Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Minster within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Minster in Thanet, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Minster Junction), Kent, in Isle of Thanet, 4¼ miles W. of Eamsgate and 11½ miles NE. of Canterbury, 5388 ac., pop. 2062; P.O., T.O., called Minster; Minster was the seat of a nunnery of 7th century, destroyed by the Danes under King Sweyn; the church is a fine old building, erected by the monks of St Augustine; Minster Court, seat, is partly of 12th century.
A village in Thanet hundred, in the county of Kent.