Southminster
Southminster is a community and electoral ward on the Dengie peninsula in the Maldon area of Essex in the East of England. It lies about 3 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 given that Roman times has been the entrance to trading in the area. Southminster remains in the centre of the Dengie peninsula, which when created a numerous the exact same name. A major equine market utilized to be held each year in the town. Southminster marshes were a favourite centre for hare rushing in Victorian times. Pandole Wood has ancient earthworks believed to day from the Iron Age. The landscape surrounding the town, and also in other places on the peninsula, is defined by a pattern of strictly rectangular field limits, with evidence of an unit of dimension having been put on the system overall. Center Saxon administrations have been suggested as its beginning, although the road to the Roman sea ft at Bradwell-on-Sea also adapts the pattern.
