Minster, Isle of Sheppey is a village, a parish, and a sub-district in
Sheppey district, Kent. The village stands on the north coast of the Isle of
Sheppey, opposite the Nore, 3 miles east-by-north of Queenborough rail station; and
has a post office, of the name of Minster, under Sittingbourne. The
parish contains also the town of Sheerness, and is studded with hamlets and
habitations. Acres, 11,035; of
which 2,845 are water. Real property in 1860, £37,668; of which £250 are in
fisheries. Population in 1851, 11,082; in
1861, 15,964. Houses, 2,231. The
increase of population arose mainly from the establishment of a steam engine
factory, and other works, in the royal dockyard of Sheerness; and so
many as 12,015 of the population in 1861 were in the town of Sheerness – 1,532
on board vessels, 1,005 in Sheerness barracks, and 73 in the military hospital