Minster | |
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Minster-in-Thanet | |
Location within Kent | |
Population | 3,569 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TR308645 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | RAMSGATE |
Postcode district | CT12 |
Dialling code | 01843 |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
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. Minster is also the "ancient capital of Thanet".[2] At the 2011 Census the hamlet of Ebbsfleet was included.