Southminster
Southminster is a community and also electoral ward on the Dengie peninsula in the Maldon district of Essex in the East of England. It lies regarding three miles north of Burnham-on-Crouch as well as 10 miles south-east of Maldon. To the north is the River Blackwater, which is tidal and considering that Roman times has been the gateway to trading in the area. Southminster is in the centre of the Dengie peninsula, which when created a thousand of the exact same name. A major equine market utilized to be held every year in the town. Southminster marshes were a much-loved centre for hare surging in Victorian times. Pandole Wood includes old earthworks believed to day from the Iron Age. The landscape bordering the community, and somewhere else on the peninsula, is characterized by a pattern of strictly rectangle-shaped area boundaries, with evidence of an unit of measurement having been applied to the plan in its entirety. Middle Saxon managements have been suggested as its origin, although the road to the Roman sea ft at Bradwell-on-Sea additionally complies with the pattern.
