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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,...
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  • Minster, Swale (or Minster-in-Sheppey), a town in Swale, Kent Minster-on-Sea, the civil parish Minster-in-Thanet, a village in Thanet, Kent Minster,...
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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...
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    Swale is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. The council is based in Sittingbourne, the borough's largest town. The borough...
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    released by Swale Borough Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023. The results for each ward were as follows: The Minster Cliffs by-election...
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    Isle of Sheppey (category Borough of Swale)
    studios on the Minster Cliffs; Sheppey FM 92.2 is a community radio station based in the Heritage Pavilion, Sheerness; and Hospital Radio Swale which broadcasts...
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    Seaxburh of Ely (category People from Minster, Swale)
    Ecgberht came of age. Seaxburh founded the abbeys at Milton Regis and Minster-in-Sheppey where her daughter Ermenilda was also a nun. She moved to the...
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  • Ermenilda of Ely (category People from Minster, Swale)
    nun after her husband died in 675. In due course, she became abbess of Minster-in-Sheppey, which her mother had founded. Later, she became abbess of Ely...
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  • Phil Edwards (cricketer) (category People from Minster, Swale)
    April 1984) is an English former professional cricketer. He was born at Minster on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent in 1984. Edwards is a graduate of Anglia...
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  • Patricia Howard (category People from Minster, Swale)
    first to serve in the General Duties (Flying) Branch. Howard grew up in Minster-in-Sheppey on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England, and was educated at Sheppey...
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    Peter Hemingway (category People from Minster, Swale)
    Conservatory and the Central Pentecostal Tabernacle. Hemingway was born in Minster, Kent. After gaining a diploma from Rochester Technical College, he immigrated...
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  • Gerald Bird (category People from Minster, Swale)
    information Nationality Trinidad and Tobago Born (1928-01-17)17 January 1928 Minster, Swale, England Died 18 February 2002(2002-02-18) (aged 74) Australia Sport...
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    Gazette, an anonymous author mentioned that hoodening had taken place in Minster, Swale, on the Christmas Eve of 1867. The author noted that the tradition featured...
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    Sheerness (category Borough of Swale)
    it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town of Minster which has a population of 16,738. Sheerness began as a fort built in the...
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    Harry May (category People from Minster, Swale)
    Australia from 1947 to 1968, representing the seat of Collie. May was born in Minster-on-Sea, Kent, England. He arrived in Australia in 1911, to farm wheat at...
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    The 2008 Swale Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council...
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    1997–2010: The Borough of Swale wards of Borden, Eastern, Grove, Hartlip and Upchurch, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Kemsley, Milton Regis, Minster Cliffs, Murston,...
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    The 2006 Swale Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council...
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  • Mary the Virgin may refer to: Mary (mother of Jesus) Reading Minster (known as the Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin), England St Mary the Virgin, Alderbury...
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    The 2007 Swale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council...
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    p. 69 Historic England, "The Abbey Church of St Mary and St Sexburga, Minster-on-Sea (1273489)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 March...
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    Elmley (category Borough of Swale)
    for the Isle of Elmley, in the civil parish of Minster-on-Sea, part of the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. It was...
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    Minster railway station serves the village of Minster in Kent and surrounding villages. It is next to a junction between Canterbury West, Ramsgate and...
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  • Art Includes national and international art exhibits Minster Abbey Gatehouse Museum Minster Swale Local website, local history, culture New Hall Museum...
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  • election. In July 2021, Cllr Richard Darby (Minster Cliffs) and Cllr Bill Tatton (Sheppey East) resigned the Swale Independents Alliance whip and formed a...
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    Swale railway station is in north Kent, England, on the Sheerness Line 47 miles 15 chains (75.9 km) from London Victoria, at the southern end of the Kingsferry...
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    Queenborough-in-Sheppey (category Borough of Swale)
    Leysdown-on-Sea Minster in Sheppey Queenborough Sheerness Warden On 1 April 1974, the council was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 to form Swale district...
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    Halfway Houses, Kent (category Borough of Swale)
    Halfway Houses is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in England. It derives its name from the pub in the village centre, with...
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    William Melton (category Burials at York Minster)
    gathered and the result was the Battle of Myton (12 October 1319) on the Swale, in which the English were entirely routed. Queen Isabella, who was in York...
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  • central Kent, including the Medway unitary authority and the borough of Swale, plus parts of the boroughs of Maidstone, Tonbridge and Malling, and Gravesham...
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