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MINSTER , two towns of See also:Kent, See also:England.
I. MINSTER-IN-See also:THANET, in the Isle of Thanet See also:parliamentary See also:division, lies on the See also:southern slope of the isle, above the Minster marshes, in the See also:low, See also:flat valley of the See also:river See also:Stour, 4 M. See also:west of See also:Ramsgate, on the See also:South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. (r9o1), 2338. Its See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, dedicated to St See also:Mary, is cruciform, with a, western See also:tower, the See also:nave a See also:fine example of See also:Norman See also:work, the transepts and See also:chancel a beautiful See also:Early See also:English addition. The carved See also:choir-stalls are a notable feature. The church belonged to a nunnery, founded at the See also:close of the 7th See also:century. The See also:abbey, a See also:residence close to the church, incorporates portions of the See also:ancient buildings. See also:Fruit-growing is largely carried on in the neighbourhood.
2. MINSTER-IN-See also:SHEPPEY, in the See also:north-eastern, parliamentary division, lies in the Isle of Sheppey, near the north See also:coast. Pop. (1901), 1306. It is served by the Sheppey See also:light railway from See also:Sheerness, 2 M. west. The See also:village has in See also:modern times become a seaside resort. It has a fine church, dedicated to St Mary and St Sexburga, originally attached to a See also:convent of the 7th century, founded by Sexburga, widow of Erconberht, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Kent. The See also:building as it stands is only a portion of the conventual church founded in the early See also:part of the 12th century by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William de Corbeuil, See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury; it retains also traces of pre-Norman work. It contains some interesting early monuments. The abbey See also:gatehouse remains, and other fragments may be traced. There are See also:oyster beds in the neighbouring shallow See also:sea.
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