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Minster, Sheerness

Minster is a small town on the Isle of Sheppey[?] in Kent, England, near Sheerness[?], and the site of Minster Abbey[?].

The name comes from the Latin monasterium and denotes the site of an abbey, an abbey church, a monastery et al..

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