Hi Nigel, thanks for the response. I'm one of the Belle Abbey Walkers and I have access to the letters. Unfortunately they don't actually give too much detail.

Have you any idea when the article appeared in Manx Life as I'd be very interested in reading it.

I'm now fairly sure A.W.Moore was wrong in Manx Worthies and in fact Paul Crebbin's father was William Crebbin not Rev. Charles Crebbin.