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  2. Minster-in-Thanet - Wikipedia

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    Minster, also known as Minster-in-Thanet, is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England.It is the site of Minster in Thanet Priory.The village is west of Ramsgate (which is the post town) and to the north east of Canterbury; it lies just south west of Kent International Airport and just north of the River Stour.

  3. Minster in Thanet Priory - Wikipedia

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    Minster Abbey is the name of two abbeys in Minster-in-Thanet, Kent, England. The first was a 7th-century foundation which lasted until the Dissolution of the Monasteries . Beside its ruins is St Mildred's Priory , a Benedictine community of women founded in 1937.

  4. Minster, Swale - Wikipedia

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    Minster is a town on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, south-east England. It is in the Swale administrative district, and within that, in the parish of Minster-on-Sea . According to the 2021 Census , the population of Minster was 17,389.

  5. Isle of Sheppey - Wikipedia

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    Sheppey, like much of north Kent, is largely formed from London Clay and is a plentiful source of fossils. The Mount near Minster rises to 250 feet (76 metres) above sea level and is the highest point on the island. The rest of Sheppey is low-lying and the southern part of the island is marshy land criss-crossed by inlets and drains, largely ...

  6. Isle of Thanet - Wikipedia

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    A general map showing late Roman Kent. The Isle of Thanet was then known as Tanatus Adaptation of a 15th-century map of the Isle of Thanet, with north on the left: Thomas Elmham, Historia Monasterii S Augustini Cantuariensis. Archaeological evidence shows that the area now known as the Isle of Thanet was one of the major areas of Stone Age ...

  7. Minster-on-Sea - Wikipedia

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    Minster-on-Sea is a civil parish in the English county of Kent. It is on the Isle of Sheppey and thus forms part of the borough of Swale. It was created on 1 April 2003. [1] In 2021 it had a population of 17,392. [2] The main populated area is the seaside town of Minster on the north coast.

  8. List of places in Kent - Wikipedia

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    Acol • Birchington-on-Sea • Broadstairs • Brooks End • Cliffsend • Cliftonville • Ebbsfleet • Flete • Garlinge • Manston • Minster • Monkton • Newington • Palm Bay • Ramsgate • Reading Street • Sarre • Sevenscore • St Nicholas-at-Wade • St Peter's • Westbrook • Westwood • Westgate-on-Sea: Tonbridge ...

  9. Halfway Houses, Kent - Wikipedia

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    Halfway Houses is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in England. [1] It derives its name from the pub in the village centre, with the same name, which was so named because it is halfway between Minster and Sheerness, before the coastal road was built along the north coast connecting Minster and Sheerness.