Southminster
Sign in to saveSouthminster is a town and civil parish on the Dengie Peninsula in the Maldon district of Essex in the East of England. It lies about north of Burnham-on-Crouch and south-east of Maldon; it is approximately east-north-east of London. To the north is the River Blackwater, which is tidal, and, since Roman times, has been the gateway to trading in the area. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 4,828.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Southminster
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.population
- 4,828
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- Maldon
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Maldon
- UK place.post_town
- SOUTHMINSTER
- UK place.postcode_district
- CM0
- UK place.postcode_area
- CM
- UK place.dial_code
- 01621
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ961995
- UK place.static_image
- Essex, St. Leonard's Church, Southminster - geograph.org.uk - 1713729.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Leonard's, Southminster
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Southminster is a town and civil parish on the Dengie Peninsula in the Maldon district of Essex in the East of England. It lies about north of Burnham-on-Crouch and south-east of Maldon; it is approximately east-north-east of London. To the north is the River Blackwater, which is tidal, and, since Roman times, has been the gateway to trading in the area. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 4,828.
==Etymology== The village's name is basically similar in meaning to that of Westminster in London; from Old English Suðmynstre, meaning "south minster".