Priory, Spettisbury, Dorset 1887-1905
3. Fr.Ambrose Whitehead, Priory of St. Mary & St. Joseph, Marnhull 1884-1891
4. Mates Illustrated Guide to Dorsetshire 1899
5. The Blandford Express December 10th 1887
6. The Catholic Standard and Ransomer December 19th 1895
7. East Dorset Chronicle Aug 1899
8. The Palermian Yuletide 1899
9. East Dorset Herald August 13th 1903
10. The Times July 27th 1904
11. Rev. A.Field, Spetisbury Parish Magazine June 1905
12. The Times Nov 28th 1907
13. Kellys Directory 1889
14. Kelly’s Directory 1895
15. Kelly’s Directory 1903
16. Personal Communication, Fr. John Fricker
17. Personal Communication, Alva McAdam.
The Ursuline Nuns
1. M.E.R., Dorset County Magazine No.7 1969
2. Léon Blouet, Les Ursulines du Couvent de Mortain 1967
3. Sister Mary Winefride Sturman, The Ursulines in England 1851-1901
4. A de B. Une famille française contemporaine, Paris 1930
5. M. Ignatius Stone, Angela's Alphabet culled from her life and writings
6. Bournemouth Evening Echo Dec 12 1973
7. Personal Communication, M. Ignatius Stone, O.S.U. Ursuline Convent, Westgate-on-Sea
8. Personal Communication, Sister Katharine Glencross, O.S.U.
9. Personal Communication, Marie Andrée Jégou, O.S.U., archiviste générale
10. Personal Communication, Ann Taylor
11. Personal Communication, Nick Conyers
1926 onwards
1. Arthur Oswald, The Country Houses of Dorset 1935
2. Dorothy Gardine, Companion into Dorset 1937
3. John Harris, Moving Rooms: The Trade in Architectural Salvages 2007
3. Heather Jesty, A brief history of Spetisbury Village Hall 1990
4. Florence Ainsworth, Dorset Year Book 1948-49
5. M.E.R., Dorset County Magazine No.7 1969
6. Auction catalogue New York; American Art Association: October 3-5, 1935.
7. The Daily Mail, 6th March 1967
8. Personal Communication, Sister Margaret Mary, Archivist, Priory of Our Lady, Sayers Common, W.Sussex.
9. Personal Communication, Ann Taylor
10. Personal Communication, Monica Wareham (née Barnes)