Current
| status | examples |
|---|---|
| cathedral (status long held) | Lincoln Cathedral, York Minster |
| cathedral (19th century elevation) | Ripon Cathedral, Southwell Minster |
| former cathedral, now parish church | Stow Minster |
| former collegiate church, now parish church | Beverley Minster, Hemingbrough Minster, Howden Minster, Wimborne Minster |
| parish church | St Andrew's Minster Ashingdon Essex, Dewsbury Minster, Halifax Minster, Reading Minster, Stonegrave Minster, St Gregory's Minster by Kirkdale nr Kirkbymoorside in North Yorkshire, Grimsby Minster, Croydon Minster |
| minster status preserved in placename | Axminster, Forrabury and Minster, Ilminster, Minster-in-Thanet, Upminster, Westminster Abbey, Wimborne Minster |
| ruins | South Elmham Minster |
| city church (recent elevation) | Doncaster Minster, Preston Minster, Rotherham Minster, Stoke Minster, Sunderland Minster, Sts Thomas Minster, Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth |
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