Minster in Thanet Priory

St Mildred's Priory, Minster-in-Thanet
Minster Abbey on a postcard (ca 1905)
St Mildred's Priory, Minster-in-Thanet is located in Kent
St Mildred's Priory, Minster-in-Thanet
St Mildred's Priory, Minster-in-Thanet
Location within Kent
OS grid referenceTR313644
Civil parish
  • Minster-in-Thanet
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRAMSGATE
Postcode districtCT12
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
List of places
UK
England
Kent

51°19′53″N 1°19′06″E / 51.3315°N 1.3184°E / 51.3315; 1.3184

Map
Thanet with Minster Abbey site marked.
  Approximate Cursus Cerve (St Mildred’s Lynch)[1]

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.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference MappaThanetiInsule was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ van Zeller, Dom Hubert (1987). Benedictine Life at Minster Abbey. Westgate on Sea, Kent: The Island Press. p. 11.