Answers are places in the UK. Either clue or answer includes a link to a place of worship or a clerical person:
1)Cleric on board sees seabird , about 100 come down (6,8)
2)Altar moved with machines when sea had gone out(10)
3)Place of worship after Pentecost(10))
4)On side of head one with William the First gained weight(6,9)
5)Cabinet member disregarding central India (7)