Bishop Wilson Theological College was founded as a theological college in 1879 to train Anglican clergy to serve in the Church of England. It was named after Thomas Wilson, Bishop of Sodor and Man between 1697 and 1755, located in part of Bishopscourt and closed in 1943.
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- Shaw's Academical Dress of Great Britain and Ireland, volume II, pg. 10.
- Bray, G.L., Records of Convocation: Sodor and Man 1878–2003, pg. 348, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, Martlesham, 2005
- Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30, pg. 1983: Oxford, OUP, 1929
- Carole Watterson Troxler, "Wilson, Thomas (1663–1755)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- "SC3292 : Bishopscourt, Kirk Michael, Isle of Man", Geograph
- "Interesting Facts of the Diocese and Michael". St Michael & All Angels, Kirk Michael. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- "Ecclesiastical News", The Times (London, England), 27 February 1943, pg. 6, issue 49481
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