Southminster
Southminster is a community and electoral ward on the Dengie peninsula in the Maldon district of Essex in the East of England. It exists regarding 3 miles north of Burnham-on-Crouch and 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 location. Southminster is in the centre of the Dengie peninsula, which as soon as formed a hundred of the very same name. A significant equine market utilized to be held each year in the town. Southminster marshes were a favorite centre for hare surging in Victorian times. Pandole Wood includes ancient earthworks believed to date from the Iron Age. The landscape surrounding the town, and also somewhere else on the peninsula, is identified by a pattern of purely rectangular area borders, with evidence of an unit of measurement having been put on the system in its entirety. Middle Saxon managements have actually been suggested as its beginning, although the road to the Roman sea ft at Bradwell-on-Sea likewise complies with the pattern.
