Editing Minster-in-Thanet (section)

==Landscape==
[[File:Fred C Palmer 020.jpg|thumb|right|The [[forge|smithy]] ca.1903, by [[Frederick Christian Palmer|Fred C. Palmer]]]]
Generally a flat landscape, the area's main features include [[marsh]]es, [[farm]]s and [[river]]s. [[Thanet District Council]] has, however, assessed Minster Marshes, south of the village, as being unstable,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planet-thanet.fsnet.co.uk/local_plan/thanet_plan_13.htm |title=Thanet Plan 13 |access-date=22 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514011500/http://www.planet-thanet.fsnet.co.uk/local_plan/thanet_plan_13.htm |archive-date=14 May 2008 }}</ref> and some areas of Minster, particularly in the south of the village, have suffered from flooding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thanet.gov.uk/pdf/LocalplanOct06v3.pdf |title=Thanet Local Plan 2006 |access-date=22 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716142939/http://www.thanet.gov.uk/pdf/LocalplanOct06v3.pdf |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>

[[Land reclamation]] has had a strong history in Minster and Monkton, where the original reclamation was done by the monks themselves.<ref>[http://www.thanetarch.co.uk/Virtual%20Museum/2_Galleries/G8%20Content/Virtual_Museum_Gallery_8.html Curators Introduction] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100645/http://www.thanetarch.co.uk/Virtual%20Museum/2_Galleries/G8%20Content/Virtual_Museum_Gallery_8.html |date=4 March 2016 }}; retrieved on 22 May 2008</ref>