Southminster is a town and also electoral ward on the Dengie peninsula in the Maldon area of Essex in the East of England. It lies regarding 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 also since Roman times has actually been the entrance to trading in the location. Southminster is in the centre of the Dengie peninsula, which once created a numerous the exact same name. A significant equine market made use of to be held annually in the town. Southminster marshes were a much-loved centre for hare gushing in Victorian times. Pandole Wood has ancient earthworks believed to day from the Iron Age. The landscape surrounding the community, and in other places on the peninsula, is defined by a pattern of strictly rectangle-shaped area borders, with proof of a system of measurement having been put on the system overall. Middle Saxon managements have actually been suggested as its beginning, although the road to the Roman sea fort at Bradwell-on-Sea also satisfies the pattern.