ENGLAND'S OLDEST HOME.
OPENED TO THE PUBLIC
SACKED TWICE BY THE DANES
Minster Abbey, Isle of Thanet, Kent, believed to be the oldest residence in England, was recently opened to the public for the first time in its history. Mr. C. H. Senior, the owner, agreed at the beginning of April to open the abbey for a fortnight. A charge of Is was made for admission and the money will be given to the fund for the big hospital being built at Margate? Minster Abbey, which is styled "Tanet 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 year by tho Dowager Marchioness Conyngham.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20254, 14 May 1929, Page 11
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169ENGLAND'S OLDEST HOME. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20254, 14 May 1929, Page 11
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