ENGLAND'S OLDEST HOUSE
MINSTER ABBEY KENT OPENED FOR INSPECTION Minster Abbey, Isle of Thanet, Kent, believed to be tbe oldest residence in England, lias been opened to the public lor the first time in its history. Mr. C. H. Senior, the owner, has agreed to open the abbey for a fortnight. A charge of one shilling is being 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 tbe 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 tha Dowager Marchioness Conyngham.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 667, 20 May 1929, Page 2
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