Minster is an honorific title given to particular churches in England, most notably York Minster in Yorkshire, Westminster Abbey in London and Southwell Minster in Nottinghamshire. ... Eventually a minster came to refer more generally to "any large or important church, especially a collegiate or cathedral church".

Is there a difference between a minster and a cathedral?

A cathedral is generally recognized as the seat of a bishop, making cathedrals specifically a place of worship for denominations that have that title. A minster is a church built during Anglo-Saxon times in Britain, related to teaching space used by missionaries or connected to a monastery.

What does minster mean in a place name?

Broadly speaking, the place-name element ster in minster can mean farm (Old Norse) the place-name element minster in minster can mean large church, monastery (Old English (Anglo-Saxon)) .