TQ 96 SW 75 - Minster church - documentary evidence

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Monument record TQ 96 SW 75 - Minster church - documentary evidence

Summary

There is evidence that the church at Milton Regis was a minster in the late Saxon period. The Kent Domesday Monachorum refers to the church and its dependant chapels.

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Grid reference	TQ 903 646 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ96SW
Civil Parish	SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT
County	KENT
District	SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

MINSTER (MINSTER, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Full Description

[TQ 903 646] Minster Church. (1) The Domesday Book refers to the Abbott of St. Augustine's holding the churches and tithes of this manor. Milton Regis is also referred to in the Domesday Monachorum under a list of Customs of the Archbishop received from Priests and Churches, and as a church with other churches subordinate to it. (2-3)

<1> OS Britain Before the Norman Conquest 1:625 000 1973 (south sheet) (OS Card Reference). SKE48403.

<2> Domesday Book, Kent 1 1983 (OS Card Reference). SKE41473.

<3> Domesday Monachorum in VCH Kent III (1932) 255-7 (OS Card Reference). SKE41482.

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SKE48403 OS Card Reference: OS Britain Before the Norman Conquest 1:625 000 1973 (south sheet).
<2>XY SKE41473 OS Card Reference: Domesday Book, Kent 1 1983. [Mapped feature: #80140 minster, ]
<3> SKE41482 OS Card Reference: Domesday Monachorum in VCH Kent III (1932) 255-7.