Southminster
Southminster is a town and electoral ward on the Dengie peninsula in the Maldon district of Essex in the East of England. It lies regarding three 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 been the gateway to trading in the area. Southminster is in the centre of the Dengie peninsula, which as soon as created a thousand 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 coursing in Victorian times. Pandole Wood has ancient earthworks believed to day from the Iron Age. The landscape bordering the town, and also elsewhere on the peninsula, is identified by a pattern of strictly rectangle-shaped field borders, with evidence of a system of measurement having actually been applied to the plan all at once. Center Saxon managements have actually been suggested as its origin, although the road to the Roman sea fort at Bradwell-on-Sea likewise conforms to the pattern.