Southminster
Southminster is a community as well as selecting ward on the Dengie peninsula in the Maldon area of Essex in the East of England. It lies regarding three miles north of Burnham-on-Crouch and ten miles south-east of Maldon. To the north is the River Blackwater, which is tidal and also since Roman times has been the gateway to trading in the location. Southminster remains in the centre of the Dengie peninsula, which once developed a thousand of the same name. A major steed market made use of to be held each year in the community. Southminster marshes were a favorite centre for hare gushing in Victorian times. Pandole Wood has ancient earthworks thought to day from the Iron Age. The landscape surrounding the community, and elsewhere on the peninsula, is identified by a pattern of purely rectangle-shaped area borders, with evidence of a system of dimension having been put on the plan in its entirety. Middle Saxon managements have been suggested as its origin, although the road to the Roman sea fort at Bradwell-on-Sea also conforms to the pattern.
