OLDEST HOME IN ENGLAND
Minster 'Atibey, Isle of Thanet, Kent, believed to be the oldest residence in England, is open to the public for the first time in its history. Mr.C H. Senior, the owner: (according to the London "Daily, Mail"), ..agreed to open the abbey for, a fortnight. A charge was made for admittance, and the money will be given to the fuiid for a hospital being built at Margate.Minster Abbey, which is styled "T_anet Manor" in Doomsday Book, formed part of the Crown lands of Egbert, King of Kent, in A:D. 670., Sixty years- later Archbishop Cuthbert consecrated a monastery on:.the site. It was sacked by the Danes twice, and in 1027 the Abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, had the remains fitted up as a courthouse. The abbey has been continuously used as a residence since it .was built. . It was sold to the present owner last yearAythe Dowager Marchr ioness Conyngham.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 131, 7 June 1929, Page 5
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154OLDEST HOME IN ENGLAND Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 131, 7 June 1929, Page 5
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