Southminster
Southminster is a community and also selecting ward on the Dengie peninsula in the Maldon area of Essex in the East of England. It exists about 3 miles north of Burnham-on-Crouch and also 10 miles south-east of Maldon. To the north is the River Blackwater, which is tidal and because Roman times has actually been the entrance to trading in the location. Southminster remains in the centre of the Dengie peninsula, which as soon as created a thousand of the very same name. A significant equine market used to be held annually in the community. Southminster marshes were a preferred centre for hare flowing in Victorian times. Pandole Wood consists of ancient earthworks thought to day from the Iron Age. The landscape surrounding the community, and also in other places on the peninsula, is identified by a pattern of strictly rectangle-shaped field borders, with evidence of an unit of dimension having actually been put on the system in its entirety. Middle Saxon managements have been suggested as its origin, although the road to the Roman sea ft at Bradwell-on-Sea also complies with the pattern.
